Stories from Sunday, January 22, 2023
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Rain adds erosion woes, maintenance at MARC
STILLWATER -- Dorothy Morris, an owner of Jerry's Engine Repair, is usually busy selling snowblowers at two locations...
Student, teacher and father say suspension should be lifted
BLOOMSBURG -- Supporters of James Dunkelberger, Columbia Montour Vo-Tech's suspended Assistant Director of Student...
Shickshinny-area widower who sought ‘mercy’ also sentenced to house arrest, probation
BLOOMSBURG -- A rural Shickshinny man with a history of six drunken driving convictions was sentenced here Thursday to...
BLOOMSBURG -- When caught taking chicken from Weis Markets, a woman also stole the identity of her Floridian twin...
Tickets are to go on sale this month for Sept. 25 performances
BLOOMSBURG -- The musical group STARSHIP featuring Mickey Thomas is opening for Richard Marx at the Bloomsburg Fair on...
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SAA meeting: 2-3 p.m., Agape, 851 Railroad St., Bloomsburg, for men only.
S-Anon Meeting: 3:30 p.m., Agape, 851...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held an emotional meeting Saturday with the families of...
'Buzz' Aldrin marries at 93
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin announced on Facebook he has married his...
* Berwick Area School District will hold a public hearing Feb. 6 to discuss the Nescopeck Elementary School.
To learn...
1944: During World War II, Allied forces began landing at Anzio, Italy.
1947: America's first commercially licensed...
* Actor Sami Gayle, 27.
* Pop singer Willa Ford, 42.
* Actor Balthazar Getty, 48.
* Actor Olivia d'Abo, 54.
*...
No appeal for killer daughter
ALLENTOWN (AP) -- A woman convicted as a teenager in the March 2015 murder of her mother...
TREASURE HUNT: 6-8-21-28-29
MIDDAY PICK TWO: 1-8; WILD: 2
MIDDAY PICK THREE: 7-9-1; WILD: 2
MIDDAY PICK FOUR: 2-4-7-1;...
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MILTON -- Four former Mount Carmel football players accused of hazing new teammates in 2020 are scheduled to face the...
HARRISBURG (AP) -- Gov. Josh Shapiro said Friday he will keep in place a ban on executive-branch employees receiving...
DANVILLE -- The 20-year-old man severely burned near Almedia on Thursday has died, a nursing supervisor at Geisinger...
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Twenty-two regional and national news organizations formed a coalition to ask a judge to narrow a...
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Benton graduate worked in construction
Ricky L. Swigart, 60, of Bloomsburg and formerly of Benton, died Friday, Jan. 20, 2023, at the hospital of The...
Homemaker worked at Bonham Nursing Home
Helen Howanitz, 89, of Fairmount Springs died Friday, Jan. 20, 2023, with family at her side at Geisinger Medical...
Salon owner, avid reader enjoyed gardening
Sandra (Harman) Knecht, 77, of Sugarloaf Township passed away on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023, at Lehigh Valley Hospital,...
Arrangements to be announced
Ronald S. Yost, 81, of Benton Township died early Saturday morning, Jan. 21, 2023, at his home.
He was the widower of...
and BEN FINLEY
Associated Press Writer
As kids' behavior reaches crisis points after the stress and isolation of...
HONG KONG (AP) -- Rabbits scamper around a play area in a climate-controlled building in suburban Hong Kong, some...
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The U.S. Justice Department is investigating the Abbott Laboratories infant formula plant in Michigan...
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LEWISBURG -- The Family Place, Evangelical Community Hospital's obstetrics unit, has earned recognition in the areas of...
BERWICK -- First Keystone Community Bank is excited to announce the opening of its Briar Creek Branch at 55 Briar Creek...
LEWISBURG -- Evangelical Community Hospital has successfully transitioned to one, integrated platform for its...
SUNBURY -- Weis Markets has promoted Tonya Woytowich to director of general merchandise and health and beauty care...
BLOOMSBURG -- First Columbia Bank & Trust Co. announces the promotion of Karen Brouse to senior vice president of...
BLOOMSBURG -- The following property transfers have been filed at the Columbia County Courthouse from late December...
BERWICK -- The Community Giving Foundation: Berwick recently welcomed four new members to its board of directors. KARI...
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PARK CITY, Utah -- Brooke Shields reveals she was the victim of a sexual assault in a new documentary about her life...
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"The last measurable snow we had was on Dec. 22, when we got 3 inches. This is quite unusual for the heart of winter.
"...
CHICAGO (AP) -- The CEO of United Airlines warned other airlines won't be able to handle all the flights they plan to...
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Philadelphia punches ticket to NFC title game
PHILADELPHIA -- Jalen Hurts erased lingering doubts about the state of his right shoulder by throwing two touchdown...
Chiefs quarterback hurt in win over Jacksonville
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Patrick Mahomes pleaded with Chiefs coach Andy Reid to let him stay in the game on Saturday.
He...
Tornadoes clamp down on defense, deny SCA
For the Press Enterprise
FRANKLIN TWP. -- Eighteen days have passed since Mount Carmel unveiled their 2021 state...
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TORONTO -- Grant Williams scored a career-high 25 points, Jaylen Brown had 27 and the Boston Celtics overcame the...
NEW YORK -- Sebastian Aho had three goals for his sixth career hat trick and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the slumping...
LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Shahada Wells scored 17 points as No. 14 TCU beat No. 2 Kansas 83-60 on Saturday in one of the worst...
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division W L Pct GB
Boston 35 12 .745 --
Philadelphia 29 16 .644 5
Brooklyn 28 17 .622 6...
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Boston 45 36 5 4 76 173 96
Toronto 47 28 11 8 64 158 125...
STORRS, Conn. -- Aaliyah Edwards scored 20 points and No. 5 UConn routed Butler 79-39 on Saturday.
Aubrey Griffin and...
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Pro Football Hall of Fame safety Ed Reed walked away from Bethune-Cookman in tears Saturday...
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Joe Mixon and the Cincinnati Bengals feel disrespected. Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills have...
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Dak Prescott shook off some late-season struggles and once again looked in top form in Dallas'...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Jacksonville Jaguars could not have imagined a better situation than the one they faced late in...
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DANVILLE -- Maddie Merrell paced Danville with 11 points, and Ella DeWald added 10 as the Ironmen cruised to a 40-...
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Jan. 22, 1993
* Kim Roadarmel scores her 1,000th career point on a fade away jumper in the third quarter of the...
AUTO RACING
1 a.m. (Monday)
CNBC -- Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship: Round 3, San Diego (Taped...
Today
No events scheduled
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BASKETBALL
High school boys
Walnut St. Chr. at CCCS...
College Basketball
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG Cent. Conn. St. 6 at LIU
at UConn 15 Butler
at Indiana 3 Michigan State
at...
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association PHOENIX SUNS -- Re-signed G Saben Lee to a second 10-day contract....
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Get your membership
Members of the North Berwick Hunting and Fishing Club will be at the club, 569 Knob Mountain Road,...
Randy Hess, Orangeville, was another local hunter who seemed to beat the odds by getting the most sought after hunting...
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On Jan. 9 in Kyiv, Ukraine, a surgeon removed an unexploded grenade from the chest cavity of a 28-year-old Ukrainian...
SOUTH PASADENA, Calif. -- Bob Odenkirk is still processing his feelings after suffering a massive heart attack in July...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Hollywood's awards season has found an unlikely underdog in "RRR."
S.S. Rajamouli's three-hour...
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) -- The Sundance Film Festival met the moment by going virtual for the past two years because of...
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) -- A lawsuit claims Disneyland employees snickered at a disabled woman struggling to get off a...
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Why is there a village in far western Montour County named Mexico? Alas, our usual historical sources don't give us a...
Berwick woman wanting Ames or Target. We use to have an Ames. We don't have enough people or $ here to get these stores...
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PARK CITY, Utah (AP) -- There is quite a bit of history between the team behind "Theater Camp," a loving satire of...
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Hello Greg! I enjoy your weekly car columns. Based on your recent article about cars from the 1950s, the Ford Crown...
DETROIT (AP) -- Traffic crashes in the U.S. cost society $340 billion in one year, or just over $1,000 for each of the...
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re Bloomsburg - support variety of small business -how about a day care, how about moderately priced apartments for...
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If contempt truly arises from familiarity, there should be far less of it this year in the Pennsylvania General...
ROSE: Al Weaver joined Cheetah Chassis in Berwick in 1991, starting as a blaster, learning to weld, then taking on...
In your Nov. 10 editorial "A modest proposal: Liberate Salem and Nescopecks," you failed to include Huntington and...
If health care systems like our local Geisinger are serious about preventing unnecessary procedures and saving...
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Inventor reflects on a lasting puzzle
NEW YORK -- If you've ever had trouble solving a Rubik's Cube, a good piece of advice is to break it down into steps....
Consumer shopping habits have shifted toward mobile devices. According to Pymnts.com, the majority of travel service...
It's no secret the key to healthy plants is healthy soil. And the best way to improve soil is by incorporating compost...
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60th anniversary Larry and Kay Golomb celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Jan 12. For several decades, they...
Senior centers list week's activities
* Benton -- Monday: Local news, 9 a.m.; exercise, 10 a.m.; depression talk and...
Delphians discuss banned books BERWICK — A meeting of the Twentieth Century Delphian Club was held Jan. 9 at McBride...
WILLIAMSPORT — Here are Penn College local fall graduates, listed by county: Columbia • Elijah B. Peltz, Bloomsburg,...
BLOOMSBURG — The Columbia County Traveling Library will make the following stops this week: • MONDAY: Greenwood...
LEWISBURG — Evangelical Community Hospital has scheduled its roster of support groups for February: • Bariatric:...
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DEAR ABBY: I have no family and few friends -- nobody close. My live-in girlfriend of two years and I argue constantly...
IF YOU WERE BORN TODAY You've got a distinctive personality. Although you're a friendly and cooperative person, you...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Comic Sarah Cooper is to release "Foolish: Tales of Assimilation, Determination and Humiliation," in...