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Last Updated: August 29, 2017 - 5:05pm

BLOOMSBURG — The Bloomsburg Fair won’t allow any Nazi memorabilia at this year’s event, and it has banned protests on the fairgrounds as well, says its security chief.

While it...

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Last Updated: August 29, 2017 - 11:41am

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta announced his candidacy for U.S. Senate on Tuesday.

The Republican Congressman, whose district covers both Columbia and Montour...

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Last Updated: August 27, 2017 - 2:11pm

CATAWISSA TWP. — A 75-year-old man was killed Sunday morning when his car slammed into a rocky embankment off Route 487 just across the river from the Bloomsburg airport, State Police...

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Last Updated: August 24, 2017 - 8:00pm

BERWICK — The broadcast team that's been calling Berwick Bulldogs football for years will be on the air on Friday night, but this time for a website,...

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Last Updated: August 24, 2017 - 11:10am

CATAWISSA — Someone in the area is a whole lot richer this morning.

Pennsylvania Lottery officials report that Fresh & Quick, on Main Street in Catawissa, sold a Powerball...

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Last Updated: August 23, 2017 - 4:35pm

SALEM TWP. – An explosion at a plant along River Road here drew firefighters from Luzerne and Columbia counties, and there were reports of one worker injured.

But details were...

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Last Updated: August 23, 2017 - 2:12pm

DANVILLE — In a first for Geisinger, the health system is handing out $1 million in grants to non-profit groups in 43 counties for “unmet social needs,” with the largest piece locally, $...

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Last Updated: August 23, 2017 - 11:42am

BLOOMSBURG — The breakfast shift at McDonald’s included a visit from music royalty when the Queen of Soul stepped off her tour bus here Wednesday morning.

Aretha Franklin and her...

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Last Updated: August 21, 2017 - 5:35pm

MIFFLINVILLE — A passenger in a car told police he started eating as much marijuana as he could choke down after spotting a police car nearby in the Love’s truck stop parking lot here,...

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Last Updated: August 9, 2017 - 5:00pm

WILLIAMSPORT — A manhunt is underway for a former Berwick man who was doing time here for indecent assault and a parole violation when he walked away from his job at the Lycoming County...

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Last Updated: August 9, 2017 - 11:15am

BERWICK — A despondent and incoherent woman had to be rescued from the shores of the Susquehanna River after she walked into the water in an attempt to commit suicide Tuesday, her friend...

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Last Updated: August 7, 2017 - 4:31pm

RUSH TWP. — Joel Depaolo said he was going to Bloomsburg with a friend when he left his father's home here, police say.

That was two weeks ago.

Now police are searching for...

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Last Updated: August 5, 2017 - 8:01pm

BRIAR CREEK — A tractor-trailer driver going “way too fast” tipped his 72,000-pound load as he turned into the Dollar Tree warehouse Saturday night, police say.

Andwar Sadat...

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Last Updated: August 4, 2017 - 9:02pm

STATE COLLEGE — The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning tonight for Columbia and Montour counties until 9:30 p.m.

Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts....

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