Milton News

Lori Cover donned a red, white and blue outfit to attend the Independence Day celebration in New Berlin Saturday as a demonstration of the pride she feels for being a U.S. citizen.

Northumberland County's unemployment rate reached double digits in May - the first it's been that high in nearly 17 years.

Northumberland County- Dozens of drug suspects were rounded up from three central Pennsylvania counties Friday.

By Amanda O'Rourke The Daily Item MILTON - Twenty-four people are facing drug charges following a street-level drug sweep Friday in Northumberland, Snyder and Union counties.

A Milton teen tried to stuff 21 bags of heroin into the seat cushions of a police cruiser after she was arrested Thursday following a home invasion, borough police report.

Two Northumberland County artists are mounting a show they've titled "Roadside Elegance" at Artspace Gallery, 221 Center St., Bloomsburg, from July 16 through Aug.

Just a week before the deadline, the Milton school board adopted a 2009-10 budget during its Tuesday night meeting.

A Milton man who failed to show up for trial in Northumberland County Court on Tuesday found himself behind bars.

Two people were seriously injured Monday afternoon when two vehicles collided on Route 44 in McEwensville.

A former Milton man was who fled the area with a woman he reportedly assaulted in a parking lot was arrested in North Carolina after police tracked his movements by calling his victim on her cell phone.

A retired northeastern Pennsylvania corrections officer charged with attempted homicide and other offenses didn't show up in court when jury selection was scheduled and is now a fugitive.

A 92-year-old Montgomery man died following a two-vehicle collision Monday afternoon on Route 15 at Col.

A northbound tractor-trailer smashed into a car at Route 15 and Zeigler Road on Monday afternoon, injuring three people and snarling traffic.

A Mennonite pastor, who formerly lived in Lancaster, has been charged with indecent assault after disappearing from his Lewisburg-area home last month.

Reading Eagle: Ben Hasty James L. Bolich of Milton, Northumberland County, a member of the Augusta Regiment, a French and Indian War re-enactment unit, signs up to speak Thursday before a meeting about the future of the Conrad Weiser Homestead in in St.

State police in western Pennsylvania say a one-car crash killed two people and injured a third.

Flames shot across the second floor and through the roof of Fetter's Meats on Route 405 early Tuesday evening, but the quick response of area firefighters had the blaze under control after about 90 minutes, said Milton Fire Department Chief Don Haffner.

Sandy Miller has been coming to Fetter's Meats since she was a child growing up here.

An out-of-control car wound up in the kitchen of a home on Broadway Road in Turbot Township Wednesday morning when the driver apparently blacked out.

The body pulled from the Susquehanna River on Saturday has been identified as this woman, Martha Grove, a West Milton resident who has been missing since February.