FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP — The Southern Columbia Area School Board issued a statement of charges against high school science teacher Kristen Vitkauskas, during a special meeting on Monday.
COAL TOWNSHIP — Patrolman Mark Menapace and members of the Coal Township Fire Department saved a dog stuck approximately 100 feet down a stripping pit near Coal Run on Friday.
COAL TOWNSHIP — Kat’s Best Buys, a consignment and boutique shop located in The Plaza at Coal Township, officially opened its doors Monday morning.
SHAMOKIN TOWNSHIP — Some residents here are worried that a woman who is on probation related to 41 counts of animal neglect is planning to open another dog kennel in their neighborhood.
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SHAMOKIN — The Cecilian Club will present its final concert of the 2023-24 season at 7 p.m. Monday at First United Methodist Church, Sunbury and Ninth streets. The public is invited to attend this free concert. Performances will include some favorites from the past year, as well as a few num…
MOUNT CARMEL — On May 5, 1868, Gen. John J. Logan, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, issued General Order No. 11, which stated, “that the 30th Day of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died …
ROCKEFELLER TOWNSHIP — Trooper Jeffrey Brown has charged Shikellamy School Board Director Tom Webb with a misdemeanor for allegedly authorizing a bad check in the amount of $24,000 related to his business, Spyglass Ridge Winery.
ELYSBURG — Firefighters set fire to an abandoned house along West Valley Avenue on Saturday to burn it down.
FRACKVILLE — A $100 million-plus project to reconfigure a steep grade of state Route 61, between Frackville and St. Clair, in Schuylkill County, officially kicked off this week with a groundbreaking ceremony attended by local dignitaries and PennDOT officials.
WILLIAMSPORT — Glen Taormina, 37, of Mount Carmel, was sentenced Wednesday to 78 months in prison for intending to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine, fentanyl and heroin.
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has begun its 2024 Black Fly Suppression Program, monitoring and treating 48 rivers and streams spanning more than 1,800 miles.
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