Northumberland County News

A 44-year-old Coal Township man charged with stealing approximately $5,000 from Fairview Fire/Ambulance Company pleaded no contest Monday morning to one count of theft by unlawful taking, a felony of the third degree.

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.

The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care says that any information about the area's first H1N1 death could potentially identify the person.

A discrepancy on the county Web site led to Democratic challenger Edward Fegley being declared a winner over incumbent Robert Barrett in the Mount Carmel Borough Council election Tuesday night.

Republican incumbent Kathleen Wolfe Strausser, of Elysburg, convincingly defeated Democratic challenger Patricia Holdren for Northumberland County prothonotary in the only contested race on the county ticket during Tuesday's general election.

A man accused of stealing thousands from a fire company entered a plea Monday in Northumberland County.

Seven in 10 registered voters in Montour, Snyder and Union counties did not participate in general elections in 2001 and 2005.

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

A state police fire marshal will investigate a fire Friday night that destroyed a garage owned by A&G Towing at the end of Bear Valley Avenue.

A Milton man was jailed after he allegedly stole jewelry, cash and a laptop computer from his mother to support his heroin habit.

The increasingly negative tone of the state Supreme Court race between Republican Joan Orie Melvin and Democrat Jack Panella has triggered complaints from attorneys who say both campaigns crossed the line in political ads.

An accident involving a distracted bus driver and a now injured kindergartner has been ruled a freak occurrence.

A Shamokin contractor serving time in the Northumberland County Prison for swindling customers fell ill at the jail Tuesday morning and died a short time later.

The trial of a Mount Carmel man accused of fatally beating his wife and dumping her body in a creek will get under way in Northumberland County Court in March.

Inmates sentenced to state prison are remaining in county jails for several weeks, in part because of severe statewide overcrowding that has prompted the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections to ask neighboring states for help in housing prisoners.

Richard C. Curran, a former law enforcement officer convicted of first-degree murder in 2008 in the 2005 shooting death of his 31-year-old ex-wife, Tina S. Curran, was back in Northumberland County Court on Wednesday afternoon seeking to fire his attorney in the appeal process so he could represent himself.

A Williamsport man charged in a drug-related home invasion in June is now accused of repeatedly threatening the victim in the county prison and while they were being held together while awaiting a court hearing.

A school bus driver in Northumberland County has stepped down after being accused of duct-taping the mouths of two students.

Attorney General Tom Corbett has announced that agents from the Attorney General's Public Corruption Unit have filed criminal charges against the former director of the Northumberland County Drug & Alcohol Department, who is accused of concealing his outside employment with businesses that had contracts with his department, billing private ...

Muncy, Lycoming County- A Northumberland County man has been charged with 120 counts of child pornography.