Northumberland News

It's the holiday weekend coming up, and I guess since so many folks will be enjoying reunions, barbecues, picnics and parties, the pickin's are a bit slim this week.

TRENT? HILLS?a ' Two home invasions have taken place in Trent Hills this week, with the intruder in each instance making off with prescription drugs.

The budget-threatened Joseph Priestley House, in Northumberland, and R.B. Winter State Park, near Mifflinburg, will be open today, even though Pennsylvania begins its fiscal year without a spending plan.

Northumberland County's unemployment rate hit 10 percent in May, the highest it has been in nearly 17 years, a state Department of Labor and Industry analyst said Monday.

Members of the board working to re-establish a public dental health clinic in Sunbury include, back row from left, JoAnn Lawer, Selinsgrove, and Dr.

A borough man faces a charge of open lewdness after allegedly masturbating within view of two girls, authorities said.

Two Northumberland County artists are mounting a show they've titled "Roadside Elegance" at Artspace Gallery, 221 Center St., Bloomsburg, from July 16 through Aug.

Hazel Marie Morgan, 88, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, June 21, 2009, at the Columbia-Montour Home Hospice, Danville.

The historic Joseph Priestley House may remain open if a plan developed by the Friends of the Joseph Priestley House can be implemented.

Attorney General Tom Corbett announced that over the past week agents from the Child Predator Unit have made arrests in Northumberland, Berks and Montgomery counties involving men accused of using the Internet to sexually proposition what they believed were 13 or 14-year old girls.

Northumberland Ferries is on a new schedule effective Friday, June 19 to Wednesday, July 1. Departing from Wood Islands, P.E.I.: 7:00, 8:30, 10:30, 12:30, 14:30, 18:30 Departing from Caribou, Nova Scotia: 8:30, 10:30, 12:30, 14:30, 16:30, 20:00 READER FEEDBACK Premier Robert Ghiz says he's prepared to live with the political consequences following ...

Hundreds upon hundreds upon hundreds of times a day, for hour after hour after hour, Megan and Natalie Monroig, of Northumberland, must maintain their focus, both literally and figuratively.

The Route 11 detour at the edge of Northumberland could be lifted as soon as this afternoon, one week ahead of schedule.

A worker prepares to move a traffic sign Monday afternoon as the state Department of Transportation lifts the Route 11 detour in Northumberland.

A plain, three story, gray-painted brick building across Queen Street from the post office was once the home of John McFarland, an Irish immigrant who came to Northumberland in 1860 and lived there until his death in 1873.

Oh, my. We have a lot of music in this area this weekend, including the 20th anniversary edition of the Billtown Blues Festival on Sunday starting at noon at the Lycoming County Fairgrounds in Hughesville.

As part of a sustainability initiative, Luzerne County Community College, in Shamokin, will be unveiling a new one-year certificate program this week geared to address green-collar workforce needs for the area's renewable energy market.

The Friends of Shikellamy State Park start off the summer season on Sunday with Sunday Brunch on the Point from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The brunch features food by Emma's Food for Life, of Selinsgrove, and the delicious music of the Burgess-Mitchell-Seal Trio.

A Northumberland police officer who lives in Danville has filed a lawsuit against The Daily Item and one of its reporters.

Every one of the more than 30 people who attended Wednesday's hearing on resuming amplified outdoor music at Skeeter's Pit BBQ was in favor of the proposal, many saying that traffic from nearby Route 11 was noisier than the performers on the outdoor patio.