Stories from Friday, March 17, 2023
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Amendment mandates inspections be reported to a monitoring service
BLOOMSBURG -- Owners of multi-unit businesses or apartments will now have to keep their fire alarm systems up to date...
Berwick man ordered to pay back victims after paying people to steal checks from U.S. Post Office boxes
SCRANTON -- A Berwick man was sentenced to four years in prison after admitting he led a ring of criminals in a mail...
Point Township project to continue despite denial for 80-foot building
POINT TWP. -- A Texas-based recycling company that plans to invest $1.1 billion to build a recycling facility south of...
HEMLOCK TWP. -- Two men from Luzerne County are accused of stealing $578 worth of merchandise during a visit earlier...
Car with child inside allegedly reached 119 mph
BLOOMSBURG -- A Milton man traveling at speeds of up to 119 mph on Interstate 80 before being apprehended by State...
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Columbia County Food Pantry: Drive-through, 9-10:30 a.m., Agape, 851 Railroad St., Bloomsburg.
Mother Goose on the...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- The Biden administration released video Thursday of a Russian fighter jet dumping fuel on a U.S....
Officials: Teen killed cops
TORONTO (AP) -- A 16-year-old wounded his mother with a firearm and then killed two police...
* Salem Township will receive sealed bids until April 7 for three demolition projects.
* Cooper Township will receive...
1762: New York held its first St. Patrick's Day parade.
1941: Tthe National Gallery of Art opened in Washington, D.C....
* Olympic gold medal swimmer Katie Ledecky, 26.
* Olympic gold medal soccer player Mia Hamm, 51.
* Actor Rob Lowe, 59...
Halting offshore wind urged
WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) -- Republican congressmen called Thursday for a halt to all offshore...
TREASURE HUNT: 7-14-16-24-25
MIDDAY PICK TWO: 9-2; WILD: 2
MIDDAY PICK THREE: 7-3-4; WILD: 2
MIDDAY PICK FOUR: 3-1-1-9...
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Montour County Commissioners proclaimed March 12-18 as 4-H week at their weekly meeting Tuesday. The commissioners also...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Diminished earthquake activity led authorities Thursday to reduce the warning levels at two...
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Known for sense of humor, passion for puzzles
David Craig Rhinard, of Miami, Florida, died peacefully at home on Feb. 28, 2023.
Born May 29, 1945, to Theron and...
Funeral arrangements will be announced
O. James "Jim" Augustine, 77, of Mifflinville died Wednesday, March 15, 2023, at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville....
Funeral arrangements will be announced
Charles Howard Carlson, Ed, D., 94, of Bloomsburg died Wednesday, March 15, 2023, at Geisinger Medical Center in...
BLOOMSBURG -- The New Bloomsburg Diner had to close for the day after a small gas fire in the kitchen Thursday....
Scientists have created baby mice with two fathers for the first time by turning male mouse stem cells into female...
DANVILLE -- PennDOT maintenance crews in Montour County are scheduled to pick up litter next week along Interstate 80...
NEW YORK -- The late Stephen Sondheim's last stage musical -- an adaptation of two films by Spanish surrealist director...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Deaths of pregnant women in the U.S. fell in 2022, dropping from a six-decade high during the pandemic...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pfizer's COVID-19 pill Paxlovid won another vote of confidence from U.S. health advisers Thursday,...
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- An inmate who organized a daring, elaborate Southern California jailbreak in 2016 was found...
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Eleven of the biggest banks in the country announced a $30 billion rescue package for First Republic...
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Four years after DC's "Shazam!" surprised us with a clever blend of innocence and enough wit to blunt the...
"Moving On," written and directed by Paul Weitz ("Grandma," "About a Boy"), balances a darkly comedic conceit with...
DEAR ABBY: My 20-year-old niece, "Andrea," came to visit her grandmother wearing a nose stud. Andrea is quiet, is...
David Letterman joins Bono and The Edge in a new documentary about U2. An obvious question soon jumps out: What is...
IF YOU WERE BORN TODAY You have an enduring strength and an enterprising spirit. No matter the challenge, you can't be...
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DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband is an over-the-road truck driver, and he is 68. He has been on metformin for a long time,...
I liked what the guy said about the game lands and, you know, doing stories on hunters hunting them. Also, the article...
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"With warmer and less windy conditions making it into the state, yesterday was sunny with highs near 60 degrees. We...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday California will build 1,200 small homes across the state as...
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Danville senior Ross claims fourth place in 100 breast
For the Press Enterprise
LEWISBURG -- For a second consecutive night, Danville's Brenna Ross earned all-state honors at...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Mitch Henderson's victory leap that punctuated Princeton's famed upset over UCLA in 1996 has...
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PITTSBURGH -- Patrick Peterson knows he's not 23 anymore. Or 28 for that matter.
That doesn't mean the newest member of...
DETROIT -- Nikola Jokic deferred to teammates early before looking for his shot and finished with 30 points to help the...
MIAMI -- New York Mets star closer Edwin Diaz injured his right knee celebrating a win Wednesday night that advanced...
NEW YORK -- Chris Kreider scored the go-ahead goal in the third period and added an empty-netter, and Igor Shesterkin...
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA
x-Boston 67 51 11 5 107 251 148
Toronto 67 40 18 9 89 227 181...
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division W L Pct GB
Boston 48 22 .686 --
Philadelphia 46 22 .676 1
New York 41 30 .577 7...
PALM HARBOR, Fla. -- Ryan Brehm turned a good round into a memorable one Thursday, making a hole-in-one on the par-3...
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TULSA, Okla. -- The first day of the NCAA Wrestling Championships at the BOK Center was not very rewarding for two...
ORLANDO, Fla. -- JP Pegues made a 3-pointer with 2.4 seconds remaining, and No. 13 seed Furman completed a rally from a...
ALBANY, N.Y. -- It's a March Madness tradition as predictable as a 12-5 upset.
A successful coach at a small school...
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Girls basketball
CLASS 3A
* WHO: District 4 champion Mount Carmel (27-6) vs. District 3 champion Lancaster Catholic (25...
March 17
March 17, 1993
* Michael Adams scores 21 points and Harvey Grant and Tom Gugliotta add 20 each as the Washington...
AUTO RACING
9:25 a.m.
ESPN2 -- Formula 1: Practice, Jeddah Corniche Street Circuit, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
12:55 a.m....
Today
BASKETBALL
High school girls
PIAA Class 3A quarterfinals
at Hamburg Area H.S.
Mt. Carmel vs. Lancaster Catholic.....
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
American League MINNESOTA TWINS -- Reassigned Cs Chance Sisco and Chris Williams to...
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A Pennsylvania Senate bill would see state police get less money from a dedicated pool with a different purpose.
The...
ROSE: If you're driving and find yourself in a town you'd like to stop in and visit, what's the first problem you have...
The Luzerne County Farm Bureau is recognizing Rural Roads Safety Week April 16-22 by encouraging motorists to travel...
The Irish punch above their weight. That is why worldwide, on March 17, people who don't have a platelet of Irish blood...
What do you get when you cross a four-leaf clover with poison ivy? A rash of good luck on St. Patrick’s Day
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What do...
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Hello, if the Governor Josh Shapiro and the Democrats want to eliminate the death penalty, why don't they eliminate...
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These historic photos, provided by Bloomsburg University archivist Bob Dunkelberger from The Morning Press Collection...
