Joe Sylvester

ATLAS — Mount Carmel Township supervisors voted 3-0 Monday night to enact a moratorium of up to 180 days on data center proposals.

ATLAS — Mount Carmel Township supervisors Monday hired attorney Donald G. Karpowich as township special counsel to assist the township with amending its zoning ordinance related to data centers.

SHAMOKIN — The propeller from the Tug Shamokin now has a permanent home in the City of Shamokin.

SHAMOKIN — People attending the 20th annual Anthracite Heritage Festival of the Arts on Saturday came prepared with umbrellas and raincoats.

SHAMOKIN — The propeller from the Tug Shamokin now has a permanent home in the City of Shamokin.

MANDATA — For the seventh consecutive year, Line Mountain School District taxpayers will pay the same tax rates.

CATAWISSA — An 81-year-old Catawissa man is facing more than 80 counts of child pornography-related charges filed by the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General.

SHAMOKIN — The city man charged with setting the May 4 fire on North Franklin Street that displaced up to 13 people and spread to three other homes

WATSONTOWN — Borough council Monday night voted 6-0 to terminate Patrolman David Podgorney, a police officer with the borough department since 2020.

Following a bitter cold winter, spring seemed unusually chilly. On some days. On other days, it seemed as though summer had arrived early.