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Published on January 22, 2021 - Page 1
Police say man stabbed ex, stole a dump truck
SCOTT TWP. — A Luzerne County man on the run from police after allegedly stabbing his ex-girlfriend in the head stole a dump truck from a...
Published on January 22, 2021 - Page 1
Pair lost everything in blaze
BENTON TWP. — The cause of a fast-moving fire that destroyed a Benton-area home likely will remain a mystery, fire officials say. Even though...
Published on January 20, 2021 - Page 1
Bloom pool project launched
BLOOMSBURG — After being shuttered for more than three years, Norris E. Rock Memorial Pool came one step closer to reopening this week. Town...
Published on January 19, 2021 - Page 1
Trucker flips rig, spares house
ORANGEVILLE — A tractor-trailer driver who said his brakes failed on steep Route 93 managed to overturn his truck onto Route 487 in a last-ditch...
Published on January 19, 2021 - Page 1
Bloom High students save $600,000 on college credits
BLOOMSBURG — High school students enrolled in college courses will save nearly $600,000 in tuition this year, according to school officials....
Published on January 18, 2021 - Page 3
Keep tabs on Town doings
The Public Safety committee will meet Tuesday at 9 a.m., followed by a Shade Tree Commission meeting on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. The Planning Commission...
Published on January 12, 2021 - Page 1
Woman's career is taking off
BLOOMSBURG — Two years ago, Molly Faus made a fateful decision. Faus, a Millville native who has been fascinated by airplanes for as long as she can...
Published on January 11, 2021 - Page 1
Woman, 20, finds virus is no joke
BLOOMSBURG — Stuck in her room, quarantining while sick with the coronavirus, 20-year-old Zoey Albertson remembers the moment she realized she’d lost...
Published on January 11, 2021 - Page 3
Toast recovery by giving blood
When Erica Miller was just 7 years old, two weeks of low-grade fevers, fatigue, headaches, and dizziness sent the Central Columbia student to the...
Published on January 8, 2021 - Page 1
Company takes stage at fair
ROHRSBURG —Bloomsburg Fair’s main grandstand stage has a new home. That’s thanks to a deal directors made with the owner of an equipment sales and...

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Published on December 24, 2020 - Page 1
Forecasters see risk of flooding
On the heels of a storm that dropped more than a foot of snow in the region, forecasters are now warning heavy rains and warmer temperatures could...
Published on December 25, 2020 - Page 1
Some in Bloom urged to flee
BLOOMSBURG — As waters continued to rise throughout the region Thursday, first responders in town prepared to go door to door, encouraging residents...
Published on December 25, 2020 - Page 1
Police: Women stole $400 in candles
BLOOMSBURG — Two Bloomsburg women were caught stealing more than $400 worth of candles and hundreds of dollars more in other items from a grocery...
Published on December 26, 2020 - Page 1
Police: Man bloodied, burned his girlfriend
BLOOMSBURG — A town man bloodied his girlfriend’s nose and burned her with hot water during an early morning fight, police say. John M. Sutton, 53,...
Published on December 26, 2020 - Page 1
Housing plans for Bloom change
BLOOMSBURG — A proposed plan to develop a community of single-family homes on a 16-acre property near the Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital now will...