Last Updated: May 3, 2016 - 5:10pm
BLOOMSBURG — Only half the amount of water is shooting from the base of the Market Square fountain this spring in an attempt to prevent the flowers that surround it from being...
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Last Updated: May 2, 2016 - 7:48pm
NESCOPECK TWP. -- A 14-year-old girl was badly burned Saturday when she tried to boost a damp campfire previously doused with gasoline.
Ashley Bafile remained in the intensive care unit at...
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Last Updated: May 2, 2016 - 5:57pm
Traffic on I-80 in our area soon will move a little faster.
The speed limit on the interstate through Columbia and Montour counties is jumping from 65 to 70 mph, part of a larger push for...
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Last Updated: May 2, 2016 - 1:46pm
BERWICK -- Three Berwick teens were nabbed Saturday afternoon while removing copper pipe in the basement of an abandoned house on North Mulberry Street here, police said.
Two of the...
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Last Updated: May 1, 2016 - 5:00pm
MADISON TWP. — When the smoke alarms went off in Steve and Lynette Fisk’s Slate Road home Saturday night around 10:45, Steve wasn’t too concerned.
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Last Updated: May 1, 2016 - 11:59am
FAIRMONT TWP. — A violent ATV crash left two men dead Saturday night when the driver lost control and hit a tree stump.
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Last Updated: April 30, 2016 - 8:24pm
BRIAR CREEK TWP. — The driver of a vehicle who wiped out a utility pole and flipped his SUV Saturday evening had “quite possibly” been drinking, according to...
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Last Updated: April 28, 2016 - 8:29pm
SCOTT TWP. — A man used the blunt end of a screwdriver to beat an 8-week-old kitten, then tried to pass her bloodied face off as a “playful” wound, police say.
Frances H. Curran...
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Last Updated: April 27, 2016 - 6:31pm
BUCKHORN – The Hallmark store at the Columbia Mall will close by June, its manager says.
A liquidation sale to clear out its inventory and fixtures begins Thursday, said manager...
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Last Updated: April 26, 2016 - 3:30pm
MAHONING TWP. – It appears smoke from worker welding on the outside of Geisinger Medical Center's Foss Clinic building entered the sixth floor Tuesday and set off a fire alarm, fire...
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Last Updated: April 24, 2016 - 8:20pm
MONTOUR TWP. — A bicyclist suffered serious injuries when an 89-year-old woman’s car struck him from behind Sunday afternoon, police said.
Lance Hemmen, 50,...
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Last Updated: April 24, 2016 - 6:07pm
A bicyclist was badly hurt Sunday afternoon when a car hit him from behind, police said. We'll have the full story for you.
Last Updated: April 23, 2016 - 4:04pm
MIFFLIN TWP. — A police officer found a bubbling bottle of methamphetamine in a car late Friday after he stopped two men for speeding, charges say.
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Last Updated: April 23, 2016 - 12:58pm
MIFFLIN TWP. — Police say they found a bubbling bottle of meth in a car pulled over for speeding late Friday. Two men now face felony drug charges. We'll have the full story for you.
