Coal Township News

Senior Erica Gammon and seventh-grade student Jennifer Kozlowski have been selected as students of the month for March at Shamokin Area Middle-High School.

A Hamburg law firm was hired Monday on a split vote of city council to negotiate a new contract with the police union.

A 37-year-old Harrisburg man pleaded guilty Monday afternoon to four counts of delivering crack cocaine in Shamokin and Coal Township and will be sentenced in the near future.

The Shamokin-Coal Township Public Library has announced memorials for April 10 to April 27, have been presented for the following persons: Jonathan "J.R." Christ by the Arbogast family, Andy and Sherry Bogush, Joe and Ruth Bordell, Pat and Jim Bressi, Keith and Kathy Jeremiah, Bill and Helen Kuzmick, Charlie and Theresa Rebuck, Joann Shurock.

Submitted Photos CLOCKWISE, FROM TOP LEFT: The cast of "Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die" were, from left, first row, Abriel Newton, Jenna Lenig and Peach Kosmer Krebs, standing, Andrew Litchard, Jasmine Olvany, Jamie Golden and Kevin Markowskie.

Corrections Secretary John Wetzel yesterday led Department of Corrections' officials in honoring 15 employees for their outstanding performance, heroic actions and employee mentoring.

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

Police charged Juan C. Rodriquez, 28, of 17 E. Church St., Shamokin, with simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, disorderly conduct and harassment following a domestic dispute at his residence at 1:44 a.m. Thursday.

An Elysburg man is in fair condition and his wife in serious condition after being extricated from their mangled car that became sandwiched between a truck and another vehicle in an accident along Route 61 in front of Masser's Wayside Inn Monday afternoon.

The Northumberland County Conservation District is providing a scholarship for a local high school student to attend the Penn State Conservation Leadership School .

A 76-year-old Coal Township man suffered minor injuries to his face Saturday after he rear-ended a charter bus stopped at a red light along Route 61 at the entrance to BRL Grocery Outlet.

A pre-trial conference for Dr. Raymond J. Kraynak in his driving under the influence of alcohol case has been rescheduled for June 7. The 55-year-old Kulpmont resident and member of Mount Carmel Area School Board was scheduled for a pre-trial conference Friday morning before Northumberland County Judge Charles Saylor, but that legal proceeding was ... (more)

The father of a Coal Township teen killed in a car crash last summer isn't happy with the prospect that the driver will only serve 90 days in jail.

A Coal Township couple is safe but mourning the loss of a beloved dog after a two-alarm fire left their home heavily damaged Friday morning.

Two teen-age boys and a 20-year-old Coal Township woman have been charged in connection with the theft of two vehicles in March.

State Rep. Lynda Schlegel Culver, R-108, will host her annual meeting on the Shikellamy State Park Complex at 6 p.m. today at the Sunbury Social Club, 352 East Drive.

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

Civil lawsuits filed on behalf of four teens injured in a DUI-related accident near Mount Carmel Area Elementary School on March 28, 2012, will be consolidated into one case that will be heard by Northumberland County Judge Charles H. Saylor.

Charges will be filed against a suicidal man who allegedly assaulted his wife and threatened to kill any officers who dared enter his Shamokin apartment to arrest him.

A recovery of real property hearing is scheduled to start at 2:30 p.m. May 9. - Mary Lenig, of Catawissa, against Holly Bently, of Coal Township, for $470, filed April 25.