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Font size: [A] [A] [A] share this Politics as usual? I thought things would be different in Northumberland County since Vinny got in there, but I see it's the same old politics.

Jeremy Bingaman, 28, of 246 N. Front St., Sunbury, has been charged by Cpl. Christopher Blase with two counts of simple assault and recklessly endangering another person and one count of endangering the welfare of children relating to a domestic disturbance at 10:30 p.m. Thursday.

The project, originated by student Jen Herb of Coal Township, was one of many that the class undertook as part of a community service elective in the class, taught by Anne Houser.

Explore the natural history and folklore of the Great Horned Owl during a program from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Dec.

Snyder was charged following a traffic stop by Shamokin City Police Patrolman Jarrod Scandle on Sept.

MIKE STAUGAITIS/Staff Photos Shawn McGugan, left, and Mike Zielinskie stand in front of the new billboard after they unveiled it Saturday morning in Shamokin.

Lamar and Fietta Schlemmer were watching television at about noon Friday when they saw smoke pouring from their basement door.

While most of Columbia County's prisoners spend the night locked in their cells, Chas Britton is free to roam around the basement cell block and watch TV into the wee hours.

A Montour County jury has cleared Geisinger Medical Center and two physicians of negligence in a civil court case involving a Shamokin woman who died following surgery eight years ago.

Larry Deklinski/Staff Photo A woman runs on a treadmill Monday at Star Physical Therapy and Fitness, Marion Heights.

A lieutenant at Northumberland County Prison in Sunbury, who was charged twice with driving under the influence of alcohol relating to incidents that occurred within a year of each other, pleaded guilty Monday morning to two counts of DUI and will be sentenced within 60 days.

The former secretary-treasurer of the Pastime Club in Shamokin will have to wait until a pre-sentence investigation is completed to determine if a judge will accept his no-contest plea.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] Northumberland County Tax Claims Bureau and Roy J. Troutman to James J. Bressi, property in Shamokin, $3,300. Northumberland County Tax Claims Bureau and Anthony Stadnicki and Kathryn Stadnicki to Northumberland Property Trust, property in Shamokin, $4,700. Northumberland County Tax Claims Bureau, Darwin Nicholson and Mary ...

Font size: [A] [A] [A] Police had not provided details on five of the 40 suspects charged Thursday in a countywide drug sweep coordinated by the Northumberland-Montour Drug Task Force.

An oversized load hauling a windmill base made it out of Danville after 16 days, but not before snarling traffic for one and a half hours Tuesday.

The close race between the candidates for the Mount Carmel Township Board of Supervisors resulted in no changes when the final vote was completed Monday, but the outcome for township tax collector was altered When all absentee votes were counted, James "Jim" Bush won over Jackie Dixon in the tax collector race, 375 votes to 373.

More than two dozen young adults paid tribute to local veterans Monday morning by raising new flags at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument on Lincoln Street and Spanish-American War Monument at Market and Lincoln streets.

Shamokin City Council is requesting bids for work to be done on the Lawton W. Shroyer Memorial Swimming Pool.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] - Geisinger Medical Center announced a $2.5 million expansion program, the largest of its type ever undertaken by any medical facility in central Pennsylvania.

Excavations along Penns Creek have revealed cooking and flint-napping sites, as well as flints, pottery, triangle points and paleo-scrapers, indicating the area was inhabited at least 13,000 years ago and into the Colonial period.