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Last Updated: May 22, 2017 - 3:35pm

BLOOMSBURG — When Bashar Hanna takes the helm as Bloomsburg University’s new president this summer, he plans to expand the Honors Program, tapping the “scholarly teachers” on staff to...

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Last Updated: May 22, 2017 - 4:58pm

BLOOMSBURG — Anthony Rocco Franklin brought his preliminary murder hearing to a screeching halt Monday when prosecutors called his son to the stand.

Witnesses had already been...

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Last Updated: May 18, 2017 - 4:35pm

CATAWISSA — Police have filed criminal charges against the teen who hosted an underage beer party at his home back in March, while his father was away.

Police charged Southern...

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Last Updated: May 17, 2017 - 5:20pm

SOUTH CENTRE TWP. — The owner of a tractor trailer that burst into flames Wednesday thinks that a disgruntled ex-employee set the blaze. But police dispute the owner’s tale, saying...

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Last Updated: May 17, 2017 - 3:12pm

DANVILLE — Geisinger Health System formally announced intentions Wednesday to take over financially ailing Jersey Shore Hospital, one week after revealing joint plans with Pittsburgh...

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Last Updated: May 16, 2017 - 11:43pm

People across the state are going to the polls today to choose the Democratic and Republican candidates who will run for local offices in the fall. We'll update election results in...

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Last Updated: May 15, 2017 - 9:14pm

Last Updated: May 15, 2017 - 5:14pm

HEMLOCK TWP. — A 15-year-old girl died Sunday night after she was thrown from her ATV as it crashed down an embankment and she struck a tree, officials said.

Marcella Bacon, a...

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Last Updated: May 12, 2017 - 7:14pm

BLOOMSBURG — A Bloomsburg University student had the tip of his thumb bitten off during a fight inside an apartment on East Fourth Street here, town police said.

Police called to...

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Last Updated: May 10, 2017 - 1:56pm

BLOOMSBURG — A Bloomsburg teen lay face down on Seventh Street yelling for help early Wednesday, his Subaru on fire, after his car struck and sheared a utility pole on a sharp curve ...

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Last Updated: May 9, 2017 - 4:26pm

SCOTT TWP. — A Benton mother dropped off her 13- and 7-year-old girls at the Cinema Center to see "The LEGO Batman Movie" and then never returned, police say.

After waiting for...

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Last Updated: May 8, 2017 - 5:22pm

GREENWOOD TWP. — A 42-year-old woman barricaded herself in her house when mental health workers tried to have her committed, shutting down roads in the area for hours, officials say....

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Last Updated: May 5, 2017 - 1:19pm

SOUTH CENTRE TWP. — A Central Columbia senior who flipped her SUV on its side Friday morning told police her tires “weren’t the best” and she had bad brakes.

Hayley Davenport, 18...

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Last Updated: May 4, 2017 - 5:34pm

BERWICK — It took "substantial force" for police to arrest a man who they caught breaking into Bob's Philly Style Subs early Thursday, charges say.

By the end of officers' scuffle...

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