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Last Updated: October 29, 2014 - 5:21pm
BLOOMSBURG -- The Democratic candidate for governor was in town Wednesday to pump up his supporters, but his visit also managed to rile up his opponents. When Tom Wolf stopped by the... READ MORE »

Last Updated: October 28, 2014 - 12:02pm
BLOOMSBURG -- A council committee says Bloomsburg needs to draw up a law protecting gays from discrimination in town. A resolution to ask the state to take action would be "passing the... READ MORE »

Last Updated: October 28, 2014 - 7:48am
BLOOMSBURG -- For the past two months, the town Community and Economic Development Committee has heard from supporters and opponents of a proposal to draw up an anti-discrimination... READ MORE »

Last Updated: October 26, 2014 - 11:15pm
NANTICOKE -- A man and woman from Berwick have been charged after an explosion in a suspected meth lab here, police said late Sunday. Adam Longenberger and Jessica Collett, 28, were... READ MORE »

Last Updated: October 24, 2014 - 10:15pm
BERWICK -- Someone robbed a 66-year-old woman by a church Friday night, pulling her to the ground and seriously injuring her, police said. Officers are asking the public for help finding... READ MORE »

Last Updated: October 24, 2014 - 3:11pm
BLOOMSBURG -- Town police struggled to constrain a Bloomsburg University student who'd been into a nighttime confrontation with a homeowner moments earlier, they say. Blake Adams, 22, a... READ MORE »

Last Updated: October 23, 2014 - 10:45am
The Salem Township Planning Commission will meet in regular session tonight at 6:30; on its agenda is a review of a use application by Moxie Energy for a natural gas-fueled power plant,... READ MORE »

Last Updated: October 22, 2014 - 4:46pm
ESPY -- A drunken woman who fell off a bicycle on Route 11 and was nearly struck by a vehicle told police she was out celebrating her marriage to another woman earlier that day, officers... READ MORE »

Last Updated: October 21, 2014 - 5:24pm
BLOOMSBURG -- The drug suspect shot in the wrist after leading State Police on a wild 30-mile chase is now accused of trying to disarm a trooper. William A. Tyler, 20, of Bloomsburg will... READ MORE »

Last Updated: October 20, 2014 - 11:42am
BLOOMSBURG -- A town woman attempting to make a U-turn on West Main Street was injured Monday morning when her small compact car got struck broadside by an oncoming Sheetz fuel tanker. "... READ MORE »

Last Updated: October 16, 2014 - 4:54pm
BUCKHORN -- The Sears store in the Columbia Mall will close early next year, according to a company spokesman. The store's 57 employees were given letters Wednesday, notifying them that "... READ MORE »

Last Updated: October 16, 2014 - 1:47pm
BERWICK -- A woman was taken to the hospital by an ambulance after her car was struck by a pickup truck Thursday. Police said Fern T. Lyons, of 1221 Freas Ave., Berwick, was headed north... READ MORE »

Last Updated: October 15, 2014 - 4:22pm
BLOOMSBURG -- A local teen who donned a KKK outfit and yelled the N-word at a black woman on Main Street said the racial act "sounded like a good idea at the time." "I'm not racist. It was... READ MORE »

Last Updated: October 15, 2014 - 4:00am
DANVILLE -- Danville's school teachers are seeking raises that are more than double the past year's rate of inflation -- and a deal that lets them pay just 1 percent of their health... READ MORE »

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