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Last Updated: December 6, 2016 - 3:16pm

COOPER TWP. — A man shorted a prostitute at Winn’s Motel, and when two men showed up to collect the money he fled out the back, police say.

The two men broke into the room at 1911...

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Last Updated: December 6, 2016 - 3:07pm

BLOOMSBURG — A visiting judge on Tuesday ended hopes of a vote recount in Columbia County when he dismissed Democratic petitions calling for a re-tally as “untimely.”

They were...

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Last Updated: December 6, 2016 - 5:57am

BERWICK — A Berwick driver left a path of destruction on West Front Street here Monday night, tearing a chunk out of one utility pole, smashing into a Jeep, then slamming into another...

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Last Updated: December 6, 2016 - 5:54am

By the Press Enterprise staff
Southern Columbia halfback Gaige Garcia, the team’s leading rusher, will miss Saturday’s PIAA Class 2A state championship with a broken ankle.

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Last Updated: December 5, 2016 - 5:44pm

BLOOMSBURG — An oven used to store snacks caused a small fire that evacuated the Bloomsburg Towers high-rise Monday afternoon, officials and residents said.

Carrie Black, 92,...

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Last Updated: December 4, 2016 - 11:13pm

BLOOMSBURG — A young man went to a friend’s house to watch the Eagles game this weekend and ended up being robbed at gunpoint, police say.
The visitor was at his friend’s 242 Penn...

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Last Updated: December 2, 2016 - 5:30pm

CATAWISSA — A man who was stumbling drunk after reportedly drinking a half bottle of rum and a half bottle of fireball on his 31st birthday allegedly threatened to burn down the...

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Last Updated: December 1, 2016 - 8:58pm

SOUTH CENTRE TWP. — A driver headed toward Berwick on Old Berwick Road slid his car underneath a turning tractor trailer on Thursday evening, peeling the top from his Ford Focus but...

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Last Updated: November 30, 2016 - 4:46pm

DANVILLE — After it received reports that a football coach was participating in prayer circles and organizing the singing of a hymn, a national group that promotes separation of church...

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Last Updated: November 29, 2016 - 4:37pm

VALLEY TWP. — The owner of the former Rudy’s Mart is getting sued for $37,911 by a furniture manufacturer, weeks after authorities accused the business of stiffing customers.

The...

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Last Updated: November 28, 2016 - 4:53pm

SCOTT TWP. — A Bloomsburg man who served six years in prison for slashing another man’s throat was arrested again after he attacked his friends, police say.

Anthony J. Russo III,...

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Last Updated: November 25, 2016 - 10:38am

If you're planning to head over to the Caldwell Consistory for TreeFest today, it's open 3-6 p.m., organizers say.

The event times were incorrect in Friday's print edition.

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Last Updated: November 23, 2016 - 5:32pm

BLOOMSBURG – The man who allegedly shot Joshua Lahr in the face earlier this week gave officials two different names as he was being arrested.

But police say his fingerprints,...

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Last Updated: November 22, 2016 - 2:49pm

BLOOMSBURG — The man who was shot in the face during an altercation here Monday night is in critical condition Tuesday, a hospital spokeswoman says.

Meanwhile, Cyree Cortez Young...

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