Shamokin News

Mount Carmel celebrates its 150th anniversary as a borough this year. The News-Item's roots in Mount Carmel go back almost that long - 124 years - with the establishment of the Mount Carmel Item, on Jan.

The continued outbreak of mold inside homes flooded last September is proving of great concern in Shamokin and Coal Township, and a relief agency is calling on volunteers to help remove it.

The first day of a trial for a Shamokin salvage yard owner accused of failing to return a truck he towed in 2008 featured testimony from 14 witnesses, including his paramour, the owner of the vehicle, a judge he filed a complaint against with the State Judicial Conduct Board, an official with Ford Motor Credit Co.

U.S. Rep. Tom Marino, right, presents Steve Todzia with medals for his late father, Stanley Todzia, who served in WWII, during a ceremony at Mount Carmel Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Friday.

Members of the Shamokin-Coal Township Joint Sewer Authority are hoping regulators will slow the pace of the multi-million dollar, federally mandated sewer-stormwater separation project.

Three supervisor positions at Northumberland County Prison will not be filled, but contrary to earlier reports by the prison board, nobody will be losing their jobs.

Four area residents, three of whom were related, were killed Wednesday afternoon after their car sped through an intersection near Everglades City and was T-boned by a van.

Braxton Pappas, a son of Mathlene and Dennis Campbell and David Pappas, of Shamokin, has been named to the dean's list for the fall semester at Thomas Jefferson School of Nursing in Danville with a grade-point average of 3.66. We welcome user discussion on our site, under the following guidelines: To comment you must first create a profile and ... (more)

The following hearings took place Tuesday before Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III.

A Shamokin salvage yard owner accused of failing to return a truck he towed will have his day in county court Friday.

Eric A. Thompson, 14119 Bay Vista Drive, Woodbridge, Va., from Bethany S. Thompson, 924 Wertman Road, Muncy.

If city council is to guarantee a joint sewer authority loan, it may ask to be paid a fee in return.

City council hired a trio of clerks and as well as an engineer for certain projects during a special meeting Wednesday.

Each year on Groundhog Day, Americans go bananas over the prediction of a rodent meteorologist named Punxsutawney Phil.

As Shamokin Area and Northwestern Academy's parent company negotiate terms regarding the future of the special education program at the juvenile detention facility, the two entities continue to face off in court over hundreds of thousands of dollars in lease rental fees.

Victoria Kramer, of 1106 N. Franklin St., has been named to the dean's list for the fall semester at Luzerne County Community College.

A landlord looking to recoup federal money used to subsidize rent for tenants won the first battle last week in court.

MIKE STAUGAITIS/Staff Photo Northumberland County Commissioner Stephen Bridy responds to District Attorney Tony Rosini at the Northumberland County Prison Board meeting Tuesday in Sunbury.

Amber Hughes, a senior at Susquehanna University pursuing a bachelor's degree in early childhood/elementary education, was named to the dean's list for the fall semester with a 4.0 grade point average.

Northumberland County Tax Claim Bureau, Michael S. Yost and Betty A. Yost to Luke H. Klinger and Edith A. Klinger, property in Coal Township, $4,500. Helen Wahosky , Michele Wood and Diane M. Lepley to Christian David Lepley and Brandon David Lepley, property in Coal Township, $1. John J. Diak, Kathleen M. Diak, Donald R. Diak and Patricia J. Diak ... (more)