Penns Creek News

Lori Cover donned a red, white and blue outfit to attend the Independence Day celebration in New Berlin Saturday as a demonstration of the pride she feels for being a U.S. citizen.

Officials and volunteers put the final touches on a stream restoration project in Mount Pleasant Mills on Wednesday.

Bellefonte Cruise a ride down memory lane That's the word from PaFlyFish.com, which has named Bellefonte the top town in 2009 Anglers know what it's all about, with Spring Creek winding through town.

Motorists in Selinsgrove are advised that an in-depth inspection will be conducted on the bridge carrying East Pine Street to the Isle of Que next Tuesday and Wednesday, June 23 and 24.

A couple accused of using a dedit card they found in a lost wallet to buy cigarettes and medicine were arrested after dozens of people, including their parents, recognized them from a surveillance photo published in The Daily Item and called police.

Jim Downes uses a blade to plane, or smooth, strips of bamboo to make a fly-fishing rod in his Coburn shop.

Architectural splendor is abundant throughout the Susquehanna Valley landscape in the many houses of worship.

A security camera image shows a young couple -- later identified as Nicholas Lewis Keister, 19, of Penns Creek, and Dominica Marie McCarthy-Keister, 22, of Middleburg, -- entering the Giant grocery store in Monroe Township.

We have had a good bit of rain over the past several weeks. The Susquehanna Rver and most streams are flowing strong.

I recently attended a meeting about the Susquehanna River and its smallmouth. The meeting included three of the 10 commissioners of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.

It's just after 8 a.m., and Zane Fink drops off his backpack in class and walks out to his school's fish tank.

The driver of a Mack Truck loaded with grain lost control on state Route 445 in Millheim Borough Wednesday evening, causing a crash that closed the road for several hours, state police reported.

Photo providedThe former Middleburg Bakery Co. building is up for sale. The bakery-s original bread ovens may still be in the basement.

Jaime North/The Daily ItemTroy Bowersox, a Limestone Township supervisor, stands with his sons, Ryan, 10, and Landon, 9, at the township-s recreation area along Penns Creek in Union County.

Volunteers have hauled tires, lawn chairs and spent ammunition casings from the World War II era out of Pine, Penns, Elk and Sinking creeks.

He was born in Costa Rica, spent a summer in Honduras and is growing up in central Pennsylvania.

Three especially interesting musical events are slated for Saturday, and if you play your cards right, you can take in all three.

A man lost his pets Monday when the home he was renting went up in flames. Crews were called to the home on Route 104 in Penns Creek about 12:30 p.m. to find the house full of flames.

A dog and four cats are reported to have perished in a fire that destroyed a a Centerville Street home on Monday afternoon.

Senshu and Susquehanna students laugh and converse with each other during a class in Apfelbaum Hall last week.