Stories from Friday, January 27, 2023
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Commissioners to leave $358G in Columbia County coffers
BLOOMSBURG -- Columbia County Commissioners allocated the remainder of the county's pandemic grant money last week,...
School boosters argue many proposed improvements not necessary
NESCOPECK -- Parents rallying Thursday night to save Nescopeck Elementary said they don't want all the improvements an...
Prisoners prevented from using computers without supervision
BLOOMSBURG -- The Columbia County president judge scolded the public defender and the prison attorney Wednesday after...
Suspect, 23, is also accused of raping a child
ORANGE TWP. -- A Berwick man accused of raping a child last year faces charges of forcing a woman into performing sex...
Lime Ridge man, 55, plowed through yard and flower garden
SOUTH CENTRE TWP. -- A school van driver apparently blacked out at the wheel before crashing in a front yard off Old...
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Digital Literacy Class for Adults: 11 a.m., Bloomsburg Public Library, registration not required; android devices --...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- Russian forces fired another rash of missiles and self-exploding drones in nearly a dozen...
Ex-cops charged in death
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Five former Memphis police officers have been charged with second-...
* The Mahoning Township Supervisors will meet Monday, Feb. 13, to consider an ordinance regulating insurance companies...
1880: Thomas Edison received a patent for his electric incandescent lamp.
1888: The National Geographic Society was...
* Actor Josh Randall, 51.
* Actor-comedian Patton Oswalt, 54.
* Country singer Tracy Lawrence, 55.
* Rapper Tricky,...
Bridge's legs under review
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Investigators looking into the collapse of a bridge nearly a year ago are...
TREASURE HUNT: 2-10-17-25-30
MIDDAY PICK TWO: 5-0; WILD: 4
MIDDAY PICK THREE: 6-4-2; WILD: 4
MIDDAY PICK FOUR: 0-9-5-5...
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Mahoning Township Police Chief Fred Dyroff presented his 2022 annual report to supervisors at this week's meeting....
Orangeville-area man works in East Lycoming School District
ORANGEVILLE -- A teacher and member of the Benton Area School Board says he intends to run for the magisterial...
BUCKHORN -- A Millville man became agitated and slapped the hand of a Walmart greeter when asked to see his purchase...
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Football fan was devoted Danville Ironman
The Danville Football Cheering section in Heaven just got another fan! Ralph S. Harner Jr. took his seat in the...
Enjoyed making candy and baking cookies
Loretta Jean Capece, 66, of Berwick passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, at Geisinger Medical Center,...
School head cook, active, devoted to her church
Lois Jean Kashner, 87, of Danville passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, at her...
Tuesday services for longtime Bloom resident
Laura M. (Shultz) Hampton, 79, formerly of Bloomsburg, passed away early Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, at The Gardens At...
Enjoyed line dancing, shopping, gardening
Edna M. Deibler, 79, of First Street, Bloomsburg, passed away Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, in Geisinger Medical Center,...
and ANDREW SELSKY
Associated Press
SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- Police in southern Oregon were searching Thursday for a man...
MIAMI (AP) -- Federal authorities in Florida have charged 25 people with participating in a wire fraud scheme that...
The family of Sharlet Johnson of rural Bloomsburg requests a card shower for her 99th birthday on Tuesday, Jan. 31....
NOZISKO -- Lorraine (Novakoski) Nozisko, 94, of 432 Rarig Road, Catawissa - Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on...
Doctorate field
Democratic state senate candidate Patricia Lawton has a Master's degree in speech language pathology...
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SALEM TWP. -- A man on state parole was jailed after a woman he lived with bought four guns, authorities allege. Lynn...
The North Branch of the Susquehanna River, which runs through Luzerne, Columbia and Montour counties, has been named...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The mushroom farm where four people were killed Monday had another shooting last July where one...
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When is taking a sign out of the ground a crime and when is it not?
That was the question a Westmoreland County jury...
ROSE: The story of Rob Bower, the Millville Fire Co. chief who stepped down at the end of 2022, used to be a common one...
Unless the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court delays the Special Election for the PA State Senate Seat for District 27,...
InsideSources.com Old habits die hard, as the saying goes. But myths and legends do, too, as Hunter S. Thompson...
A man takes his sick Chihuahua to the veterinarian. They're immediately taken back to a room.
Soon, a Labrador walks in...
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Ezra Cohen and Amira Mohammed don't exactly meet cute. He jumps into the backseat of her red Mini Cooper, mistaking it...
There's a wistful, warm feeling when wandering into a Mia Hansen-L?ve film. "One Fine Morning" is her most radiant film...
In "Shotgun Wedding," ageless pop star and rom-com queen Jennifer Lopez dons a pouffy white concoction that gradually...
"Close" is a story of grief told with grace by Belgian director Lukas Dhont. At its heart is a friendship between two...
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks rose Thursday to send Wall Street to its highest level in nearly eight weeks following reports...
The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday there are too many unknowns about CBD products to regulate them as foods...
DENVER (AP) -- The Colorado baker who won a partial U.S. Supreme Court victory after refusing to make a gay couple's...
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"Air that originated over central Canada will make today variably cloudy, breezy and dry with high temperatures in the...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Joe Biden on Thursday honored 18 people killed in two California mass shootings.
"Our...
BLOOMSBURG -- Inmates at Columbia County Prison are using prison-issued computer tablets to take classes, research the...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- This week, Hulu became the second television company to cut ties with "Rick and Morty" creator...
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PHILADELPHIA -- The caricatures on Nick Sirianni's T-shirt depicted A.J. Brown making a one-handed grab and DeVonta...
Paper shoot back, 3-D shoot expands at Expo
Press Enterprise Copy Editor
BLOOMSBURG -- Early Bird Sports Expo owners Jarrett and Jenna Swartz wanted to get more...
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Chris Foerster had spent nearly two decades as an assistant in the NFL when he first crossed...
For the Press Enterprise
MOUNT CARMEL -- With 4.4 seconds left in his 189-pound match against Mount Carmel's Dante...
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NEW YORK -- Saddiq Bey scored 25 points and the Detroit Pistons won in Brooklyn for the first time in nearly five years...
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division W L Pct GB
Boston 35 15 .700 --
Philadelphia 31 16 .660 2
Brooklyn 29 19 .604 5...
MELBOURNE, Australia — What all seemed so different, so daunting, even, about trying to win a Grand Slam title to Elena...
INDIANAPOLIS -- Jeff Saturday was a fan favorite when he played for the Indianapolis Colts.
Maybe not so much these...
WASHINGTON -- Alex Ovechkin scored his 32nd goal of the season, Nicklas Backstrom had the shootout winner and the...
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Boston 48 38 6 4 80 183 101
Toronto 49 30 11 8 68 166 129...
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Diamond Miller scored 23 points, and No. 10 Maryland closed the first quarter with a 13-2 run and...
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Carolina Panthers agreed to terms with Frank Reich to become their new head coach on Thursday....
The New York Jets hired former Denver Broncos coach Nathaniel Hackett as their offensive coordinator on Thursday.
The...
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- San Francisco 49ers star running back Christian McCaffrey missed his second straight practice...
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TAMAQUA -- Garret Varano netted a team-high 19 points and Damen Milewski added 16 as Mount Carmel survived a mid-...
Jan. 27
Jan. 27, 1993
* The Danville girls basketball team wraps up the first half championship of the Susquehanna Valley...
AUTO RACING
11:30 a.m.
CBSSN -- ABB FIA Formula E World Championship: The Diriyah Grand E-Prix, Round 2, Diriyah, Saudi...
Today
BASKETBALL
High school boys
Berwick at Dallas..................7:15 p.m.
Bloomsburg at Southern.......7:30 p.m....
Boys BERWICK 56, WYOMING AREA 46
Jan. 24 200 free: 1. Ben Carro, B, 2:27.03; 2. J. Cortez, WA. 200 IM: 1. Tommy...
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES -- Agreed to terms with RHP Austin Voth on a one-year...
EAST
Albertus Magnus 87, Elms 68
DeSales 79, Kings (Pa.) 59
Dean 75, Anna Maria 60
Emmanuel 102, Rivier 69
Fairfield 63...
Orangeville Sportsmen's Club TRAPSHOOTING
Jan. 22
Squad 1: Rod Phillips, 22; Squad 2: Bill Whitebread and Phil Piazza...
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BERWICK — Here are the participants in the District 8 Orchestra Festival being held at Berwick Area High School with Dr...
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Hey Pete you should send your photographer to the following places. 1.Cemetery road BC twp jus past the bridge. Wires...
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DEAR DR. ROACH: Please give me your opinion on the drug Rybelsus. It is advertised on TV as a wonder drug to reduce the...
DEAR ABBY: My daughter passed away nine years ago. She was almost 13. My mother never bothered to have a relationship...
IF YOU WERE BORN TODAY You're brilliantly creative. Between your exceptional taste, heightened intuition and...
Q: My doctor prescribed the antibiotic Cipro for an infection. I took the first dose with breakfast, and the rest of...
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