Trevorton News

A Friday evening fire that killed one sister and critically injured another started in the kitchen, likely near the refrigerator, a fire marshal said Monday.

The body of the elderly disabled woman who was trapped in Friday's fire on Shamokin Street has been found, and the sister who tried to rescue her was in critical condition.

UPDATE: One sister was killed and another burned in a fire in Trevorton Friday afternoon.

Firefighters are battling a house fire along Shamokin Street that broke out just after 3 p.m. The large, three-story home, at the corner of Shamokin and Third streets, was engulfed in flames and smoke as of about 3:30 p.m. The property is located two doors west of the Bait, Barrels and Bows sporting goods store at 229 W. Shamokin St.

Harry Deitz/For The News-Item Dean Woodruff, a worker at Wesley J. Keener's farm in Rush Township, calms a calf while a barn fire rages on Friday morning.

Fire claimed the life an elderly woman here Friday and her sister was taken to Lehigh Valley Medical Center for treatment of burns, officials said.

Hours after a fire broke out, smoke and flames continued to billow from a home in the village of Trevorton, near Shamokin.

Fire crews are still battling flames at a home in Northumberland County. The Trevorton fire chief said the call came in about 3 p.m. saying there were people inside the home on West Shamokin Street.

A free lunch will be provided by Angel Table of First United Methodist Church from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday at the church.

The first significant snowfall of winter made roads slick and contributed to two accidents along Route 125 near an area known as the "S" curve Saturday.

"No company coming!" "Wear the kids out so they can have a nap before dinner." "My mom's cooking." "Find some good deals" "Support Boscov's ..." Whatever the reason, more than 400 hundred people found one for lining up outside Boscov's department store in the Susquehanna Mall very early on a holiday morning.

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

Weak nationwide demand for turkeys is greatly affecting large poultry producers in the Valley, who say they are seeing more than a 20 percent decrease in sales.

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

Font size: [A] [A] [A] A man was injured Sunday after the motorcycle he was riding collided with a pickup truck on Route 2044, near Trevorton.

A Selinsgrove couple planning to retire in five years lost $75,000 in investments during the current recession and will have to work into their 70s.

Angel Food Ministries is now accepting orders for the month of November. At a cost of $30, the basic package provides enough food for an individual for one month or a family of four for about a week, with no income requirements.

Construction could soon begin on the first phase of the city's long-awaited riverfront development project that will cost almost $1 million less than projected, according to the bid award.

A Trevorton man was injured Wednesday after the pickup truck he was driving was hit by a tractor-trailer on Route 54.

The topic of renovations at Dalmatia and Leck Kill elementary schools dominated Tuesday's Line Mountain Board of Directors meeting.