Press Enterprise Writer
BLOOMSBURG — Someone fired a gun in the Staples parking lot here Tuesday night before fleeing in a car toward Fifth Street, the police chief said.
Scott Price said no one was hit in what may have been a “drug deal gone bad” in the lot located in the Giant Plaza along Route 11 near the Scott Township line.
NANTICOKE — The friend found holding 17-year-old Hunter Sipple after the teen was shot was charged Tuesday with causing his death.
Michael Crawn Jr., 18, of Nanticoke, was playing with a gun when it discharged, sending a bullet through Hunter’s chest, charges say.
HARRISBURG — It took a jury just over six hours to decide the Bloomsburg University and the State System of Higher Education had wrongfully targeted and fired a business school dean after he helped a secretary report allegations of improper conduct by BU‘s president in 2018.
In all, the panel of four women and three men awarded Jeffrey Krug more than $3.9 million in total damages just after noon on Tuesday,
BLOOMSBURG — Plans to redesign the Market Street bike lane may include an extension to downtown after all.
Less than a week after a three-hour meeting with residents hashing out a set of one-way bike lanes on either side of the street that would start at Town Park and end at Seventh Street, council voted to scrap that recommendation.
BERWICK — Police here say they've nabbed a group they believe may have been involved in a rash of car break-ins in the area.
Police have arrested Jared Allen Lewis, 25; Robert Longenberger Jr., 29; and Carissa Marie Beck, 36, all currently homeless, and charged them with receiving stolen property and conspiracy to commit theft. They're looking for Ashley Renee Lopez-Lopez, 33, who also faces charges in connection with the break-ins, a press release states.
Bloomsburg Police have postponed the National Night out plannied for this evening at the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds. Police Chief Scott Price said the weather forecast is calling for severe storms and high winds. “We don’t need someone getting hurt trying to do something positive for the community,” he said.
Organizer Tracy Kishbaugh is working with the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds and other law enforcement agencies to find a new date, he said.
BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump appeared to be the target of an assassination attempt as he spoke during a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, two law enforcement officials said. The former president, his ear covered in blood from what he said was a gunshot, was quickly pulled away by Secret Service agents and his campaign said he was “fine.”
A local prosecutor said the suspected gunman and at least one attendee are dead. The Secret Service said two spectators were critically injured.
By SUSAN SCHWARTZ
Press Enterprise Writer
WILKES-BARRE — Jamie Walsh is almost certainly going to be the new representative for the 117th District in Luzerne County.
However, incumbent Mike Cabell isn’t giving up.
DANVILLE — Geisinger officials say they are about to invest $880 million in a new 11-story tower at Geisinger Medical Center that will double the size of its emergency room and provide private rooms for every patient.
The expansion will be the biggest in the hospital’s 110-year history, said Dr. Terry Gilliland, president and CEO of Geisinger.
BLOOMSBURG — A third judge for the 26th Judicial District that covers Columbia and Montour Counties has been nominated, but the candidate, attorney Anthony McDonald, says it is unclear if or when he will be seated.
McDonald said Thursday that Sen. Lynda Culver sent him a copy of a letter sent to Gov. Josh Shapiro on March 18 that formally nominated him for the seat, added by state lawmakers last year.