News from CATAWISSA
Published on November 15, 2017 - Page 1
CATAWISSA — After a heated debate over whether a car had to stop for people directing traffic, the woman guiding vehicles pointed her baton at the...
Published on November 13, 2017 - Page 1
CATAWISSA — Through September, the borough had charged its electricity customers $62,000 less than projected in 2017. The culprit is a complicated...
Published on November 7, 2017 - Page 4
CATAWISSA — Here are Catawissa Halloween Parade winners, listed from first place: • Antique Cars and Trucks — 1929 Nash Hot Rod, Todd Fisher,...
Published on November 4, 2017 - Page 12
CATAWISSA — Here is the October report from the District Court of Craig W. Long. COLUMBIA COUNTY —$8,054 • Processing Center — $150 COMMONWEALTH...
Published on November 3, 2017 - Page 1
CATAWISSA — A New York City couple caught on a cross-country trek with marijuana products worth more than $2,000 saw all their charges dropped in...
Published on November 3, 2017 - Page 22
CATAWISSA — A flag retirement ceremony, sponsored by Catawissa American Legion Post 541, Catawissa VFW Post 8306, and Catawissa Boy Scout Troop 67,...
Published on October 31, 2017 - Page 4
CATAWISSA — A man told an officer during a traffic stop that police were always targeting him because he’s a “pothead,” court papers say. Cody...
Published on October 29, 2017 - Page 4
CATAWISSA — A man was parking near his North Fourth Street home when he struck a sign. Catawissa Police Chief Josh Laidacker heard a “loud sound”...
Published on October 27, 2017 - Page 9
CATAWISSA — A Catawissa man won a $2 million prize from a Powerball drawing in August, according to the Pennsylvania Lottery. Jeffrey Compton...
Published on October 15, 2017 - Page 1
CATAWISSA — A 75-year-old man is facing charges as a result of a pedestrian accident two years ago during a farm festival along Southern Drive here...
Published on October 7, 2017 - Page 5
CATAWISSA — The September financial report by the District Court of Craig W. Long:
COLUMBIA COUNTY — $8,244 • Processing Center — $150....
Published on October 1, 2017 - Page 1
CATAWISSA — A driver was high on meth with two children in her car, police say, and now she faces endangerment charges. Police were called to the...
Published on September 20, 2017 - Page 1
CATAWISSA — A Bloomsburg State Police trooper accused of attacking his wife’s car with a rubber mallet was found not guilty when the victim failed to...
Published on September 11, 2017 - Page 1
CATAWISSA — While a teenager growing up outside Catawissa, Jennifer Ney wanted a new dresser for her bedroom. Unfortunately, her family couldn’t...
Published on September 5, 2017 - Page 4
CATAWISSA — Here is the August report from the District Court of Craig Long. COLUMBIA COUNTY —$8,202 • Checks Issued to Clerk of Courts — $20...
Published on August 25, 2017 - Page 1
CATAWISSA — Someone purchased a Powerball lottery ticket worth $2 million at a gas station here. Fresh-N Quik sold the $2 ticket for Wednesday night...
Published on August 19, 2017 - Page 1
CATAWISSA — Nancy Wilson cradled Cammy the cat in her arms after coaxing the timid stray orange female from some bushes at 114 Main St. It was noon...
Published on August 15, 2017 - Page 4
CATAWISSA — State Police and the Columbia County Coroner’s office are investigating the death of a 20-year-old Bloomsburg man. Andrew James...
Published on August 5, 2017 - Page 3
CATAWISSA — A hit-and-run driver knocked down a traffic signal pole and a support post for the Catawissa Opera House’s balcony on Friday afternoon,...
Published on August 2, 2017 - Page 1
CATAWISSA — Officers who busted into a Locustdale man’s home on suspicions of child pornography found Kenneth Lee Wehry’s computer using a file-...
Published on July 27, 2017 - Page 1
CATAWISSA — A man accused of defecating on his girlfriend’s face arrived in court Tuesday, confident the charges would be dropped. Jeffrey M. Murphy...
Published on July 24, 2017 - Page 1
CATAWISSA — Police found a man and woman unconscious of suspected drug overdoses and three children — including a 10-month-old boy — left to fend for...
Published on July 23, 2017 - Page 6
CATAWISSA — Police arrested a Bloomsburg man on marijuana charges after a driver failed to stop his car at a stop sign. Catawissa Police Chief Josh...
Published on July 22, 2017 - Page 1
CATAWISSA — A man knocked his girlfriend down and defecated on her face, then chased her as she tried to escape from their home, police say. The...
Published on July 6, 2017 - Page 4
CATAWISSA — Here is the June report from District Court of Craig W. Long: COLUMBIA COUNTY —$8,195 • Processing Center — $150 • Checks Issued to...
Published on July 5, 2017 - Page 5
CATAWISSA — A Berwick man faces drug charges from two police departments. Taylor A. Shaw, 24, of 360 LaSalle St., had pot and other items on two...
Published on July 4, 2017 - Page 4
CATAWISSA — Catawissa Garden Club will meet Wednesday evening at the home of Doris Pelley, with Marlene Muma w as co-hostess. Pelley will show some...
Published on July 3, 2017 - Page 1
CATAWISSA — A wanted man squeezed out through a window in his mother’s trailer Friday and ran from police for hours before he was caught, police say...
Published on June 30, 2017 - Page 1
CATAWISSA — The borough’s Facebook page has been shut down and sentenced to social media purgatory for weeks despite repeated attempts by officials...
Published on June 23, 2017 - Page 3
CATAWISSA — An Elysburg man was driving drunk when he crashed his car just 10 days before his 21st birthday, according to court papers. Adam...
Published on June 23, 2017 - Page 4
CATAWISSA — A New York woman faces charges of drug possession after she was stopped for an expired registration. Caroline Felice, 55, Patchogue,...
Published on June 20, 2017 - Page 7
CATAWISSA — An Illinois man at the wheel of a stolen Lexus has been spared criminal prosecution here, but it cost him the $20,000 in cash that State...
Published on June 10, 2017 - Page 12
CATAWISSA — Southern Columbia High School hed commencement exercises last night at Bloomsburg University’s Haas Center for the Arts. There are 16...
Published on June 8, 2017 - Page 5
CATAWISSA — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and the North Central Highway Safety Network honored a number of area municipal police...
Published on June 7, 2017 - Page 12
CATAWISSA — Here is the May report from the District Court of Craig W. Long. COLUMBIA COUNTY — $8,991 • Processing Center — $151 • Checks Issued...
Published on May 31, 2017 - Page 5
CATAWISSA — Corey Krise, 18, 410 Main St., Lavelle, is facing a charge of disorderly conduct after police allege he publicly urinated at the Valley...
Published on May 28, 2017 - Page 1
CATAWISSA — A mechanic who collected both checks and cash payments for work done at Clay’s Automotive on Mill Street here is accused of keeping the...
Published on May 28, 2017 - Page 3
CATAWISSA — Linda McCormick had just enough time to grab her medicine and her cocker spaniel, Star, before she was evacuated from her apartment...
Published on May 27, 2017 - Page 8
CATAWISSA — A woman claims she suffered serious injuries in a two-vehicle crash, so she’s suing the other driver, records show. In her lawsuit,...
Published on May 26, 2017 - Page 1
CATAWISSA — A female performer with a small traveling circus is the woman police think left a coffee cup full of urine at a Dollar General here after...
Published on May 26, 2017 - Page 1
CATAWISSA — A state law being proposed to put tighter financial restrictions on borough-owned electric companies like Catawissa’s would be crippling...
Published on May 25, 2017 - Page 1
CATAWISSA — Two customers unhappy that they couldn’t return an electronic speaker at a local dollar store left behind an unpleasant surprise for its...
Published on May 25, 2017 - Page 3
CATAWISSA — The borough’s green gateway welcome signs at both ends of town aren’t going anywhere after all. A PennDOT spokesman confirmed this week...
Published on May 22, 2017 - Page 1
CATAWISSA — A man accused of harassing an elected supervisor and the township’s secretary after a recent meeting will fight the charges rather than...
Published on May 19, 2017 - Page 1
CATAWISSA — When police raided an underage beer party hosted by a Southern Columbia teen, they found a beer pong game set up, a beer bong funnel,...
Published on May 18, 2017 - Page 4
CATAWISSA — A woman who stopped paying her rent and abandoned her home, leaving behind a cat, two ferrets and two dead hamsters, is now facing...
Published on May 17, 2017 - Page 1
CATAWISSA — The man who led police on a low-speed chase Monday has fled from authorities twice before, according to court records, including one...
Published on May 17, 2017 - Page 6
CATAWISSA — Challenger Tim Benner ousted incumbent Frank “Jeff” Achy, 45 to 38 votes, to win his bid for the Republican nomination for borough...
Published on May 16, 2017 - Page 1
CATAWISSA — Richard Brassard served the Navy for 29 years, many of them overlapping with his career of 23 years as a federal prison corrections...
Published on May 15, 2017 - Page 1
CATAWISSA — A motorist is fighting a lawsuit that accuses him of striking a pedestrian then driving off, court records show. Lawrence Diorio denies...