Stories from Friday, January 9, 2026
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LIME RIDGE -- Teachers at Columbia-Montour Vo-Tech will continue working under an expired contract for now after...
Community Strategies Group told to install water tank for hydrants
By M.J. MAHON
Press Enterprise Writer
BLOOMSBURG -- An attorney for the town warned Community Strategies Group to come...
Bloomsburg-area son charged with felonies
BLOOMSBURG -- A rural Bloomsburg man is accused of financially exploiting his elderly parents in Almedia by using their...
BLOOMSBURG -- The Bloomsburg Fair has announced two country singers made popular 30 years ago will perform at the...
BLOOMSBURG -- A Berwick resident won $50,000 playing Powerball, state records show.
That made Catherine Gensel the...
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HOAGIE AND SOUP SALE: 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Nescopeck Fire Hall, 325 Warren St., while supplies last.
Toddler Time: With...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- As anger and outrage spilled out onto Minneapolis' streets Thursday over the fatal shooting of a...
Senate moves to limit Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate advanced a resolution Thursday that would limit President...
* The Montour County Board of Commissioners will meet Jan. 23 to discuss an application by Talen Energy for a change in...
1861: Mississippi became the second state to secede from the Union, the same day the Star of the West, a merchant...
* Actor Nina Dobrev, 37.
* World champion bull rider J.B. Mauney, 39.
* Catherine, Princess of Wales, 44.
* Golfer...
Cops: Boy beaten over game
SCRANTON (AP) -- Police in Lackawanna County charged four teenagers for assaulting a...
TREASURE HUNT: 3-7-14-26-28
MIDDAY PICK TWO: 9-9; WILD: 0
MIDDAY PICK THREE: 7-5-0; WILD: 0
MIDDAY PICK FOUR: 3-7-5-7;...
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HARRISBURG (AP) -- Gov. Josh Shapiro is running for a second term in the pivotal battleground state after a first term...
Danville Area School District students are starting the school year with a clear tab after a church donated more than $...
GROVANIA -- A hearing on a proposed waste transfer station here was continued Thursday night because the Mahoning-...
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Teacher loved gardening, served her church
Barbara Perey, 91, of Berwick passed away at home on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026.
She was born Aug. 22, 1934, in Manchester,...
Avid Bible reader was heart of her family
Elinora (Ellie) Strausser, of Danville passed away peacefully, leaving this world wrapped in the love she so generously...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration and Louisiana officials have lifted another decades-old school...
Catawissa woman had political science degree
Virginia M. (Kreps) Howard, 73, of Grove Avenue, Catawissa, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, at home surrounded by...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A Wisconsin man accused of killing his parents and stealing their money to fund a plan to...
Name reference corrected
David J. Kelly Sr., 54, of 213 Leonard St. resisted arrest while being subdued and handcuffed...
and JIM MUSTIAN
Associated Press Writers
The woman shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Modest moves for Wall Street overall masked some big swings underneath the surface Thursday, including...
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DEAR ABBY: I have been in a relationship for almost two years with an incredible man who makes my heart sing. We are...
Bloomsburg's "All Are Welcome Here" signs should have asterisks and a Rosanne Rosannadanna footnote saying: "...unless...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a generally healthy 70-year-old man, and I like to drink orange juice -- the kind that is freshly...
IF YOU WERE BORN TODAY You look out for others, not just yourself. You have an easygoing presence that allows others...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House passed legislation Thursday, 230-196, that would extend expired health care subsidies for...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Austin Peay State University has reinstated a theater and dance professor fired for his social...
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By JOCELYN NOVECK
AP National Writer
When we first glimpse Noah Wyle’s Michael Robinavitch — aka Dr. Robby — in Season...
"One Battle After Another" dominated nominations to the Actor Awards this week, with Paul Thomas Anderson's ragtag...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Golden Globes are fast approaching, and Nikki Glaser is struggling to find a Julia Roberts joke...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Here are the nominees for the 2026 Actors Awards, which will be presented March 1 in Los Angeles...
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It plays a little loose with facts but the righteous rage of "Dog Day Afternoon" is present enough in Gus Van Sant's "...
NEW YORK -- Timothee Chalamet gazes out at the Manhattan shoreline. It's brisk and there's snow on the ground. Dressed...
"Greenland 2: Migration" is a serviceable but rather low-key, even grim affair starring a sturdy, understandably...
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Sydney Sweeney box-office hit "The Housemaid" is getting a sequel.
Lionsgate recently announced it...
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Bones and skulls visible in the back seat of a car near an abandoned cemetery on Philadelphia's outskirts led police to...
"Yesterday's temperatures in Bloomsburg hit a high of 54 degrees. That's nearly 20 degrees above the average of 36. We...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House said Thursday it was not feasible to save the East Wing because of structural issues...
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GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Carson Beck scrambled for a 3-yard touchdown with 18 seconds left, and Miami will head back home for...
Unified bocce is growing throughout region
Press Enterprise Copy Editor
BERWICK -- Imagine sitting at a football game between Berwick and Southern Columbia, and...
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- Mike McDaniel has run out of luster in Miami.
The Dolphins fired the dry-witted, wunderkind...
For the Press Enterprise
BLOOMSBURG -- At Bloomsburg, the formula for a bright future is written in the box scores:...
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Pascal Siakam scored 30 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and made a driving layup with 11.5 seconds left...
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division W L Pct GB
New York 24 13 .649 --
Boston 23 13 .639
Toronto 23 15 .605 1...
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Carson Cooper had 18 points and nine rebounds, and Jeremy Fears Jr. scored all of his 15 points...
The first meeting between Fernando Mendoza and Dante Moore wasn't pretty.
It was two years ago, before the Pac-12's...
PITTSBURGH -- Evgeni Malkin scored a power-play goal in his return from an upper-body injury and the Pittsburgh...
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Montreal 44 25 13 6 56 151 144
Detroit 45 26 15 4 56 141 142...
American snowboarding star Chloe Kim said Thursday that she took "the silliest fall" in training and dislocated her...
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INDIANAPOLIS -- Indianapolis Colts general manager Chris Ballard skipped the excuses during his end of season news...
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MOUNT CARMEL -- Mount Carmel's Raina Paulson led all scorers with 21 points, clearing the way for the Red Tornadoes...
Jan. 9, 1996
* Millville's Eric Leighow scores 18 points, grabs 13 rebounds and blocks six shots to lead the Quakers...
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BASKETBALL
High school boys
Berwick at Lake-Lehman...... 7:15 p.m.
New Covenant at CCCS....... 7:30 p.m.
High...
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN'S)
5:45 p.m.
WHSK 91.1 FM (buhuskies.com) -- Cheyney at BU
6 p.m.
CBSSN -- Miami (Ohio) at...
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
American League ATHLETICS -- Agreed to terms with C Shea Langeliers on a one-year...
EAST Binghamton 71, Vermont 67
Bryant 80, UMass Lowell 38
Fairfield 84, Saint Peter's 62
Iona 77, Niagara 49
LIU 86,...
EAST Buffalo State 70, SUNY-Fredonia 52
Central Connecticut 76, Stonehill 69
Charleston (WV) 87, Point Park 60
Curry...
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By Marcell Felipe
InsideSources.com
News that Nicolas Maduro was in U.S. custody within hours and without any American...
How do you do regime change without changing the regime?
That is the conundrum facing President Trump following his...
ROSE: From the moment it was proposed, beer sales during concerts at the Bloomsburg Fair sounded like good business....
InsideSources.com
As the WNBA's collective bargaining agreement negotiations drag on, the players' union finds itself...
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NEW YORK -- Dogs are great at learning action commands like "sit" and "stay." They're less good at remembering the...
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If an electric car stirs your interest but the lifestyle changes sound daunting, consider a plug-in hybrid.
A plug-in...
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