Shamokin Dam News

Josh Kurtz helps Jayme Hendricks, of Winfield, tie down two Christmas trees for her family Sunday afternoon.

By Diane Petryk The Daily Item HUMMELS WHARF - Twenty people were just about to sit down to Thanksgiving dinner at the Rivera residence early Thursday evening when four fire trucks crashed the party.

Family of a young Sunbury man killed in a January car crash asked a Snyder County Court judge for leniency Tuesday in sentencing the 22-year-old woman who admitted causing the deadly accident as she got high on dust remover.

The crowd exploded into cheers and clapping as 21-year-old Adam Catlin, the only Special Olympics athlete at an Army weightlifting meet Nov.

Kettle drive volunteers like Ricky Burgess will be ubiquitous this holiday season, and he has a simple tip for people who pass him by.

There are no hard feelings, a couple of Shamokin Dam brothers say, after the younger brother beat out the older sibling for a Borough Council seat in last week's election.

Police and state Transportation Department officials say it's not clear if road-rage incidents are more common now or if they are just easier to report because more people have cell phones in their cars.

A woman and her baby escaped injury after a fire broke out Thursday in her kitchen as she was preparing dinner.

Skeeter's BBQ, on the hill above Tedd's Landing in Shamokin Dam, has been offering live music to its patrons every other Sunday for some time now, and this Sunday, a special treat is in store.

Police from five Valley municipalities and troopers from three state police stations converged on Sunbury late Friday night after reports of gunshots near Lincoln and North Fourth streets.

A member of the city's Crime Watch will be forced to relinquish his fluorescent vest after being arrested in a drunken tussle with police earlier this month.

A member of Sunbury's Crime Watch will be forced to relinquish his fluorescent vest after being arrested in a drunken tussle with police earlier this month.

It took 360 days to complete but the Shamokin Dam Health Center has reopened after a fire ruined the entire interior.

A grease fire from an electric fryer shut down Arby's Restaurant in the Susquehanna Valley Mall late Monday afternoon.

Dave Burns was flooded with feelings when he found out his cancer had returned - 14 years after defeating it the first time.

While doses of the swine flu vaccine began arriving at health care providers around the country Monday, some Valley parents may have a difficult time convincing their children to get the shots.

A former college drop-out, hairdresser and mother of four, Kymberley Best said she never envisioned becoming the first woman to serve as a Northumberland County assistant solicitor.

A Saturday night fire in a single-family home along the Old Trail in Monroe Township caused extensive smoke damage, but no injuries.

Laverne Eiswerth, right, director of manufacturing at Sunbury Textile Mills, shows state Attorney General Tom Corbett how fabric is made Thursday morning.

A 22-year-old Sunbury woman who admitted to "huffing" dust remover before causing a car crash that killed her friend in January faces up to eight years in prison after pleading guilty Monday in Snyder County Court to vehicular homicide.