The Daily Item, Sunbury, PA News

Jokester cop tased intern at station

2012-05-24T23:20:08-04:00

NORTHUMBERLAND — A Northumberland police detective claims in a lawsuit filed Wednesday he was wrongly blamed after an officer shot an intern with a Taser gun while fooling around at the police station in December.

Midd-West taxpayers face increase of $109

2012-05-24T23:16:20-04:00

MIDDLEBURG — The Midd-West School District on Thursday night announced an average property tax increase of $109 to help offset its $1.8 million budget deficit for the 2012-13 school year.
Midd-West will also close two elementary schools, consolidate two middle schools, cut programs and furlough seven teachers and 23 other staff members.

LARA: Charred bridge sound

2012-05-24T23:02:21-04:00

LEWISBURG — The fire-damaged railroad bridge crossing the Susquehanna River at Lewisburg is structurally sound following the March fire that discolored steel and charred roughly 400 ties, the Lewisburg Area Recreation Authority said at its meeting Thursday.

Stat of the Day: $2.6 million

2012-05-24T19:27:50-04:00

Stat of the Day: $2.6 million.

That's what President Barack Obama has spent on advertising in Iowa, which may be a battleground state in November's election against presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney.

Northampton County jury sentences man to death in officer killing

2012-05-24T17:03:06-04:00

EASTON — Jurors in eastern Pennsylvania have sentenced a man to death for fatally shooting a police officer last summer.

'To Do': Ambulance Anniversary

2012-05-24T15:00:42-04:00

DANVILLE - The Danville Ambulance Service will celebrate its 60th anniversary with a free pig roast open to the public starting at noon May 25 at the service on A Street.

Judge denies convicted teen's request to attend vocational school

2012-05-24T13:30:15-04:00

MIDDLEBURG — The teen convicted of causing a March 2010 car crash that killed two classmates will not be allowed to leave jail to attend a vocational school.

Private supply ship flies by space station in test

2012-05-24T13:21:28-04:00

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The world's first private supply ship flew tantalizingly close to the International Space Station on Thursday, acing a critical test in advance of the actual docking.

Forecasters: 9 to 15 storms this hurricane season

2012-05-24T13:17:55-04:00

MIAMI — U.S. forecasters predicted Thursday that this year's Atlantic hurricane season would produce a normal number of about nine to 15 tropical storms.

Police Log 05.24.12

2012-05-24T11:50:00-04:00

A roundup of police news reported by departments across the Central Susquehanna Valley.