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State Police evacuate Berwick Sheetz

BERWICK – State Police evacuated the Sheetz here Friday for about three hours while they investigated a suspicious package left at the front of the building.

Police evacuated the Sheetz on West Front Street, Route 11, around 12:15 p.m. and deployed a robot at the scene. Soon after, an officer in protective gear approached the package.

A state trooper later told the Press Enterprise that the report of a bomb was deemed non-credible.

For a full story, read Saturday's edition of the Press Enterprise.

Police investigate possible gunfire outside fairgrounds

BLOOMSBURG — Witnesses told police a teen fired a gun before fleeing into the fairgrounds during a confrontation on Anthony Avenue Friday night.

Bloomsburg Police Chief Scott Price said officers were kept busy Friday with two possibly related incidents involving an ongoing “beef” between two groups of juveniles.

Teen fires gun at Staples

BLOOMSBURG — A teen fired a gun in the Staples parking lot here Tuesday night before fleeing in a car toward Fifth Street, the police chief said.

Shots fired in Staples parking lot

Press Enterprise Writer

BLOOMSBURG — Someone fired a gun in the Staples parking lot here Tuesday night before fleeing in a car toward Fifth Street, the police chief said.

Scott Price said no one was hit in what may have been a “drug deal gone bad” in the lot located in the Giant Plaza along Route 11 near the Scott Township line.

Charges filed in death of Berwick junior

NANTICOKE — The friend found holding 17-year-old Hunter Sipple after the teen was shot was charged Tuesday with causing his death.

Michael Crawn Jr., 18, of Nanticoke, was playing with a gun when it discharged, sending a bullet through Hunter’s chest, charges say.

Ex BU dean wins $3.9 million in lawsuit

HARRISBURG — It took a jury just over six hours to decide the Bloomsburg University and the State System of Higher Education had wrongfully targeted and fired a business school dean after he helped a secretary report allegations of improper conduct by BU‘s president in 2018.

In all, the panel of four women and three men awarded Jeffrey Krug more than $3.9 million in total damages just after noon on Tuesday,

Debate on length of Market Street bike lane reopened

BLOOMSBURG — Plans to redesign the Market Street bike lane may include an extension to downtown after all.

Less than a week after a three-hour meeting with residents hashing out a set of one-way bike lanes on either side of the street that would start at Town Park and end at Seventh Street, council voted to scrap that recommendation.

Police get break in car break-in case

BERWICK — Police here say they've nabbed a group they believe may have been involved in a rash of car break-ins in the area.

Police have arrested Jared Allen Lewis, 25; Robert Longenberger Jr., 29; and Carissa Marie Beck, 36, all currently homeless, and charged them with receiving stolen property and conspiracy to commit theft. They're looking for Ashley Renee Lopez-Lopez, 33, who also faces charges in connection with the break-ins, a press release states.

Bloom National Night Out postponed

Bloomsburg Police have postponed the National Night out plannied for this evening at the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds. Police Chief Scott Price said the weather forecast is calling for severe storms and high winds. “We don’t need someone getting hurt trying to do something positive for the community,” he said.

Organizer Tracy Kishbaugh is working with the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds and other law enforcement agencies to find a new date, he said.

Shooting at Trump rally is being investigated as assassination attempt, AP sources say

BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump appeared to be the target of an assassination attempt as he spoke during a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, two law enforcement officials said. The former president, his ear covered in blood from what he said was a gunshot, was quickly pulled away by Secret Service agents and his campaign said he was “fine.”

A local prosecutor said the suspected gunman and at least one attendee are dead. The Secret Service said two spectators were critically injured.