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Last Updated: December 12, 2016 - 10:45am

All local schools have delayed their opening today after snow and freezing rain fell overnight. Here's the list, according to wnep.com and whlmam.com:

• Benton - ...

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Last Updated: December 10, 2016 - 6:03pm

HERSHEY — Steel Valley had too much speed and talent for Southern Columbia, beating the Tigers 49-7 in the Class 2A state final.
The loss ended Southern's 31-game winning...

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Last Updated: December 9, 2016 - 4:16pm

BLOOMSBURG — Two men allegedly sent a 14-year-old girl into the Columbia Mall with five counterfeit $100 bills, but blamed the girl when she got caught.

The girl had already spent...

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Last Updated: December 8, 2016 - 4:50pm

BLOOMSBURG — The Bloomsburg Diner will live on even if the building it's now in is demolished for a parking garage, its owners say.

Jessie Sikalis runs the downtown eatery with...

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Last Updated: December 7, 2016 - 5:50pm

DANVILLE -- Mahoning Township may not dissolve its sewer and water authority for now, a judge ruled Wednesday.

The township has the authority to do so, but it isn't ready yet,...

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Last Updated: December 7, 2016 - 3:54pm

BLOOMSBURG — A developer’s plan to demolish the Bloomsburg Diner and build a six-story parking garage in its place is under tight deadline pressure if Town Council hopes to win a state...

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Last Updated: December 6, 2016 - 7:40pm

SOUTH CENTRE TWP. — A 41-year-old man was critically injured when the pickup truck he was driving slammed into the back of a tractor trailer Tuesday night.

The steering wheel in...

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Last Updated: December 6, 2016 - 3:16pm

COOPER TWP. — A man shorted a prostitute at Winn’s Motel, and when two men showed up to collect the money he fled out the back, police say.

The two men broke into the room at 1911...

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Last Updated: December 6, 2016 - 3:07pm

BLOOMSBURG — A visiting judge on Tuesday ended hopes of a vote recount in Columbia County when he dismissed Democratic petitions calling for a re-tally as “untimely.”

They were...

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Last Updated: December 6, 2016 - 5:57am

BERWICK — A Berwick driver left a path of destruction on West Front Street here Monday night, tearing a chunk out of one utility pole, smashing into a Jeep, then slamming into another...

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Last Updated: December 6, 2016 - 5:54am

By the Press Enterprise staff
Southern Columbia halfback Gaige Garcia, the team’s leading rusher, will miss Saturday’s PIAA Class 2A state championship with a broken ankle.

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Last Updated: December 5, 2016 - 5:44pm

BLOOMSBURG — An oven used to store snacks caused a small fire that evacuated the Bloomsburg Towers high-rise Monday afternoon, officials and residents said.

Carrie Black, 92,...

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Last Updated: December 4, 2016 - 11:13pm

BLOOMSBURG — A young man went to a friend’s house to watch the Eagles game this weekend and ended up being robbed at gunpoint, police say.
The visitor was at his friend’s 242 Penn...

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Last Updated: December 2, 2016 - 5:30pm

CATAWISSA — A man who was stumbling drunk after reportedly drinking a half bottle of rum and a half bottle of fireball on his 31st birthday allegedly threatened to burn down the...

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