Stories from Monday, February 3, 2025
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Central super says CCA costly and fails to adequately educate pupils
LIME RIDGE -- Cyber charter schools are inflating school districts' budgets while failing to adequately educate...
$16.8M in renovations completed, curriculum and equipment updated
SOUTH CENTRE TWP. -- The public got to see the newly remodeled Columbia-Montour Vo-Tech during a four-hour open house...
Emergency shelters credited for getting people off streets during cold spell
BLOOMSBURG -- The Columbia County Redevelopment Authority's homeless task force found only two people out in the cold...
Inmate allegedly punched guard in head, neck
BLOOMSBURG -- A Berwick man charged in a jailhouse attack on a guard who ordered him into "the hole" or segregated...
Altogether, 106 local lottery players shared $763,689.50 in November
BLOOMSBURG -- A Bloomsburg resident won $500,000 playing a lottery game called Giant Bucks, state records show. That...
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Mother Goose on the Loose: 9:30-10 a.m., Columbia County Traveling Library
Bloomsburg Library Events: Paying Bills...
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- President Donald Trump said Sunday that Americans could feel "some pain" from the emerging...
Trade war triggers retaliation
TORONTO (AP) -- Canada and Mexico ordered retaliatory tariffs on American goods in...
* The Berwick Area School District will hold an academic affairs committee meeting Feb. 5.
* The Danville Borough...
1865: President Abraham Lincoln and Confederate Vice President Alexander H. Stephens held a shipboard peace conference...
* Reggaeton singer Daddy Yankee, 48.
* Actor Isla Fisher, 49.
* Actor Warwick Davis, 55.
* Golf Hall of Famer Retief...
Mayor: Three still critical
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Three people injured on the ground when a jet crashed in a busy...
TREASURE HUNT: 6-19-24-27-30
MIDDAY PICK TWO: 0-5; WILD: 3
MIDDAY PICK THREE: 1-3-2; WILD: 3
MIDDAY PICK FOUR: 8-8-4-2...
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PUNXSUTAWNEY (AP) -- Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow Sunday and predicted six more weeks of wintry weather, his top-...
Downtown businessman Terry Van Dyke presented a parking petition to council Jan. 27, signed by more than 3,800 people...
ALMEDIA -- A free clothing and household item giveaway will be held at Shiloh Bible Church Share Center on Wednesday...
BLOOMSBURG -- An inmate was carrying suspected illegal drugs on him when committed to Columbia County Prison on a...
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ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) -- Families of victims of the deadliest U.S. air disaster since 2001 visited the crash site on...
Loved going to church, traveling, photography
Linda Lou Frankford, 83, passed away on Jan. 31, 2025, after a tough nine-year battle with cancer.
Born on Nov. 19,...
Careers included policeman, firefighter, attorney
John Joseph "Jack" McCann, JD, a resident of Danville, Pennsylvania, died at his home on Jan. 31, 2025, after...
A get-well card shower is requested for Glen A. Spaid, retired Central Columbia School District teacher.
Cards will...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A U.S. Army captain who died in Wednesday's midair collision of a Black Hawk helicopter and an...
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DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 70-year-old female in excellent health. I have a very healthy diet and fitness regimen. But I...
DEAR ABBY: We share a vacation home with another family. My husband and I are neat people. The other family is the...
IF YOU WERE BORN TODAY You're friendly and approachable. You're also nonjudgmental, and you prefer to think for...
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What has more letters than the alphabet? The post office!
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Shout out to my fingers. I can count on all of them.
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Gilbert Bates was getting madder by the minute. The 31-year-old farmer was chewing the fat with a...
1/27, reading buyout article. Since when and why would a buyout depend on a families' income? Its the towns...
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"Things will warm up noticeably today. Warmer temperatures, combined with some snow that fell Sunday night could create...
CLEVELAND TWP. -- A fire Saturday night damaged the main maintenance and office building on Scattered Acres Farm here...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he will discuss "victory over Hamas,"...
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The trade was put together in secret, with only a precious few people knowing what was happening. Luka Doncic didn't...
ORLANDO, Fla. -- With Olympic flag football three years away, this much is becoming clear: the U.S. team should want a...
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PHILADELPHIA -- Jayson Tatum scored 13 of his 35 points in the fourth quarter and the Boston Celtics rallied from a 26-...
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division W L Pct GB
Boston 35 15 .700 --
New York 32 17 .653 2
Philadelphia 19 29 .396 15...
DENVER -- Mackenzie Blackwood made 24 saves for his second straight shutout, Nathan MacKinnon scored to extend his NHL...
Victor Wembanyama has a new point guard: De'Aaron Fox is on his way out of Sacramento and headed to San Antonio.
Fox is...
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Lucy Olsen scored 28 points and Addison O'Grady had 13 as Iowa topped No. 4 USC 76-69 on Sunday,...
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Florida 54 32 19 3 67 181 156
Toronto 52 31 19 2 64 159 150...
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Kansas City Chiefs were once the loveable NFL underdogs, led by the good-natured coach who...
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- Rory McIlroy played a game nearly as magnificent as the Pebble Beach scenery Sunday as he...
NEW ORLEANS -- The Eagles have landed.
The Philadelphia Eagles' charter flight touched down in New Orleans on Sunday...
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Feb. 3
Feb. 3, 1995
* Ray Rhodes is named the new head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles.
Feb. 3, 2005
* Vo-Tech junior...
3x3 BASKETBALL (WOMEN'S)
7:30 p.m.
TNT -- Unrivaled Basketball League: Mist vs. Phantom, Medley, Fla.
TRUTV --...
Today
BASKETBALL
High school boys
Loyalsock at Bloomsburg......7:30 p.m.
Lewisburg at Central............7:30 p.m....
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division GP W L OL SOL Pts GF GA
Hershey 45 28 12 5 0 61 150 135
Providence 43 24 14 4 1...
Midway Lanes THURSDAY LADIES
Week 18 W L Hell Raisers 17 3
Gutterly Ridiculous 15 5
Team Khaos 15 5
Fearsome 3 14 6...
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association DALLAS MAVERICKS -- Received G Max Christie, F Anthony Davis and a 2029...
BERWICK -- Berwick's Julian Howie led all scorers with a game-high 19 points, and the Bulldogs outlasted Wyoming...
EAST Boston College 94, Clemson 65
Delaware 62, Northeastern 54
Drexel 53, Towson 49
Duquesne 80, St. Bonaventure 46...
EAST Carnegie Mellon 72, Rochester 56
D'Youville 80, Staten Island 67
Daemen 77, Dist. of Columbia 61
Emory 92, Case...
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... son of Jamie and Ed Lowry, Bloomsburg, will turn 9 Tuesday. Grandparents are Annmarie and Gene Minnick Sr.,...
... son of Sara and Brian Boyce, New Freedom, will turn 12 Tuesday. Grandparents are Lisa and Chuck Hagemeyer,...
... daughter of Taylor Henrie and Joseph Ditzler, Berwick, and Logan and Ashley Karchner, Hetlerville, turned 11 on Feb...
... daughter of Karl and Mary Womer, Millville, turned 9 on Jan 26. Grandparents are Carl and Cindy Womer, Bloomsburg;...
... son of Ben and Trish Sheehe, Bloomsburg, will be 2 years old on Saturday. His grandparents are Pat and John...
... son of Jeffery and Heather Breisch, Berwick, is 4 years old today. Grandparents are Kevin and Margie (Trapane)...
PANAMA CITY (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Panamanian President Jose Ra?l Mulino on Sunday the...
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