Northumberland County News

In 2007, the first line of wind turbines - windmills, as most people refer to them - were installed in Mahanoy Township, Schuylkill County.

Mary Pendleton of Wyomissing talks with Sister Jacinta Respondowska during the Bernardine Bonanza at Alvernia University on Saturday.

The following hearings took place Wednesday before Magisterial District Judge Hugh Jones.

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.

After stops in Northumberland and Lancaster counties, the governor paid a visit to the 69 News studios near Allentown on Friday.

That's why some people are outraged at a new report from Pennsylvania's Auditor General that accuses a charter school of mismanaging hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Salvator Facciponte III, Mike Hopkins, Andrew Larson, and Michael McGovern were all taken by a silent killer, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning.

A Boy Scout from Northumberland County will be shaking hands with the Speaker of the House, members of Congress and maybe even President Barack Obama .

Morning cards, 8:30 a.m.; cards and puzzles; low impact exercise and yoga, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday - Morning cards, 8:30 a.m.; lunch at Masser's Restaurant, van leaves at 11:45 a.m., cost is $2; bridge, 12:15 p.m. Wednesday - Morning cards, 8:30 a.m.; Wii bowling, 10 a.m.; Red Cross program with CPR demonstration and disaster preparedness kits ... (more)

Tempers flared at the end, but Wednesday's proceedings did not result in any changes in the fight between Red Gold Enterprises and the Shamokin Housing Authority over Center City Apartments, Shamokin.

Police here are continuing their search today for a young adult white male who robbed money from an employee of a local business making a night deposit at First National Bank at Market and Chestnut streets Tuesday night.

Collier County, Florida- Six people were involved in a two-car deadly crash on southern Florida roadways earlier Wednesday that left four people from our area dead.

The former president of Northumberland Borough Council pleaded no contest to felony theft charges just prior to jury selection for his trial later this week.

One day after his budget address, Governor Corbett visited a company in Northumberland County to show how creating jobs works.

A man posing as a contractor has been charged with scamming homeowners in Schuylkill County out of thousands of dollars.

The Northumberland County Chapter of the Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees is participating in the statewide PASR's 75th Anniversary Scholarship Program.

A senior magisterial district judge familiar with Northumberland County will return in March to cover proceedings in the Milton area.

Moran Industries has increased its offer to $30 million to purchase the 200 miles of rails and assets of the SEDA-Council of Governments Joint Rail Authority .

A Snyder County teen is dead after his truck is struck by a tractor-trailer in Perry County.A Newport State Police say 18-year old Jeremiah Ulmer, of Selinsgrove, drove out into the path of the tractor trailer traveling along Routes-11 and 15 after 9 o'clock last night.A Troopers say Ulmer was pronounced dead at the scene.A The New York trucker was ... (more)

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