Joe Sylvester

MOUNT CARMEL TOWNSHIP — Property taxes will remain the same under a preliminary $1.1 million budget for 2025 the township supervisors approved on Wednesday evening.

MOUNT CARMEL TOWNSHIP — Township supervisors voted Wednesday to contract with a feral cat program at a cost of $750 to control the number of stray felines in the neighborhoods.

SHAMOKIN — Santa dropped in at the Shamokin-Coal Township Public Library on Saturday to visit with some local children and have their pictures taken with him.

COAL TOWNSHIP — Flames tore through parts of a duplex and an adjacent building housing three residences here Monday night.

SHAMOKIN — City council Monday night approved ordinances regulating the conduct and advertising of yard sales and similar sales and amending the city code on solid waste.

MOUNT CARMEL TOWNSHIP — Township supervisors Wednesday night unanimously adopted a $1.1 million budget for 2025 that keeps tax rates the same as this year.

An area business and a local church are collecting clothing and other items to help the victims of a Dec. 9 fire in the 1000 block of Arch Street in

COAL TOWNSHIP — The Dec. 9 blaze that damaged four homes and displaced five residents on West Arch Street was an accidental electrical fire, a state police fire marshal ruled.

COAL TOWNSHIP — Scott Bailey and Patrick Shea braved 25 degrees and a chilly wind outside of Walmart on Saturday to try to help the Salvation Army collect donations to

SHAMOKIN — The Lower Anthracite Model Railroad Club display on the second floor of the American Legion building welcomed a steady flow of visitors on Saturday, the second last day of the exhibit for the season.