BERWICK — Tonight’s Wilkes-Barre at Berwick high school football game has been canceled due to COVID-19 concerns in the Wilkes-Barre school district.
The announcement was made early Saturday morning.
“Wilkes-Barre is shutting down (all athletics) for 14 days,” Berwick athletic director Bo Orlando said in a text message to the Press Enterprise.
MILLVILLE — First responders rescued a pair of bulldogs from the second floor of a home here after a fire began while the residents were out Friday morning.
The blaze gutted an upstairs bedroom inside the home at 143 N. Center St. that Ashley Buehler bought less than two months ago.
The fire started in the second-story bedroom at the southwest corner of the house around 10 a.m., according to Millville Fire Chief Rob Bower.
A neighbor sounded the alarm after noticing black smoke.
HARRISBURG — A concrete plan on how to combine Bloomsburg University with two other universities could be up for consideration by the State System Board of Governors as early as the spring, according to a press release.
The board, which oversees BU and the 14 other PASSHE schools, voted unanimously during a virtual meeting on Wednesday to take the next planning step in what it’s calling the “integration” of six of its universities.
BERWICK — The Berwick Hospital Center is being sold, Commonwealth Health System said in a surprise announcement Wednesday morning.
The hospital will now be independent, unconnected to any chain, the company said in a written statement.
Employees were told that all of those in good standing would continue their employment.
Meanwhile, Fayette Holidings “is focused on enhancing and growing quality care and services to meet community needs and
Berwick Hospital Center will continue providing quality local care to patients,” the statement said.
BERWICK — Two teens — one only 16 years old — have been arrested in connection with early-morning gunfire here Sunday, police say.
No one was hurt in the gunplay, which took place just before 1 a.m. Sunday near East 13th and Pine streets, said Police Chief Kenneth Strish.
Brandon Michael Giulian, 19, of Bloomsburg, is now in Columbia County Prison, unable to post the $50,000 bail set by District Judge Richard Knecht.
The boy, who was also from Bloomsburg, was turned over to Columbia County Juvenile Probation.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said early Friday that he and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus, a stunning announcement that plunges the country deeper into uncertainty just a month before the presidential election.
Trump, who has spent much of the year downplaying the threat of a virus that has killed more than 205,000 Americans, said he and Mrs. Trump were quarantining. The White House physician said the president is expected to continue carrying out his duties “without disruption” while recovering.
MAHONING TWP. — Grandview Nursing and Rehab near Danville is in the midst of an outbreak of COVID-19, according to a letter posted to its website, with 36 residents currently sick and 19 employees ill.
Of those cases, six residents and six employees had an onset of respiratory symptoms in the last 72 hours, the company's letter said.
BERWICK — The Berwick Area School District has shut down in-person classes — and all extracurriculars — for at least the remainder of the week after a fifth COVID-19 case turned up in the school district, according to an announcement from the superintendent on Tuesday morning.
Over two weeks, the school has climbed from one to five cases.
All secondary students will attend online classes for the rest of this week, while elementary students will have work sent home, according to Superintendent Wendy Kupsky's announcement.
BLOOMSBURG — The State System of Higher Education is looking at the possibility of combining certain aspects of Bloomsburg University with two other PASSHE schools, BU's president said in an email Wednesday.
The state system announced back in July that it was looking at "integrating" some of its universities. But at the time, it appeared BU would remain untouched — with PASSHE exploring ways California University could team up with Clarion, Edinboro could partner with Slippery Rock, and Lock Haven collaborate with Mansfield.
Columbia County’s sheriff’s department may help town and university police patrol Bloomsburg to break up large off-campus parties in an effort to prevent spread of coronavirus.
The county also is in talks with Bloomsburg University officials about buying a “rapid-testing” machine that could quickly diagnose the illness among BU students.
Those are two measures county officials discussed with BU leaders during a meeting Friday, according to county Commissioner Chris Young.