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Last Updated: May 24, 2021 - 7:52am

DANVILLE — An early Monday morning fire swept through the Karen Gronsky School of Dance, destroying the dance studio and sending neighbors fleeing into the street.

“We just had...

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Last Updated: May 5, 2021 - 6:15pm

The 11th annual First Columbia Bank & Trust Co.’s Teen Star singing competition on Wednesday announced its 12 finalists. They include the second- and third-place finishers from last...

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Last Updated: April 15, 2021 - 8:18am

SALEM TWP. — Fire broke out at a landmark field stone house on East Front Street here early Thursday morning, but solid construction and a quick response by firefighters saved most of...

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Last Updated: March 10, 2021 - 1:59pm

SCOTT TWP. — An advertising blimp broke loose from a car dealership in Scott Township on Wednesday around noon, first tangling in nearby trees and then floating away as workers tried to...

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Last Updated: March 6, 2021 - 6:29pm

CAMBRA — A 7-year-old boy on a bicycle was struck by a pickup and killed near his driveway Friday evening while three of his siblings watched from their front yard.

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Last Updated: March 2, 2021 - 10:57am

WASHINGTONVILLE — Talen Energy plans to donate the Montour Preserve to a nonprofit or local government and to stop burning coal at its plant north of Danville by 2025 as part of an...

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Last Updated: February 24, 2021 - 2:02pm

DANVILLE — One of Pennsylvania’s largest health networks allowed employees' family members to skip the COVID-19 vaccine line, raising questions of fairness at a time of strong public...

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Last Updated: February 18, 2021 - 1:57pm

The Columbia County Courthouse Annex building on Main Street in Bloomsburg is closed today for emergency electrical repairs.

Water infiltrated the building’s main electrical...

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Last Updated: January 31, 2021 - 8:41am

SHICKSHINNY — A family of four escaped a fire that destroyed their Grant Street home Sunday morning.

By the time firefighters arrived to the 4:30 a.m. blaze at 47 Grant St., the...

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Last Updated: January 18, 2021 - 5:54pm

The Saturday afternoon shooting death of Jennifer S. Roesch was a tragic accident, officials said Monday.

Roesch, 44, was shot when her husband, Daniel, was removing a handgun...

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Last Updated: January 7, 2021 - 6:19pm

Ben Philips of Bloomsburg headed to Washington, D.C. early Wednesday morning, hoping to witness President Donald Trump announcing that he had won the election. 

Over the previous...

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Last Updated: January 1, 2021 - 4:00pm

LOCUST TWP. — A fast-moving fire engulfed a two-story farmhouse Friday morning, destroying the home and everything inside.

But even before the blaze was extinguished, a good...

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Last Updated: December 28, 2020 - 2:12pm

BUTLER TWP. — Erica Shultz, 26, had gone on dates with Harold David Haulman III, so when he surprised her at her home Dec. 4, she agreed to go with him, court papers say.

Haulman...

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Last Updated: December 24, 2020 - 4:12pm

As waters continued to rise throughout the region Thursday, first responders in town prepared to go door to door, encouraging residents in flood-prone areas to evacuate before nightfall...

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