Woman's no 'Millionaire,' but she walks away with winnings

DANVILLE -- After six months of waiting, Carey Lutz's family and friends finally know how much money she won on ABC's "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" Lutz walked away after six questions with $9,050 -- enough to pay down some debt and take a nice trip to New York City, she said. About 50 people attended the viewing party at Washies Fire Company to watch Lutz take the stage with Meredith Viera for the daytime game show. When Lutz, who was the second contestant, appeared on screen, applause and cheers broke out in the room.

Cops: Three children removed from meth lab

HETLERVILLE -- Children and Youth caseworkers took custody of an infant and two toddlers today after an alleged meth lab was discovered in a trailer where the children and four adults had been living. Police say they plan to file meth charges against three: * Abby Burd, the mother of the three children, all under age 2. * James Rodney "JR" Hughes, Burd's 18-year-old cousin, who has a previous meth arrest and a robbery charge pending in county court.

Moose burglar foiled; man found wet, without a ride home

SCOTT TWP. -- A township policeman discovered an SUV suspiciously parked deep in the grass outside the Moose Family Center, still warm from running with the keys resting atop a back tire. It was 2:30 a.m., and Ptlm. Jeff Turner decided to have a look around the building. It wasn't long before he turned up a pair of bolt cutters and a black backpack. There were fresh pry marks in the front doors, which had been partially pulled apart, but it appeared the burglar wasn't able to get inside the building, police said. A search of the surrounding area turned up no suspect, however.

Woman who sued Macy's over botched order wins

MAHONING TWP. -- The Danville woman who sued Macy's over a botched makeup order has won in court. Mary Norris, who filed her complaint as Mary Ann Mayer, was awarded $192.56 -- three times the value of her $63.55 order -- and $1.91 in interest, ruled District Judge Marv Shrawder. She was also reimbursed her $157.50 filing fee, for a total of $350.06. That's far short of the $5,218 she sought for her time and frustration. It's also less than the $500 Macy's reportedly offered to settle the case.

ELECTION: Upset in Danville's Third Ward

DANVILLE -- Longtime councilwoman Betty Ann Moyer was defeated Tuesday by a Geisinger physician assistant in the Republican primary for the Third Ward. Thomas Wickham took the GOP nomination with 21 votes to Moyer's 12, according to unofficial results. A retired teacher, Moyer is also the president of the Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs. She has been on council about 28 years. Election officials say there was heavy write-in activity on the Democratic ballot that will be tallied over the next few days.

Fountain foams in Bloom

BLOOMSBURG -- Someone dumped Dawn detergent in the town fountain between Saturday night and Sunday morning, causing it to foam up when the water spouts turned on Sunday, police said. This picture shows what it looked like around 9:15 a.m. Foam piled on the ledge of the fountain at the Market and Main Street intersection in Bloomsburg as water circulated. By Sunday afternoon, public works crews had dumped neutralizing chemicals into the water and the fountain had returned to normal. Police say they found an empty bottle of Dawn detergent on the ledge of the fountain.

Three rescued from swamped boat in river near Berwick

BERWICK -- Rescuers plucked two brothers and a young girl from a swamped fishing boat near the base of the Berwick-Nescopeck bridge Wednesday evening. Rick and Robert Dement, and Robert's 8-year-old daughter Emily, had gone fishing in a motorized boat on Wednesday afternoon, taking off from the boat launch at Test Track Park and heading under the Berwick-Nescopeck bridge to fish the area north of it.

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