Northumberland County News

The latest data from Department of Labor and Industry ends a three-month trend where the county's rate dropped.

Jersey Shore Area School Board members voted unanimously Tuesday night to suspend Superintendent Richard Emery.

"I think it should be longer, i think it's like 15 days or something, I think it should be longer and then I do believe he should fulfill his duties right when his suspension is over," said Jersey Shore Area Junior Alexis Loughry.

Northumberland County's school board found out Tuesday night that controversy draws a much bigger crowd than does civic duty.

The Greater Susquehanna Valley United Way is spreading the word about a free program that can save folks up to 70 percent on prescription drugs.

From the PA Lottery-One Powerball ticket worth $1 million from the May 26 drawing was sold at Turkey Hill Shamokin, Northumberland County.

The quarterly meetings for the Northumberland County Assistance Office directors will remain at the Front Street Station, 2 North Front St.

The building was occupied by Pennsylvania Guardsmen until a transfer this winter to the Danville Armed Forces Reserve Center, a brand-new facility along Route 642 in Mausdale, near I-80. The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs is now seeking to sell the building and the entire 9.5-acre complex.

It's a day set aside to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.

A detour will be set up in Northumberland County to warn motorists who want to travel through, but the road will be open to The detour for through traffic will be Route 54 to Danville then Route 11 north to Bloomsburg and then Route 42 to Road to Mountain Road due to debris and the roadway surface being severely buckled just before Mountain Road, ... (more)

Two Shamokin police officers were treated at a hospital Thursday night after being injured in a disturbance that also involved the assault of an adult probation officer and another man on North Marshall Street.

The SEDA-COG Board of Directors unanimously approved the appointment of Nicholas P. Goretski III to its board during a meeting Wednesday.

Police are continuing their search for two suspects who allegedly assaulted a young city man with a 2-by-4 piece of wood at Shamokin and Spurzheim streets Thursday afternoon.

State Police, Newport Station is investigating a crash that occurred on SR 11, Liverpool Township, Perry County, at just after midnight Friday.

Two siblings have been charged with a felony of hindering the apprehension of a 22-year-old Shamokin man who fled from Geisinger Medical Center in Danville in March while he was wanted by city police on warrants for burglary, theft and retail theft.

A 44-year-old suicidal man barricaded himself in his West Valley Avenue apartment while possessing a loaded gun and several other weapons Wednesday night for about 30 minutes before police were able to convince him to surrender.

Northumberland is a beautiful county of north eastern England. This historical county has witnessed number of English battles in the past.

James and Patricia Rosini from Martha Keller, Ronald Ripley, Howard Kearns, Joe and Florence Ecker, Brian and Carrie Johnson, Rekord Printing Company, Yolanda Clem, Shamokin-Coal Township Senior Action Center.

A 44-year-old suicidal male barricaded himself in his West Valley Avenue apartment while possessing a loaded gun Wednesday night for about 30 minutes before police were able to convince him to surrender, according to police.

The Derry Township Police Department is asking for the public s assistance with identifying these woman in this surveillance photo from a township grocery store.