Coal Township News

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 Coal Township man was injured in a fiery motorcycle accident Sunday night south of Trevorton, according to the state police at Stonington.

Rachel Carta/Staff Photo James F. Kelley and Joan Kelley, son and widow of the late James P. Kelley, respectively, hang a plaque dedicating a solarium at Mountain View Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center to James P. Kelley on Sunday.

Incumbent Northumberland County Prothonotary Kathleen Strausser defeated Democratic challenger Patricia Holdren Tuesday to hold on to the seat for another four years.

A 44-year-old Coal Township man charged with stealing approximately $5,000 from Fairview Fire/Ambulance Company pleaded no contest Monday morning to one count of theft by unlawful taking, a felony of the third degree.

A man accused of stealing thousands from a fire company entered a plea Monday in Northumberland County.

The Islamic chaplain at the State Correctional Institution at Coal Township, who claimed he had been harassed because of his Muslim faith since he was hired in 1995, has decided not to pursue a federal civil rights lawsuit.

Northumberland County Tax Claim Bureau, William Tanney and Cheryl Tanney to Joseph L. Pearson, property in Mount Carmel, $2,800. Northumberland County Tax Claim Bureau, Robert M. Hutko and Richard Walter Kramer to Joseph G. Menghin, property in Mount Carmel, $2,200. Northumberland County Tax Claim Bureau, Berniece M. Lucas and Bonnie L. Lucas to ...

A Shamokin man has been accused of mining coal without a license or permit by the state Department of Environmental Protection .

Font size: [A] [A] [A] MIKE STAUGAITIS/Staff Photo The Coal Township Commissioners donated $1,598.14 to the Brady Fire Company to be used for windows on its new engine house.

The Department of Environmental Protection and Mallard Contracting Inc. of Mount Carmel, have reached an agreement on the final cleanup requirements for a 63,000 gallon gasoline spill that occurred in May 2007 in Coal Township.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] MIKE STAUGAITIS/Staff Photos Daniella Edmondson, LPN, draws the H1N1 vaccine into a syringe at Shamokin-Coal Township Public Library Tuesday afternoon.

Richard C. Curran, a former law enforcement officer convicted of first-degree murder in 2008 in the 2005 shooting death of his 31-year-old ex-wife, Tina S. Curran, was back in Northumberland County Court on Wednesday afternoon seeking to fire his attorney in the appeal process so he could represent himself.

About 250 people packed a Valley library Tuesday for what is believed to be the first widespread dissemination of the swine flu vaccine.

High-profile arrests of low-level drug dealers are an effective way to get at the root of a community problem, Valley drug counselors and law enforcement officials agree.

MIKE STAUGAITIS/Staff Photo Linda Herb, left, brought in several objects to have looked over at the Great Treasure Hunt at O.I.P. in Shamokin.

Kevin W. Sullivan, 39, of New York City, waived to court Tuesday a charge of retail theft and was ordered by Magisterial District Judge John Gembic III to appear for arraignment Dec.

Forensic evidence is collected Tuesday at the Northumberland County Cemetery near Stonington by Detective Ron Zanella, left, chief investigating officer of the Stonington state police; Richard Stump, Montour County forensic pathologist; James Kelley, Northumberland County coroner, and trooper Dean Benedict, of the Montoursville state police ...

Font size: [A] [A] [A] share this This week's "sore spot," pictured at right, is a building at 149-151 Girard St., Atlas.

While the dwindling number of applications for building permits reflects the abysmal state of the economy, Valley business leaders cling to their hopes as they try to market industrial parks in three Valley counties.