Stories from Friday, December 29, 2023
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Numbers show controversial racetrack has lost $348,000
BLOOMSBURG -- The Bloomsburg Fair Association saw a $47,767 profit in 2023 -- the lowest since 2020, when the fair was...
Despite miscommunication, permit to be issued for Sunday event
BLOOMSBURG -- A New Year's Eve event in town, advertised on Facebook Thursday, was briefly in jeopardy because...
BLOOMSBURG -- Town Council has made official its plan to increase and streamline parking fees next year. While no date...
Prosecutors: Mahoning Township resident has history of thefts
BLOOMSBURG -- A Mahoning Township man was sentenced for attempting to sell four antique, collectible toy bears reported...
VALLEY TWP. -- A New Jersey man who sat in his pickup at a gas pump here for more than an hour Nov. 6 was under the...
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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Israeli forces bombarded cities, towns and refugee camps across Gaza on Thursday,...
* The Columbia County Local Emergency Planning Committee will meet Monday, Jan. 8.
* The Orange Township Board of...
Likely Gaza hostage is dead
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- A hard-hit Israeli kibbutz on Thursday announced the death of...
1812: The American frigate USS Constitution engaged and severely damaged the British frigate HMS Java off Brazil during...
* Singer-actor-dancer Ross Lynch, 28.
* Actor Shawn Hatosy, 48.
* Actor Mekhi Phifer, 49.
* Actor Jude Law, 51.
*...
D.C. rioter aided authorities
HARRISBURG (AP) -- An Ephrata man sentenced in secret for his role in the U.S. Capitol...
TREASURE HUNT: 3-19-26-27-29
MIDDAY PICK TWO: 1-1; WILD: 5
MIDDAY PICK THREE: 4-8-2; WILD: 5
MIDDAY PICK FOUR: 7-6-8-5...
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Join Bob Stoudt, Montour Area Recreation Commission director, and friends for a New Year's Day hike at the Montour...
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Berwick native, decorated vet, civic volunteer
Our dad, Floyd Earl Edwards, 81, died peacefully in his sleep Dec. 2, 2023.
He was born Jan. 3, 1942, in the small...
Had many talents, enjoyed her farm, family
Kathleen A. Mertz, 82, of Danville passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Saturday, Dec. 23, 2023, at her...
Unmanned, reusable plane may be in orbit for several years
By MARCIA DUNN
AP Aerospace Writer
The U.S. military’s X-37B space plane blasted off Thursday on another secretive...
American Family Association started in Mississippi as the National Federation for Decency in 1977
TUPELO, Miss. (AP) -- Donald Wildmon, the founder of the American Family Association, a conservative Christian advocacy...
Korean War veteran retired from Postal Service
Frank L. Gregory, 95, formerly of Lancaster County, died early Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023, at the Maria Joseph Manor in...
School nurse enjoyed collecting antiques, art
Karen A. (Wilmington) Haddow, 78, of Benton Township died early Thursday morning, Dec. 28, 2023, at her home.
Born May...
Bicycle trip expenses were split
Fred and Karrie Kressler split the cost of their cross-county bicycle trip. An article...
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A man who authorities say fatally shot his mother near his childhood home two days after Christmas...
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Almedia death ruled homicide
BLOOMSBURG -- The Columbia County Coroner's Office released the findings of an autopsy performed on a woman killed...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks drifted to a mixed finish in muted trading on Wall Street Thursday.
The broader market remained...
BLOOMSBURG -- A Shamokin man was jailed immediately after sentencing here Wednesday for driving while impaired by...
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It went largely unnoticed in the Dec. 13 deal that finally sewed up Pennsylvania's 2023-24 budget, but the spending...
ROSE: Too often these days, we push our children to have their lives and careers figured out by the time they leave...
Now that the boxes of decorations are packed away and (most of) the pine needles are swept up, it is a time to reflect...
I moved to Columbia County in 2018 and in the short time I have lived here taxes increase over and over and over again...
Regular readers weren't surprised when I voted against John Fetterman in last year's Senate race in Pennsylvania.
I...
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Andrew Scott plays a writer trying to pen something about his dead parents in Andrew Haigh's transcendent drama "All of...
NEW YORK -- Michael Mann, who gave Crockett a white Ferrari on "Miami Vice," pummeled cars with bullets in the shootout...
DEAR ABBY: I have been married to my husband for 12 years. We have had our ups and downs. I was unfaithful at one...
IF YOU WERE BORN TODAY You're wise and philosophical. You derive pleasure from new experiences as well as connections...
"Oppenheimer" will get a theatrical release in Japan, after all. The Japanese distributor Bitters End recently said the...
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Gypsy Rose Blanchard, the Missouri woman who persuaded an online boyfriend to kill her mother after being forced to...
"After Winter Storm Donovan delivered rain Tuesday and Wednesday, I'd hoped it would scoot away and the weather would...
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BU grad will find out if he’s inducted Feb. 8
BLOOMSBURG -- Former Bloomsburg University great Jahri Evans is one step closer to enshrinement in the Pro Football...
13 local football players named all-state
For the Press Enterprise
Nearly 16 months ago, Garrett Garcia found out that he had a long road to recovery if he...
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TUNKHANNOCK -- Benton's Seth Kolb (114 pounds) and Dylan Brokenshire (145) took home titles from the Frank Wadas...
2023 CLASS 1A ALL-STATE TEAM
Player of the Year: Alex Erby, Steelton-Highspire Coach of the Year: Chris Eiswerth,...
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EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Boston 33 20 7 6 46 104 86
Florida 34 20 12 2 42 99 89
Toronto 32 17 9...
By the Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. — Andrei Svechnikov scored three times and Jesper Fast had two goals, helping...
NORMAN, Okla. -- Javian McCollum scored 23 points and Otega Oweh added 16 as No. 12 Oklahoma bounced back from its...
ATLANTA -- The marquee matchup in Saturday's Peach Bowl is No. 10 Penn State's top-ranked defense against No. 11...
BOSTON -- Hoping to avoid a 28th straight loss that would match the longest losing streak in NBA history, the Detroit...
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division W L Pct GB
Boston 24 6 .800 --
Philadelphia 21 9 .700 3
New York 17 13 .567 7...
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NEW YORK -- Kyle Monangai rushed for 163 yards and a touchdown on 25 carries to help give Rutgers a 31-24 win over...
Dec. 29, 1993
* Jason Schiccatano pours in 17 points in Shamokin's 86-46 win over Jersey Shore in the consolation game...
Today
BASKETBALL
High school boys
at Bloomsburg University
Bloomsburg vs. Central............. 6 p.m.
NE Bradford at...
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX --Agreed to terms with LHP Tim Hill on a one-year...
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN'S)
6 p.m.
ACCN -- North Florida at Miami
7 p.m.
BTN -- E. Kentucky at Purdue
PEACOCK -- Maine...
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DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband is 89 and taking amiodarone. He had a heart attack and is taking iron infusions for anemia...
I see Nescopeck School is on the front page of the paper again. Way back in the sixties, Berwick school board, and...
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