Breaking News

Last Updated: November 5, 2019 - 11:43pm

We'll keep a tally of the contested races in Columbia, Montour, and lower Luzerne counties here. Check back after the polls close at 8 p.m. Winners, according to preliminary election...

READ MORE »

Last Updated: November 4, 2019 - 4:48pm

BLOOMSBURG — A Bloomsburg University student worker has been fired from the athletic training department after video of him acting out an auction of "n-----s" surfaced Sunday night....

READ MORE »

Last Updated: November 2, 2019 - 12:54pm

DANVILLE — A body removed from an apartment building here Friday, Nov. 1, was that of Tom Roney Sr., 59, according to Montour County Coroner Scott Lynn.  

A story published in the...

READ MORE »

Last Updated: November 1, 2019 - 3:05pm

Thursday night's storms left several local roads closed due to flooding, downed trees and downed utilities, PennDOT says.

They include:

• Beaver Valley Road between...

READ MORE »

Last Updated: October 31, 2019 - 6:38am

BERWICK — Trick-or-treating will going on as scheduled in Berwick, Salem Township and Nescopeck borough on Thursday, officials there say.

In Bloomsburg and Scott Township, the...

READ MORE »

Last Updated: October 29, 2019 - 2:23pm

BLOOMSBURG — Decimated by injuries, the Bloomsburg Panthers will forfeit Friday’s District IV football playoff game at Mount Carmel. 

The school district announced Tuesday that...

READ MORE »

Last Updated: October 28, 2019 - 3:45pm

CATAWISSA TWP. — A Catawissa mother and her 2-year-old daughter escaped serious injury after the car they were in went off Route 487 and mounted a steep hillside just south of the former...

READ MORE »

Last Updated: October 25, 2019 - 4:31pm

BLOOMSBURG — The fate of alcohol sales at the Bloomsburg Fair will be up for discussion at a special meeting for shareholders next month.

A letter sent to members outlines the...

READ MORE »

Last Updated: October 23, 2019 - 6:08pm

BERWICK — The woman found tied up and beaten beyond recognition in her trailer here has died, and the second of two brothers has been charged in what is now a murder case.

...

READ MORE »

Last Updated: October 21, 2019 - 5:49pm

COOPER TWP. — A rural Danville woman cut the bolt on a storage unit here Friday night and began stealing things before the person leasing the unit showed up and began questioning her,...

READ MORE »

Last Updated: October 20, 2019 - 7:26am

BRIAR CREEK — An early morning blaze that destroyed a two-story home had fire crews on edge Sunday, fearing the homeowner was trapped inside.

It wasn’t until crews had been...

READ MORE »

Last Updated: October 18, 2019 - 4:37pm

BLOOMSBURG — Two of Bloomsburg University’s top student affairs administrators were escorted off campus earlier this week, but officials on Friday remained quiet on the reason for their...

READ MORE »

Last Updated: October 17, 2019 - 5:01pm

WILKES-BARRE — A wrongful death lawsuit was filed here Thursday against Geisinger Medical Center by the parents of a premature infant who died within a week of birth as a result of a...

READ MORE »

Last Updated: October 15, 2019 - 5:02pm

DANVILLE — For the second day in a row, a bomb threat disrupted classes at Danville Area High School.

But on Tuesday, instead of sending students home early, school officials...

READ MORE »

Pages