Sunbury News

A city man is in the Northumberland County Prison on charges he assaulted his wife Thursday while she held her 2-year-old son in her arms.

A Northumberland County jury acquitted a Sunbury man of attempted homicide, but convicted him of felony aggravated assault following a two-day trial.

Construction in Cameron Park has chased Santa Claus from his traditional headquarters to North Fifth Street this year.

A Northumberland County Prison lieutenant is awaiting sentencing, and may lose his job, after pleading guilty to driving under the influence.

Narcotics agents from the state Attorney General's Office Tuesday charged six suspects - one with alleged ties to the "Bloods" street gang - in connection with a drug ring responsible for importing and distributing heroin and crack cocaine into Northumberland, Union and Snyder counties.

The response to The Daily Item online Maroon 5 concert ticket giveaway was overwhelming.

A Sunbury man driving in the left lane of the Veterans Memorial Bridge on Sunday evening saw the driver of a vehicle in the right lane pointing a loaded handgun at him, state police said.

Attorney General narcotics agents today arrested four out of six suspects in connection with a drug ring responsible for importing and distributing heroin and crack cocaine into Northumberland, Union and Snyder counties.

Between 20 and 25 storage units were forced open and items were stolen, police said, and they are looking for the public's help in solving the crimes.

Although the Susquehanna River Valley has no Thanksgiving story equal to the pilgrims' landing at Plymouth Rock, area residents should be grateful for the successful relationship between Shikellamy, who attended to the affairs and interests of the Six Nations of Iroquois, and Conrad Weiser, negotiator and interpreter for the Provincial Council of ...

City police have filed more charges against the man they allege helped lead a burglary ring that robbed homeowners of up to $200,000 worth of possessions.

Police are releasing few details about the execution of a search warrant at a second-floor residence at South Second and Walnut streets Monday evening.

City police searched a second-floor residence at South Second and Walnut streets Monday evening, in what one officer called an "ongoing drug investigation." Three patrol cars plus unmarked cars parked next to the house as police entered and took photos inside.

A Point Township man attacked a police officer and caused $912 in damage at the police station when he went berserk while awaiting his arraignment on a domestic assault charge, authorities said.

Officials believe they have found an alligator that escaped from a wildlife officer who brought the animal to his daughter's school for show and tell.

A 20-year-old city man was sentenced to state prison for aggravated assault stemming from a January stabbing.

Twenty years after winning his first election as mayor and four years after losing his fifth re-election bid to Mayor Jesse C. Woodring, David L. Persing is throwing his hat back into the ring in pursuit of the city's top job.

A program planned for Nov. 5 aims to let residents know what services are available to them in the city to help improve their quality of life.

Well, all of a sudden it seems like there's a lot of music going on, at least this week.

A Bloomsburg University student from Sunbury was among four firefighters who pulled a man from a burning downtown building Sunday morning.