Stories from Sunday, December 29, 2024
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New playground equipment, picnic areas would be added in Berwick
BERWICK -- Sponsler Park will be getting new picnic areas and new handicap-accessible playground equipment under a plan...
Measure just passes Berwick Council after intense debate
BERWICK -- Council members here reluctantly agreed to give $20,000 to a coalition of three charities to help homeless...
Taxes raised .5 mill; skill games to face $100 per year levy
CATAWISSA -- The Borough Council granted final approved of the 2025 budget Dec. 9, raising the real-estate tax rate and...
Press Enterprise Staff Report
ARISTES -- An Ashland man was driving drunk at nearly three times the legal limit when he...
BLOOMSBURG -- A Danville resident won $50,000 playing a lottery game called Power $500, state records show.That made...
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COMMUNITY HANUKKAH CELEBRATION: 4 p.m., First English Baptist Church, 700 Millville Road, Bloomsburg, with Beth Israel...
DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Israel's army detained the director of one of northern Gaza's last functioning...
Embassy suspends services
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syria's embassy in Lebanon has suspended consular services a day after two...
* Locust Mutual Fire Insurance Company will hold its annual reorganization meeting Saturday, Jan. 4.
* Orangeville...
1170: Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, was slain in Canterbury Cathedral by knights loyal to King Henry II...
* Actor Jane Levy, 35.
* Actor Diego Luna, 45.
* Actor Mekhi Phifer, 50.
* Actor Jude Law, 52.
* Actor Jennifer Ehle...
Model Dayle Haddon dies
NEW HOPE (AP) -- A trailblazing former "Sports Illustrated" model who pushed back against age...
TREASURE HUNT: 2-9-18-22-29
MIDDAY PICK TWO: 7-7; WILD: 1
MIDDAY PICK THREE: 8-2-1; WILD: 1
MIDDAY PICK FOUR: 3-0-1-7;...
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Cases of a wretched stomach bug are surging in parts of the United States this winter, according to government data....
COOPER TWP - Firefighters answered a call Friday night for a large barn fire on Mount Zion Drive that burned the...
NEW YORK (AP) -- An outdoor holiday market in New York City's Bryant Park briefly caught fire Friday morning, sending...
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Berwick native enjoyed collecting lighthouses
Patricia Ann (Gearhart) Rubery, 72, previously of Berwick, passed away Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, at Highlands...
LONDON (AP) -- Olivia Hussey, the actor who starred as a teenage Juliet in the 1968 film "Romeo and Juliet," has died,...
Funeral arrangements to be announced
Helen E. Lehnowsky, 92, of Berwick passed away on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024, at Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An American schoolteacher arrested in Russia on drug charges more than three years ago has been...
If you think physical therapy is only about rehabilitation after surgery or recovering from an accident, think again....
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HAHNVILLE, La. (AP) -- A missing 14-year-old Tennessee girl has been found safe in the Louisiana woods, where...
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- California Justice Department officials are investigating the death of a man who was shot by his...
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Susquehanna Valley United Way (SVUW) is proud to announce the release of its 2024 Impact Report, a testament to the...
SALEM TWP. -- The Caithness Freedom Generating Station team continued its annual tradition to end the year by helping...
DANVILLE -- Geisinger has been awarded a 2024 Amazon Web Services (AWS) Imagine Grant to expand and optimize the use of...
ALLENTOWN -- The PPL Foundation has awarded $50,000 in grants to eight nonprofit organizations across PPL Electric...
BLOOMSBURG -- The following property transfers were filed so far in December at the Columbia County Courthouse. Benton...
and MICHELLE L. PRICE
Associated Press Writers
President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Friday to pause...
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LOS ANGELES -- When Willem Dafoe enjoys working with a filmmaker, he'll often jump at the chance to do it again.
The...
Of all the movie protagonists you might have seen this year, none is quite like Marianne Jean-Baptiste's Pansy in Mike...
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and KEVIN S. VINEYS
Associated Press Writers
Abortion has become slightly more common despite bans or deep restrictions...
"With mid-winter just ahead, you can likely expect an increase in snow activity with 10-12 inches being normal for...
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Linebacker joins elite club with accomplishment
For the Press Enterprise
FRANKLIN TWP. -- When Southern Columbia's Dominic Fetterolf stepped on to the field as a...
BU grad among 15 up for consideration
Two-time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning, former Defensive Players of the Year Luke Kuechly and Terrell Suggs, and prolific...
Hurts’ head injury looming large for Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA -- Jalen Hurts is sitting out a potential NFC East clincher against Dallas because of the lingering...
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WASHINGTON -- Jalen Brunson scored nine of his season-high 55 points in overtime and Karl-Anthony Towns had 30 points...
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division W L Pct GB
Boston 23 8 .742 --
New York 22 10 .688 1
Philadelphia 11 17 .393 10...
LOS ANGELES -- Eric Dailey Jr. scored 18 points, making four 3-pointers, and No. 22 UCLA edged 14th-ranked Gonzaga 65-...
PHOENIX -- Corbin Burnes and the Arizona Diamondbacks have agreed to a $210 million, six-year contract, a person...
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Noah Cates extended his goal-scoring streak to five games, Morgan Frost scored the go-ahead goal...
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Toronto 37 22 13 2 46 115 105
Florida 37 22 13 2 46 126 116
Boston 38...
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Justin Herbert threw three touchdown passes and the Los Angeles Chargers clinched their second...
NEW YORK -- Dylan Raiola passed for 228 yards and a touchdown as Nebraska built an 18-point lead through three quarters...
CINCINNATI -- Joe Burrow threw his third touchdown pass to Tee Higgins with 1:07 left in overtime, and Cincinnati kept...
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Dec. 29, 1994
* The Charlotte Hornets overcome a 30-point, 17-rebound performance by Orlando's Shaquille O'Neal for a...
Today
BASKETBALL
High school boys
Northwest at Old Forge tourney 7 p.m.
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Monday...
2024 Pa. Football Writers' All-State Teams CLASS 2A Player of the Year: Jase Ferguson, Central Clarion Coach of the...
Press Enterprise staff reports
TUNKHANNOCK -- Southern Columbia ran away with the team title at the Frank Wadas...
COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN'S)
Noon
BTN -- Indiana St. at Ohio St.
1 p.m.
PEACOCK -- Penn at Penn St.
1:30 p.m.
PEACOCK --...
Jan. 9 -- Salary arbitration figures exchanged.
Jan. 15 -- International signing period opens, 9 a.m. EST.
Jan. 27-Feb...
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As the year draws to a close, it's the perfect time to reflect on the experiences that made it extraordinary.
For...
Tom Austin and Keith Schuyler both took turns writing the Outdoors column for the Morning Press. Thousands of...
New licenses out
New fishing licenses for 2025 recently went on sale. Current licenses are only valid until Tuesday. Be...
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Poor little Jay Nixon 12/23 was triggered by the truth, and he wants to call me stupid. Hey Jay, I’m not the one who...
In "What could possibly go wrong?" news, an Ohio funeral home may soon be able to serve alcohol to grieving families....
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NEW YORK -- RaMell Ross sometimes sends his photography students out on a unique assignment. He tells them to...
NEW YORK -- Kane Brown is releasing his fourth studio album, "The High Road." He'd recently been in Los Angeles,...
and NICK PERRY
Associated Press Writer
CONCORD, N.H. -- Before Christa McAuliffe was an astronaut, she was a vibrant...
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America's public health could be at risk if the incoming administration doesn't correct some of the campaign rhetoric...
ROSE: Most things in life are more complicated than they look to the casual observer. Take, for example, Laurie Allison...
Brandon Granger, the son of Texas Republican Rep. Kay Granger, informed the Dallas Express his mother has been battling...
InsideSources.com
For those on the right side of the political aisle, 2024 was a mixed bag. On the one hand, we had to...
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When December rolls around, I prepare my annual holiday columns. The final one is about the fun of cruising under...
DETROIT (AP) -- The reliability of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids has dramatically improved, narrowing a wide...
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Indie-film merchandise a hot commodity
LOS ANGELES -- On a recent Saturday afternoon, hundreds of "Anora" fans lined up for hours on Melrose Avenue, hoping to...
A recent Howdy survey revealed 25% of Gen Z and millennial respondents plan to leave the United States and live...
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Provost scholar
INDIANA, Pa. -- Bayleigh M. Sweitzer of Danville was named a provost scholar at Indiana University of...
BLOOMSBURG -- The Columbia County Traveling Library will make the following stops this week: * MONDAY: Little Cubs...
BLOOMSBURG -- Columbia County 4-H Teen Council's December meeting was held at the home of Dale and Linda Hendricks....
Senior centers list week's activities
* Benton -- Monday: Share a laugh, 9 a.m.; ideas for 2025, 9:30 a.m.; sit and...
Area bridge clubs list high scores
ELYSBURG -- On Dec. 13, Elysburg Bridge Club had these results: Glen Wayne, 33 imps...
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DEAR ABBY: A year ago, I found out my husband has been cheating on me with multiple women for more than a decade and...
IF YOU WERE BORN TODAY You're loyal and reliable. You value and need relationships with substance and soul. People...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jay-Z 's exhibit "The Book of Hov" in New York is an actual book.
"The Book of Hov: A Tribute to...