Stories from Wednesday, October 13, 2021
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Council hopefuls debate business tax breaks, spending COVID relief
BLOOMSBURG — Candidates for Bloomsburg council politely jostled over tax breaks for businesses, how to improve the...
$9G project to remove lead paint, falling plaster, moldy carpet
CATAWISSA — Borough police officers mulling a renovation of their department’s upstairs rooms discovered lead paint in...
More feds’ flood aid on the way to Bloom and Montour County
BLOOMSBURG — Columbia County will get nearly $3 million in federal funding to buy out 22 single-family homes located in...
Parents question dismissal of cross country assistant
DANVILLE — The daughters of a recently fired cross country assistant coach spoke in her defense during Tuesday night’s...
Berwick man given up to four years in state prison
BLOOMSBURG — A Berwick man awaiting trial on charges he raped a woman last December was sentenced Monday to state...
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• Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., 32. • Actor Sacha Baron Cohen, 50. • Actor Kate Walsh, 54. • College and...
Unveiling of Digital Book: 10 a.m., Berwick Senior Center, 1401 Orange St., Berwick, with Rand Whipple. Berwick High...
1792: The cornerstone of the executive mansion, later known as the White House, was laid by President George Washington...
• Bloomsburg has allocated $60,792 in Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus Relief funds, $54,935 in 2020 CDBG...
Coroner: Petito strangled CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Cross-country traveler Gabby Petito was strangled, a Wyoming coroner...
Prof’s top charges dropped STATE COLLEGE (AP) — The most serious charges filed against a Penn State assistant...
TREASURE HUNT: 4-8-12-13-16 MIDDAY PICK TWO: 0-8 WILD: 2 MIDDAY PICK THREE: 8-4-1 WILD: 2 MIDDAY PICK FOUR: 6-8-8-1...
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The Berwick Elks Annual Halloween Parade is back! Costumed ghosts, superheroes, skeletons, princesses, witches and...
Pennsylvania on Tuesday topped 30,000 deaths from COVID-19, according to the state Health Department. Also Tuesday,...
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized an electronic cigarette,...
SCOTT TWP. — Pennsylvania State Police, Troop N stations are collecting coats to help local families in need stay warm...
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Animal advocate was longtime ARC volunteer
Irene J. “Rena” Morris, age 88, of Bloomsburg passed away peacefully on Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, a patient of The Gardens...
Woman formerly taught cooking classes
Peggy Anne (Yetter) Taylor, 79, of Orangeville, formerly of McVeytown, Pa., died at her home early Thursday morning,...
Bloom pharmacy offers COVID testing The Medicine Shoppe, 1000 Market St., Bloomsburg, also offers two types of COVID-...
Xander S. Helsley Stephen Jr. and Erica (Metzger) Helsley of Watsontown are the parents of a son, Xander Sky, born...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper Tyga was arrested in a felony domestic violence investigation Tuesday, authorities said....
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CAMBRA — A reward of $2,000 is being offered to anyone who provides information that leads to the identification of the...
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“While it will stay unseasonably warm here until the weekend, cold air invading the Western states has produced the...
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A group studying the economics of offshore wind energy in the U.S. says building and...
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Steelers receiver may need shoulder surgery
PITTSBURGH — JuJu Smith-Schuster’s combination of tenacity and almost theatrical joy endeared the wide receiver to the...
The NFL is not planning to make public any of the hundreds of thousands of emails it obtained as part of an...
Pittsburgh tops Cup champion Lightning
TAMPA, Fla. — Tristan Jarry had 26 saves, Danton Heinen and Brian Boyle scored early second-period goals, and the short...
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ATLANTA — Freddie Freeman hit a tiebreaking home run off Milwaukee closer Josh Hader with two outs in the eighth inning...
ALBANY, N.Y. — Former New York Yankees star Joe Pepitone has dropped his lawsuit against the Baseball Hall of Fame that...
LOS ANGELES — Frigid wind gusts roared in from center field well before sundown and continued through the late innings...
CHICAGO — It was Jose Altuve, Carlos Correa and Alex Bregman once again. Led by their October-tested stars, the...
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Boston 3, Tampa Bay 1 Thursday, Oct. 7: Tampa Bay 5,...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. —Three consecutive playoff appearances, back-to-back AL East titles and a trip to the World Series...
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Jayden Reed has been a big part of Michigan State’s resurgence this year, returning two punts for touchdowns while also...
TAMPA, Fla. — Tom Brady says his heavily wrapped throwing hand is sore but he expects to play when the Buccaneers visit...
AP Sports Columnist Jon Gruden might still be coaching had he merely been exposed as a remorseful racist. His email...
NEW YORK (AP) —NBC’s Mike Tirico, who was Jon Gruden’s partner for seven years on ESPN’s “Monday Night Football,”...
NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets won’t play Kyrie Irving until he is vaccinated. The Nets announced Tuesday that Irving...
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Oct. 13, 1991 • Backup quarterback Steve Walsh throws a touchdown to Dalton Hillard to lead unbeaten New Orleans to a...
Today SOCCER High school boys Benton at South Williamsport... 4 p.m. Millville at Sullivan County........ 4 p.m....
COLLEGE SOCCER (WOMEN'S) 7 p.m. ESPNU — Indiana at Penn St. ———————————————
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN'S) 8 p.m....
WILLIAMSPORT — Central Columbia got wins from all three of its singles players — Megan Minnig, Riley Noss and Brady...
College football FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG Thursday at Memphis 10½ 53½ Navy at S. Alabama 3½ 49½ Georgia S...
P-Nut Bowl SUNDAY ADULT/JUNIOR
Week 6 W L Psycho Killers 12 8 Ram Pride 12 8 So Close 11 9 The Pinheads 10.5 5...
FOOTBALL National Football League CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed RB Elijah Holyfield to the practice squad....
Oct. 15 — League Championship Series start. Oct. 26 — World Series starts. Nov. 8-11 — General managers meetings,...
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BLOOMSBURG — Here are more results from the 2021 Bloomsburg Fair: POULTRY & RABBITS DEPARTMENT Poultry - Feather...
DANVILLE — Four people arrested as first offenders were granted accelerated rehabilitative disposition, or ARD...
BLOOMSBURG — Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble will perform “Patchworks: Life and Legends of the Coal Towns,” its 43rd...
Here are Halloween happenings scheduled for the area: Friday and Saturday, Oct. 15-16 • SHICKSHINNY — “Terror on the...
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Dr. Marty Makary, a professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and editor-in-chief of Medpage Today...
Something is broken. In Columbia County, there were 2,000 people on unemployment in August 2021, the most recent month...
It is apparent that our district’s funding is of grave concern for our district leaders. Pennsylvania is in the bottom...
In the Press Enterprise’s Aug. 7 edition, an editorial taken from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette entitled: “Gov Wolf...
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month; according to The Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence (PCADV...
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The primary function of any school district is to provide a competent, safe and nurturing educational experience....
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House sends debt limit hike to Biden, staving off default WASHINGTON (AP) —Members of the House on Tuesday pushed...
NEW YORK — All employers want for Christmas is some holiday help. But they might not get their wish. Companies that...
Older adults without heart disease shouldn’t take daily low-dose aspirin to prevent a first heart attack or stroke, an...
BLOOMSBURG — Step into another time and place for a retelling of one of America’s most cherished holiday stories....
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DEAR ABBY: I married a proud Scotsman a year ago who often wears kilts. When we go out, women think nothing of coming...
BLOOMSBURG — Here are more results from the 2021 Bloomsburg Fair: EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT EDUCATION/4-H/FFA/FCS -...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I recently went to my dermatologist because I noticed a dark mole I hadn’t seen before. He did a...
IF YOU WERE BORN TODAY You’re creative and funny. Laughter is your medicine, and you’re always up for sharing it with...
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