Watsontown 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.

By Amanda O'Rourke The Daily Item MILTON - Twenty-four people are facing drug charges following a street-level drug sweep Friday in Northumberland, Snyder and Union counties.

A Brimmer Avenue man riding his lawn mower Sunday afternoon got a surprise when another man in a pickup truck chased him through his yard.

A Milton teen tried to stuff 21 bags of heroin into the seat cushions of a police cruiser after she was arrested Thursday following a home invasion, borough police report.

A Delaware Drive woman was jailed late Monday after she allegedly attacked police officers taking her home after an earlier incident.

Delaware Township, Northumberland County- Dozens of volunteers are helping some neighbors in need in Northumberland County.

A former Milton man was who fled the area with a woman he reportedly assaulted in a parking lot was arrested in North Carolina after police tracked his movements by calling his victim on her cell phone.

Two people were seriously injured Monday afternoon when two vehicles collided on Route 44 in McEwensville.

When Jason and Kathy Kling head off to work, they go together. In fact, they work together.

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.

Police would like to know more about a battered safe spotted by a fisherman along the Susquehanna River Saturday morning.

A 19-year-old Watsontown man set to go on trial Monday for felony rape and related charges avoided having a jury decide his fate and pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor offense.

Flames shot across the second floor and through the roof of Fetter's Meats on Route 405 early Tuesday evening, but the quick response of area firefighters had the blaze under control after about 90 minutes, said Milton Fire Department Chief Don Haffner.

Acting Union County Sheriff Ernest Ritter is asking the public for help in locating three fugitives.

A 19-year-old Watsontown man set to go on trial Monday for felony rape and related charges avoided having a jury decide his fate and pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor offense.

The mother of a woman who has been missing for almost four months said despite thinking and feeling the worst, her family has not given up hope.

The long Memorial Day weekend--the unofficial start of summer--had many people at Shikellamy State Park in Northumberland County excited.

A large metal shed containing tractors and other equipment was destroyed by fire Monday at a dairy farm near Watsontown in Delaware Township, northern Northumberland County.

A large metal shed containing tractors and other equipment was destroyed by fire Monday at a dairy farm near Watsontown in Delaware Township, northern Northumberland County.

Hard work goes into making carnivals fun By Wayne Laepple WATSONTOWN -- Volunteers of the Warrior Run Area Fire department are gearing up for not just one but two carnivals back to back next month.