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Last Updated: June 28, 2021 - 7:57pm

BRIAR CREEK TWP. — Monday morning’s fatal tanker truck crash knocked out power to 1,288 PPL customers, and most of them were still without power as of the evening.

PPL was...

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Last Updated: May 24, 2021 - 9:00pm

BERWICK —  A 41-year-old man slashed another man with a machete, then escaped with the weapon, say police.
Now officers are asking for the public’s help in finding Marlon I....

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Last Updated: May 24, 2021 - 7:52am

DANVILLE — An early Monday morning fire swept through the Karen Gronsky School of Dance, destroying the dance studio and sending neighbors fleeing into the street.

“We just had...

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Last Updated: May 5, 2021 - 6:15pm

The 11th annual First Columbia Bank & Trust Co.’s Teen Star singing competition on Wednesday announced its 12 finalists. They include the second- and third-place finishers from last...

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Last Updated: April 15, 2021 - 8:18am

SALEM TWP. — Fire broke out at a landmark field stone house on East Front Street here early Thursday morning, but solid construction and a quick response by firefighters saved most of...

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Last Updated: March 10, 2021 - 1:59pm

SCOTT TWP. — An advertising blimp broke loose from a car dealership in Scott Township on Wednesday around noon, first tangling in nearby trees and then floating away as workers tried to...

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Last Updated: March 6, 2021 - 6:29pm

CAMBRA — A 7-year-old boy on a bicycle was struck by a pickup and killed near his driveway Friday evening while three of his siblings watched from their front yard.

State Police...

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Last Updated: March 2, 2021 - 10:57am

WASHINGTONVILLE — Talen Energy plans to donate the Montour Preserve to a nonprofit or local government and to stop burning coal at its plant north of Danville by 2025 as part of an...

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Last Updated: February 24, 2021 - 2:02pm

DANVILLE — One of Pennsylvania’s largest health networks allowed employees' family members to skip the COVID-19 vaccine line, raising questions of fairness at a time of strong public...

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Last Updated: February 18, 2021 - 1:57pm

The Columbia County Courthouse Annex building on Main Street in Bloomsburg is closed today for emergency electrical repairs.

Water infiltrated the building’s main electrical...

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Last Updated: January 31, 2021 - 8:41am

SHICKSHINNY — A family of four escaped a fire that destroyed their Grant Street home Sunday morning.

By the time firefighters arrived to the 4:30 a.m. blaze at 47 Grant St., the...

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Last Updated: January 18, 2021 - 5:54pm

The Saturday afternoon shooting death of Jennifer S. Roesch was a tragic accident, officials said Monday.

Roesch, 44, was shot when her husband, Daniel, was removing a handgun...

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Last Updated: January 7, 2021 - 6:19pm

Ben Philips of Bloomsburg headed to Washington, D.C. early Wednesday morning, hoping to witness President Donald Trump announcing that he had won the election. 

Over the previous...

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Last Updated: January 1, 2021 - 4:00pm

LOCUST TWP. — A fast-moving fire engulfed a two-story farmhouse Friday morning, destroying the home and everything inside.

But even before the blaze was extinguished, a good...

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