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Last Updated: July 9, 2022 - 9:24pm

BLOOMSBURG — Two people died Saturday afternoon apparently after a car sped the wrong way down State Route 11 and slammed into another vehicle, police said.
Then the wrong-way car...

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Last Updated: June 24, 2022 - 6:41pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday stripped away women’s constitutional protections for...

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Last Updated: June 17, 2022 - 5:11pm

MONTOUR TWP. — Two children were among several people rushed to the hospital Friday after two vans collided almost head-on on State Route 11, witnesses said.

However, one witness...

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Last Updated: June 14, 2022 - 11:51am

Last Updated: June 11, 2022 - 1:25pm

BLOOMSBURG — Police here are investigating two robberies and a car break-in early Saturday morning — it's not yet clear if they were related.

And officers are asking for the...

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Last Updated: June 1, 2022 - 7:04pm

ORANGE TWP. — A tractor-trailer attempting to turn around in the parking lot at Hess Market here Wednesday morning snapped two utility poles and knocked out power to the busy convenience...

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Last Updated: May 12, 2022 - 11:44am

BLOOMSBURG—A three-month-old girl is clinging to life after being shaken, police said.

A...

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Last Updated: May 10, 2022 - 5:30pm

Talen Energy Supply, the owner of the nuclear plant outside Berwick and the coal burning plant near Washingtonville, filed for bankruptcy Tuesday.

Officials said the move will...

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Last Updated: April 29, 2022 - 5:20pm

BLOOMSBURG — Some Columbia County residents who vote by mail-in ballots received a return envelope for the wrong county with their ballot for the May primary, commissioners said Friday...

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Last Updated: April 8, 2022 - 1:11pm

MONTOUR TWP. — The coroner has been called to the scene of a single vehicle accident here.

The crash took place at about 10:40 a.m.

Skid marks showed the extended cab...

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Last Updated: April 8, 2022 - 11:43am

CATAWISSA—Police say a fire that destroyed a borough home in February was set by the owner’s son in a bid to collect a $260,000 insurance payout.

Nathan Roeder, 35, of 43 Andrew...

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Last Updated: April 7, 2022 - 11:39am

BRIAR CREEK TWP—At least three dogs and four cats died after a fire heavily damaged a home Thursday morning.

Relatives say Jessica Karns had left the house at 33 Valley Road for a...

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Last Updated: April 1, 2022 - 4:15pm

BLOOMSBURG— A social media post featuring a gun and a threat to local schools kept more than 60 students out of classes Friday in Benton and caused police to increase their presence in...

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Last Updated: March 30, 2022 - 2:50pm

MIFFLINVILLE — An armed man was fatally shot by a police officer during a Tuesday night standoff at an apartment complex here, authorities confirmed.

Vance Wavell Brown, 35,...

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