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Last Updated: March 28, 2017 - 4:46pm

NEWTON, Iowa — Penn State’s Zain Retherford has another accolade to add to his already overflowing mantle.

The Benton graduate has been honored as the 2017 Hodge Trophy Winner,...

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Last Updated: March 28, 2017 - 12:38pm

BLOOMSBURG — By Tax Day, accused murderer Anthony Rocco Franklin should be in U.S. custody, officials say.

Franklin had fled to Argentina after he was accused in the 2012 murder...

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Last Updated: March 27, 2017 - 4:50pm

BERWICK — Jackie Vital says she was just trying to help a couple with a sick child when she saw them in the medicine aisle of the grocery store earlier this month.

Instead, they...

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Last Updated: March 26, 2017 - 1:36am

BERWICK — Police were called to a shooting here Saturday night, but authorities say no one was hurt and it appeared to be an isolated incident.

Police Chief Ken Strish confirmed...

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Last Updated: March 22, 2017 - 5:22pm

BLOOMSBURG — Of the more than 400 citations given out during last year’s Block Party, one number glaringly stood out: 80 percent were issued to people who weren’t affiliated with...

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Last Updated: March 21, 2017 - 3:41pm

Last Updated: March 17, 2017 - 4:21pm

GREENWOOD TWP. –  Authorities continue to look for a man who lived in a house that burned down Thursday afternoon.

As of 1:30, they hadn't had a chance to search the basement at...

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Last Updated: March 17, 2017 - 12:59pm

BUCKHORN – The JCPenney at the Columbia Mall is one of 138 stores the department store chain is shutting down, according to a corporate announcement Friday.

Most stores will begin...

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Last Updated: March 16, 2017 - 8:22pm

This week has turned into an unexpected just-before-spring break for area students.

Benton, Berwick, Bloomsburg, Central Columbia, Columbia County Christian, Columbia-Montour Vo-...

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Last Updated: March 16, 2017 - 9:53pm

GREENWOOD TWP. – Fire tore through a house on White Horse Pike here Thursday night.

Crews from Millville, Benton, Orangeville and Espy responded to the fire, but could do little...

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Last Updated: March 16, 2017 - 5:30pm

MAHONING TWP. — Nancy DeLong paid $70 to three people to shovel her driveway and sidewalk on Maple Street.

Instead, she learned an expensive lesson about scams, she said.

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Last Updated: March 16, 2017 - 5:36pm

NESCOPECK — Firefighters battled brutally cold winds atop a tall silo roof at Rad Engineered Wood Products Thursday after fire apparently spread from a nearby dust filter.

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Last Updated: March 16, 2017 - 4:30pm

State crews cleared some local roads that were closed yesterday, but drifting snow has shut down others.

As of 7:13 a.m. in Columbia County, Tyson School Road from Middle Road to...

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Last Updated: March 15, 2017 - 9:21pm

Several area schools have declared another snow day Thursday as residents in the region continue to dig out from Tuesday's storm.

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