Tell us what you think was the biggest local story of 2014.
Feb. 14: Two young children are killed in a Valentine's Day crash on icy Route 487
4% (2 votes)
Feb. 25: A BU student is left in a coma after being struck in the head outside a party
0% (0 votes)
March 11: Auctioneer Kirk Williams is killed when his motorcycle collides with a car on Route 11
0% (0 votes)
April 3: Popular Vo-Tech teacher Gary Beveridge is charged with indecently assaulting a female student
2% (1 vote)
April 20: Popular eatery B.J. Steaks & Ribs burns in downtown Danville
4% (2 votes)
July 7: BU student Jake Close is nabbed on a fugitive warrant after posing for a "Your Opinion" question about the Redskins
7% (4 votes)
July 19: A young man dives to his death under a train at the Iron Heritage Festival
0% (0 votes)
July 28: Ex-wife Maria Sanutti-Spencer and her father are charged with the murder of Frank Spencer
69% (37 votes)
Aug. 8: A lesbian couple is turned away at a bridal shop, sparking a heated debate about gay rights
9% (5 votes)
Nov. 8: Funeral director Ted Bunnell makes a 'miracle' recovery after a bike crash nearly took his life in October
6% (3 votes)
Total votes: 54
Prof union calls for Hanna to step down — or be fired
HARRISBURG — The union that represents the faculty at Bloomsburg and the other campuses of Commonwealth University has called for school President Bashar Hanna to resign — or for the State System's Board of Governors to fire him.
But Hanna says he's not going anywhere, and plans to focus on improving education at the school.
Republican David McCormick flips pivotal Pennsylvania Senate seat, ousts Bob Casey
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republican David McCormick has won Pennsylvania’s pivotal U.S. Senate seat, as the former CEO of the world’s largest hedge fund beat three-term Democratic Sen. Bob Casey in Tuesday’s election after accusing the incumbent of supporting policies that led to inflation, domestic turmoil and war.
The battleground state contest pads Republicans' majority in the Senate, which they wrested from Democratic control this week.
Trump wins presidency
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, an extraordinary comeback for a former president who refused to accept defeat four years ago, sparked a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was convicted of felony charges and survived two assassination attempts.
With a win in Wisconsin, Trump cleared the 270 electoral votes needed to clinch the presidency.
Bomb threat disrupts Columbia's count
UPDATE 9:20 P.M.: County officials have returned to the vote counting site, and expect to have counting resume by 10 p.m.
ORIGINAL STORY 9:05 P.M.
BLOOMSBURG — A bomb threat emailed to officials at Columbia County's Main Street County Annex has disrupted vote counting on election night, officials say.
But it's not going to stop the count, said Columbia County Chief Clerk Dave Witchey.
"We are counting tonight, until 1 a.m., until 2 a.m., we're going to count until whenever," he said."
Mushroom misidentified
A submitted photo printed on Page 9 of today's Press Enterprise shows a jack o' lantern mushroom, which is a toxic mushroom, according to multiple mushroom foragers who have contacted the Press Enterprise newsroom.
We'll have more on the difference between edible chicken of the woods mushrooms and toxic jack o' lanterns in Wednesday's paper.
Fire devours Beach Haven house
By SUSAN SCHWARTZ
Press Enterprise Writer
BEACH HAVEN — Fire engulfed a house here late Sunday night, devouring the structure and killing a dog, the fire chief said.
However, no one was living in the house, which had recently been sold at a sheriff’s sale, said Salem Township Fire Chief Lee Smith.
The blaze at 129 Walnut Drive was reported around 11:30 p.m. by a neighbor, he said.
Officer Raymond Tonkinson was among the first at the scene; flames had already swallowed the two-story house.
Suspected shooter turns himself in
BLOOMSBURG — Joseph Ten Eyck, who police say shot a man during a robbery attempt in town Friday night turned himself in to State Police Wednesday morning.
Ten Eyck, 19, 2890 Lackawanna Avenue, Bloomsburg, was arraigned by District Judge Russell Lawton on charges that include attempted homicide before being jailed for lack of $250,000 cash bail.
Police investigate shooting in Bloomsburg
BLOOMSBURG — A man out for a walk came upon someone collapsed on a sidewalk with at least two gunshot wounds near Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital Friday night.
Police Chief Scott Price said a little more than an hour after the man was found, police had two crime scenes — the hospital parking lot and another off Irondale Road.