Northumberland County

SUNBURY — It took a Northumberland County jury nearly three hours to find a Mount Carmel man not guilty of attempted homicide and aggravated assault on Wednesday.

SUNBURY — A Northumberland County Judge upheld a state Office of Records Determination and ordered county jail officials to produce records awarded to a Mount Carmel man.

LEWISBURG — William Cameron Engine Company is seeking a $1.6 million competitive grant through the U.S. Department of Agriculture for facility upgrades.Fire Chief William Blount III said the company worked with U.S. Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson (R-15) to submit an application for the USDA's Community Facilities Program to fund the $3.2 million project. The station at 11 Buffalo Road and the administrative offices at 239 N. Fifth St. in Lewisburg were built in the mid-1960s."We garnered 45 letters of support from the community," Blount said. "We put a lot of work into a 10-day period.

SUNBURY — An alleged witness to an attempted homicide in May 2022 in Mount Carmel told a Northumberland County jury Tuesday she heard at least five rounds go off before she realized her boyfriend had been shot outside a bar in the borough.

SUNBURY — A Sunbury man pleaded guilty to two counts of child pornography and will wait to see if a Northumberland County judge accepts the deal.

A book by Sunbury native John P. Deeben features an anthology of soldier letters written specifically for publication in two local Northumberland County newspapers.

SUNBURY — The Northumberland County Agricultural Land Preservation Board will accept applications to the county’s Agricultural Land Preservation Program beginning March 14.

Police say 77-year-old Bonnie Micklesavage died from injuries sustained in the crash.

WEST CHILLISQUAQUE TOWNSHIP, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) say a woman is dead and two others were injured after an early morning crash in Northumberland County. Early Friday morning, just before 5:30 a.m., troopers say the crash happened on State Route 405 at the intersection with Housels Run Road. State police say [...]

COAL TOWNSHIP — Northumberland County officials and the Northumberland County Jail staff said they are working together to improve conditions at the jail and daily operations.