Stories from Wednesday, October 6, 2021
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Bloomsburg school board takes steps to address issues
BLOOMSBURG — With graduation rates slipping and teacher resignations at an all-time high, Bloomsburg Area Schools’...
Survivors tell stories, raise awareness at domestic violence event
BERWICK —Brandy Switzer remembers the first time her first husband made her bleed. She was only 18 when they married...
Testimony reveals woman wanted to leave the defendant
BLOOMSBURG — The mother of a Berwick toddler who died after her boyfriend babysat the girl testified Tuesday her...
Police allege they found hundreds of photos, 19 videos on devices
CATAWISSA TWP. — A township man is charged with 50 child pornography and related counts after police say they found 575...
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1683: Thirteen families from Krefeld, Germany, arrived in Philadelphia to begin Germantown, one of America’s oldest...
Clothing/household item giveaway: 9 a.m. to noon, Shiloh Bible Church, 123 Church St., Almedia. Preschool Storytime:...
• Actor Jacqueline Obradors, 55. • Singer Matthew Sweet, 57. • Actor Elisabeth Shue, 58. • Pro Football Hall of...
Feds raid NYPD union, home NEW YORK (AP) — On Tuesday, federal agents raided the offices of a New York City police...
• Main Township Board of Supervisors has a vacancy. Township residents interested in serving until the first Monday in...
Pipeline developer charged PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The corporate developer of a multi-billion-dollar pipeline system that...
TREASURE HUNT: 20-21-24-26-28 MIDDAY PICK TWO: 0-7; WILD: 9 MIDDAY PICK THREE: 4-2-9; WILD: 9 MIDDAY PICK FOUR: 0-1-...
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After skipping last year because of COVID-19, Berwick Riverfest is back. And it’s making up for lost time. The...
HARRISBURG — Last Wednesday, the state Senate voted to extend waivers for an array of regulatory statutes, rules and...
BAL HARBOUR, Fla. (AP) — Three floors of a South Florida high-rise condominium were evacuated after a property manager...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Two Rhode Island men authorities say touched off a needless and expensive ocean search-and-...
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Retired as nuclear plant Operations Supervisor
Thomas Ray Markowski, 76, of Spyglass Hill Road, Bloomsburg, passed away Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021. Tom was born Aug. 2,...
BLOOMSBURG — Here are more results from the 2021 Bloomsburg Fair: AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT Home and dairy products -...
Lifelong Danville woman known for her laugh
Jeannie (Blee) Toomey Morris, 89, of Danville died on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, after a lengthy illness. She was born...
Memorial to be later for lifelong Berwick man
Randall A. Hart, 84, lifelong resident of Berwick, passed away Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, due to a lengthy illness. At his...
Skilled seamstress also enjoyed baking
Martha E. (Huttenstine) Grosz, 91, formerly of Dorrance, passed away on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021, at Kadima at Luzerne....
Complete obituary to be published later
Steven G. Talanca, 60, of Berwick passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021, at his home. A full obituary will...
BLOOMSBURG — Here are more results from the 2021 Bloomsburg Fair: AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT Home and dairy products -...
Centenarian involved with foster grandparents
Hermina “Irene” Andrews, 100, passed into eternal rest on Oct. 3, 2021, at the Bonham Nursing Home, Register, Pa. She...
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Tuesday saw daily totals of new coronavirus cases in area counties and across Pennsylvania continue to ease from...
DANVILLE — On Tuesday, Danville Area School District announced additional positive COVID-19 cases in every building....
COVID-19 test kit maker Ellume is recalling at-home tests after learning they were reporting a higher-than-expected...
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“Pennsylvania is on the warm side of a weather boundary, so today will be mostly cloudy with high temperatures in the...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A new study from Pew Research Center released Tuesday underscores the economic advantages of being...
WASHINGTON (AP) —To get around Republican obstruction, President Joe Biden said Democrats are considering a change to...
NEW YORK (AP) — Familiar faces investigate gruesome murders as “CSI: Vegas” returns to CBS tonight at 10. Wallace...
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Hawkeyes’ defense built for Nittany Lions
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa leads the nation in interceptions, and Penn State features one of the most dynamic passing...
Loren Gehret has hat trick against Danville
For the Press Enterprise DANVILLE — One break was all Southern Columbia’s Loren Gehret needed as she pushed a ball by...
Bulldogs can’t keep up in loss
For the Press Enterprise BERWICK — For the past couple of years, Nico Cipriano spent most of his time in the fall...
PITTSBURGH — Mike Tomlin admits Ben Roethlisberger can’t move around and extend plays like he used to. The Pittsburgh...
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LOS ANGELES — Two wily veterans on the mound in an elimination game. Adam Wainwright starting for the reinvigorated St...
Two missing Los Angeles Dodgers pitchers, Trevor Bauer and Clayton Kershaw, earn nearly as much as the entire Tampa Bay...
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington believes the franchise is starting to take the shape he...
NEW YORK — Kevin Kiermaier and the Tampa Bay Rays fought furiously in 2020 for their first division title in over a...
x-if necessary WILD CARD Tuesday, Oct. 5: New York (Cole 16-8) at Boston (Eovaldi 11-9), (n) Wednesday, Oct. 6...
CHICAGO — The last time Tony La Russa managed in the playoffs, he guided St. Louis to the 2011 World Series title. La...
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From its first snap of the season, Michigan State showed that coach Mel Tucker’s rebuilding project wouldn’t take...
TALLADEGA, Ala. — It’s been nearly 16 months since Bubba Wallace was waiting out a rainstorm in his motorhome in the...
It’s going on 40 years since the NHL last celebrated a three-peat Stanley Cup champion as part of the New York...
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Oct. 6, 1991 • Chris Chandler throws two touchdown passes, and Tampa Bay snaps a seven-game losing streak with a...
BLOOMSBURG — Bloomsburg’s Teagan Serrano netted the game-winning goal with 42 seconds left, helping the Panthers get...
Today SOCCER High school boys Danville at Shikellamy............... 4 p.m. Southern at Milton.................... 4...
COLLEGE GOLF 4 p.m. GOLF — The Blessings Collegiate Invitational: Final Round, Blessings GC, Fayetteville, Ark...
BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX — Recalled 2B Jonathan Araux, CF Jarren Duran and C Connor Wong from...
Oct. 7 — Division Series start. Oct. 15 — League Championship Series start. Oct. 26 — World Series starts. Nov. 8-11...
Midway Lanes WEDNESDAY WINTER SENIORS
Week 4 W L Spring 11 5 Winter 9 7 Fall 6 10 Summer 6 10 Men’s high...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Technology companies and banks led stocks higher on Wall Street Tuesday, erasing most of the market’s...
WASHINGTON (AP) —While accusing the giant social network of pursuing profits over safety, a former Facebook data...
MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — Router changes were blamed after Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms suffered...
DETROIT (AP) — Volvo is recalling nearly 260,000 older cars in the U.S. because the front driver’s air bag can explode...
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Things are getting nutty around my garden. Literally. The squirrels have been doing a lot of nut planting, mostly black...
DEAR ABBY: I have a 23-year-old daughter, “Julia,” who I am close with. She has been in a relationship with “Joey,” a...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 69-year-old Caucasian woman with newly found necrosis of the knee bone, along with a fracture....
IF YOU WERE BORN TODAY Your creativity and curiosity help you succeed. You hate being bored and never get stuck doing...
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Bloomsburg man, 9/28, the reason Penn State and BU are having large crowds at the games comes down to one thing, MONEY...
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Outrage is America’s hobby, and proof of that is the dangerous debate over paying college athletes. The latest on that...
Fair week has passed, and all the fried food and agricultural displays are gone for another year. But a question...
Good evening. My name is Tara Mowery, and I am a teacher at Bloomsburg Middle School and also the president of the...
Simply saying something over and over doesn’t make it so. I know because I’ve tried it. No matter how many times I say...
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