Stories from Tuesday, April 8, 2025
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Potential authority purchase, 67% rate increase raise questions, rage
SHICKSHINNY -- Residents served by the Shickshinny Sewer Authority have received notice their bills are about to...
Project to convert Jimmy Dean Nursing Home expected to cost $16.5M
BLOOMSBURG -- An abandoned nursing home built by a country music star 40 years ago may soon be demolished to make way...
Duo neither admitted nor denied being ‘grossly negligent’ in causing autistic man’s suffocation
DANVILLE -- A Danville couple facing trial this week in the suffocation death of their severely autistic adult son...
Benton man allegedly behind wheel charged with leaving the accident
SCOTT TWP. -- A Benton woman falsely claimed she was the driver who caused a two-vehicle crash on Central Road at Fifth...
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TOPS 0784: 9-10:30 a.m., Bethany Church of Berwick, Summerhill Avenue; info: 570-784-3145.
VETERANS HERITAGE CENTER: 10...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Undeterred by a panicked stock market, President Donald Trump threatened additional tariffs on China...
Murderer mom back on trial
PHOENIX (AP) -- Lori Vallow Daybell, who was convicted of killing her two youngest children...
* Black Creek Township zoning hearing board will meet April 22 to discuss a variance request in Rock Glen.
* Cleveland...
1820: The Venus de Milo statue, likely dating to the 2nd century B.C.E., was discovered by a farmer on the Greek island...
* Actor Taylor Kitsch, 44.
* Actor Patricia Arquette, 57.
* Actor Robin Wright, 59.
* Actor Dean Norris, 62.
*...
Commissioner nets DUI charge
The attorney general's office on Monday filed a DUI charge against Dauphin County...
TREASURE HUNT: 11-14-17-22-23
MIDDAY PICK TWO: 4-7; WILD: 8
MIDDAY PICK THREE: 8-9-6; WILD: 8
MIDDAY PICK FOUR: 4-8-7-4...
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Hop up to Unityville on Saturday afternoon where the volunteer fire company welcomes the Easter Bunny and kids of all...
DANVILLE -- Patrons evacuated the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 298 here Sunday morning after smoke flooded the...
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LAKE BUTLER, Fla. (AP) -- Jay North, who starred as the towheaded mischief maker on TV's "Dennis the Menace" for four...
Worked for Geisinger in revenue management
Alexander Thornhill Barra, 35, of Bloomsburg passed away on Monday, April 7, 2025, a patient of Geisinger Medical...
Retired construction worker and truck driver
Edward Peter Whitesell Sr., 71, of Mocanaqua died on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, at Allied Services Hospice Center, Wilkes...
Health care systems can reduce suicides through patient screening, safety planning and mental health counseling, a new...
Funeral arrangements to be announced
Clio M. Strausser, 84, of rural Nescopeck ("Chez Woodland"), widow of Wayne Strausser, died Monday, April 7, 2025, at...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina's highest court on Monday rejected the last major appeal from Mikal Mahdi, who is...
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NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. stocks careened through a manic Monday after President Donald Trump threatened to crank his...
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Please just stop.
U.S. District Judge Susan Paradise Baxter ruled Pennsylvania's election boards cannot invalidate mail...
Our new slate of county commissioners hasn't spoken up much since taking their positions in January 2024.
But we're...
What do Florida and Pennsylvania have in common? They are states with the highest number of prisoners serving life in...
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No American is above the law. When congressional Democrats on the House Oversight and Government...
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DEAR ABBY: My best friend of 45 years and I are 65. She has been married since 1985; I have been divorced for many...
IF YOU WERE BORN TODAY You don't back off from a fight. You hold your ground. You also don't enjoy doing anything you...
Q: I have a very sensitive system and react strongly to medications. After taking Prozac for a week, I became suicidal...
DEAR DR. ROACH: With the resurgence of measles because of declining vaccination rates, should we be wary of the same...
Ramona Shaffer, "not caring what others think" and "not being afraid to express one's opinions" are very common traits...
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Here are Easter egg hunts taking place in our area:
April 12
* BENTON -- Community Easter Egg Hunt, 2 p.m., Benton...
"The last few nights have been chillier than most of us would like to experience in April. Some areas even saw Monday's...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration has ended funding to U.N. World Food Program emergency programs helping...
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Florida denies Houston for third NCAA title
SAN ANTONIO -- Florida and Walter Clayton Jr. somehow overcame Houston's spirit-crushing defense Monday night to will...
TAMPA, Fla. -- Millions tuned in to watch women's basketball powerhouses UConn and South Carolina dominate in the Final...
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NEW YORK -- Offense is down again at the start of the big league season, with hits even harder to come by.
The big...
East W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away RS RA DIFF
New York 6 3 .667 -- -- 6-3 L-1 4-2 2-1 76 45 31
Boston 6 4 .600 +1...
DETROIT -- Andy Iba?ez homered, Casey Mize pitched six effective innings and the Detroit Tigers beat the New York...
EDITOR'S NOTE -- This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide...
PITTSBURGH -- Joey Bart, Andrew McCutchen and Isiah Kiner-Falefa each drove in two runs, and Pittsburgh handed St....
BOSTON -- George Springer had three RBI singles, Jose Berrios pitched seven innings of one-run ball and the Blue Jays...
WASHINGTON -- James Wood hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning that helped Washington hold off Shohei Ohtani and...
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DARLINGTON, S.C. -- Denny Hamlin's fire to win is still there. He showed that again at Darlington Raceway.
At an age...
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Two majors made Xander Schauffele believe he was capable of winning them all. Two months out of golf...
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Tiger Woods was playing golf with Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley ahead of the Masters two years...
NEW YORK -- The only player in NHL history who has been teammates with Wayne Gretzky and Alex Ovechkin chuckled.
Mike...
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA
x-Toronto 76 47 25 4 98 250 221
x-Tampa Bay 76 44 26 6 94 271...
Masters champions Scottie Scheffler, Jon Rahm, Hideki Matsuyama, Dustin Johnson, Patrick Reed, Sergio Garcia, Danny...
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April 8
April 8, 1995
* Oliver McCall outpoints Larry Holmes in Las Vegas in a unanimous decision to retain the WBC heavyweight...
BASKETBALL AFRICA LEAGUE
Noon
NBATV -- Rivers Hoopers BC vs. Al Ittihad, Rabat, Morocco
3 p.m.
NBATV -- FUS de Rabat vs...
Tuesday
BASEBALL
High school
Benton at Bucktail.................4:30 p.m.
Millville at Muncy.................4:30 p.m....
BLOOMSBURG -- Even on a blustery day, Southern Columbia's bats continued to stay hot with five Tigers finishing with at...
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division W L Pct GB
y-Boston 58 20 .744 --
x-New York 50 28 .641 8
Toronto 29 50 .367 29...
Big Diamond Speedway FRIDAY
358 Modified feature finish (25 laps): 1. Mike Gular, 2. Ryan Krachun, 3. Duane Howard, 4...
Orangeville Sportsmen's Club April 6
Trapshooting Squad 1: Tony Sinibaldi, 24. Squad 2: Scott Varner, 23. Squad 3:...
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
American League BOSTON RED SOX -- Optioned RHP Hunter Dobbins to Worcester (IL)....
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Here are Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School honor roll students for the third marking period:...
Three people have died from measles-related illnesses in the U.S. since the highly contagious virus started ripping...
SOUTH CENTRE TWP. -- Here are Central Columbia Middle School honor roll students for the third marking period:...
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