Stories from Friday, March 1, 2024
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Motorists on Tank Road to see detours, single-lane traffic
NESCOPECK TWP. -- A four-year project to replace the bridges carrying Interstate 80 over Nescopeck Creek is scheduled...
Superintendent gives credit to school staffers
SOUTH CENTRE TWP. -- Central Columbia School District was recently named a model district by the state Department of...
Filmmakers invited to submit work for fall festival at Berwick Theater
BERWICK -- If you've ever dreamed of making a movie and seeing it on the silver screen, you're about to have that...
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BLOOMSBURG -- A Nescopeck woman admittedly "flipped out" when she caused $5,000 in damage...
Berwick man, 21, allegedly threw wife to the ground
BERWICK -- A 21-year-old was arrested for violating a protection-from-abuse order after his wife reported he grabbed...
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Let's Explore!: 10 a.m., Bloomsburg Public Library.
Open Tech Help with Careerlink: 11 a.m. to noon, Bloomsburg Public...
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Israeli troops fired on a crowd of Palestinians racing to pull food off an aid convoy in Gaza...
GOP blocks IVF protection
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Republicans blocked legislation that would protect access to in...
* Ben Franklin Technology Partners is soliciting bids for HVAC upgrades at the Bloomsburg Tech Center.
* Greenwood...
1893: Inventor Nikola Tesla first publicly demonstrated radio during a meeting of the National Electric Light...
* Pop singer Justin Bieber, 30.
* Actor Lupita Nyong'o, 41.
* Actor Mark-Paul Gosselaar, 50.
* Actor Javier Bardem,...
Car-theft suspect captured
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A car theft suspect who fled police outside a hospital this week was...
TREASURE HUNT: 7-11-23-25-29
MIDDAY PICK TWO: 1-8; WILD: 8
MIDDAY PICK THREE: 6-3-6; WILD: 8
MIDDAY PICK FOUR: 8-6-1-4...
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Montour County Commissioners approved a broadband contract this week, funded by about $30,000 in Community Development...
DANVILLE -- Police say a man who was pulled from his SUV after a wreck along Route 11 Wednesday night had minor...
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Kawneer machinist enjoyed time with family
Richard James "Jim" Walters, 70, of Sugarloaf Township died Wednesday evening, Feb. 28, 2024, at his home.
Born Oct. 20...
Executive secretary enjoyed English novels
Melissa J. Leggieri, 79, of Berwick died Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville.
Born Jan. 31...
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MILLVILLE -- A Millville cheerleader was honored Monday night by her principal at the Millville...
RENO, Nev. (AP) -- The most powerful Pacific storm of the season started barreling into the Sierra Nevada on Thursday,...
BLOOMSBURG — A prayer breakfast will be held on Saturday at 7:15 a.m. at Morris Family Restaurant, 6035 Columbia...
Grand jury transcripts from a 2006 Florida investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's abuse of dozens of underage girls will...
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HARRISBURG (AP) -- Law enforcement agencies, civil defense officials and election administrators are meeting in...
McLEAN, VA. (AP) -- The United States expects to face fast-moving threats to American elections this year as artificial...
Cases of norovirus, a nasty stomach bug that spreads easily, are climbing in the Northeastern U.S., the Centers for...
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NEW YORK -- Some doorbell cameras sold by Amazon and other online retailers have security flaws that could allow bad...
NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. stocks climbed to more all-time highs Thursday as Wall Street closed its latest winning month.
In...
Health care providers across the country are reeling from a cyberattack on a massive U.S. health care technology...
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LOS ANGELES -- Timothee Chalamet and Austin Butler were really looking forward to their fight.
The actors had been...
The hero of "Problemista" sees the world differently. He's an aspiring toy designer named Alejandro who thinks today's...
Noora Niasari's delicately moving "Shayda" puts the viewer in the shoes of an Iranian woman in Australia living in a...
When Adam Sandler, as Czech astronaut Jakub in Johan Renck's "Spaceman," is asked if he's lonely, he answers in...
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DEAR ABBY: My husband has a poor relationship with our son and his wife.
They want nothing to do with him and don't...
DEAR DR. ROACH: After many years of dealing with reflux, I have now developed Barrett's esophagus.
The biopsy said "...
IF YOU WERE BORN TODAY You're a rebel at heart. You don't follow what others do; you create your own lane. You relish...
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BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- On the banks of the Rio Grande but 300 miles apart, President Joe Biden and GOP challenger...
"This time of year often sees see-sawing temperatures. After we enjoyed several unseasonably warm days, the weather...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Health officials are investigating whether there's a link between two new RSV vaccines and cases of a...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Early estimates suggest flu shots are performing OK in the U.S. winter flu season.
The vaccines were...
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Team ditches promotion because of unruly behavior
PHILADELPHIA -- For more than a quarter-century, Phillies fans considered dollar hot dog night among the best ballpark...
Ironmen girls, Blue Jay boys capture crowns
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WILLIAMSPORT -- The applause and scream echoed throughout Williamsport's natatorium on...
PHILADELPHIA -- Joel Embiid wants to play again this year -- for the Philadelphia 76ers, yes, even as they fade without...
Bloomsburg’s Barra ready to refocus and potentially reach Hershey
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BLOOMSBURG -- Anthony Barra burst onto the scene in his first District 4 Class 2A wrestling...
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Jalen Suggs hit three 3-pointers in the final three minutes and finished with 15 points as the Orlando...
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division W L Pct GB
Boston 46 12 .793 --
New York 35 25 .583 12
Philadelphia 33 25 .569 13...
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Freshman Hannah Hidalgo had 23 points and 12 rebounds to help No. 17 Notre Dame beat fifth-ranked...
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. -- Chad Ramey's first two trips to PGA National as a professional were largely forgettable. He...
DETROIT -- Mathew Barzal had a tiebreaking goal with 6:02 left in the third period and Brock Nelson scored twice,...
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Florida 60 40 16 4 84 198 145
Boston 61 35 12 14 84 207 169...
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BATON ROUGE, La. -- LSU's dome-roofed basketball stadium, the Pete Maravich Assembly Center, is named for a supremely...
March 1, 1994
* Southern Columbia, led by Chad Fabian's 20 points, fights back from a 17-point deficit to beat North...
Today
BASKETBALL
High school boys
District 4 Class 4A final
at Shikellamy
Danville vs. Shamokin............... 8 p.m....
AUTO RACING
7:25 a.m.
ESPN2 -- Formula 1: Practice, Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain
10:55 a.m.
ESPN2 --...
INDIANAPOLIS -- Defensive tackle T'Vondre Sweat might have been the biggest guy on Texas' campus the past five seasons...
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
National League ATLANTA BRAVES -- Reassigned LHP Hayden Harris and RHP Taylor Widener to...
March 2-11 -- Period for renewing contracts of unsigned players on 40-man rosters.
March 20-21 -- Los Angeles Dodgers...
PITTSBURGH -- Bill Hillgrove is retiring as the play-by-play voice of the Pittsburgh Steelers after three decades on...
Jan. 4-7 -- The Sentry (Chris Kirk)
Jan. 11-14 -- Sony Open in Hawaii (Grayson Murray)
Jan. 18-21 -- The American...
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As western leaders wake up to the need for a ceasefire in Gaza, nearly 30,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's...
ROSE: There are 7,936 Taco Bell restaurants in the U.S., and another 280 or so in other countries, although -- and this...
Bloomsburg Town Council has stated that the new zoning regulations will affect all Bloomsburg residents.
Before this...
Last year, the Maryland General Assembly announced plans to reduce its output of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions 60% by...
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Last spring a bunch of people complained when people decorated their no parking areas on Market Street. There have been...
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NEW YORK -- Noel Fielding trades pastry for pistols in "The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin." The TV...
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