PINE SUMMIT — The death of a 17-year-old boy whose body was found by a family member Thursday morning in his home along Engle Road has been ruled a homicide.
Columbia County Coroner Jeremy Reese said an autopsy completed Friday pointed to a single gunshot wound to the head as causing the death of 17-year-old Carter J. Conklin.
FRANKLIN TWP. – Emergency crews were called to a rolled-over Southern Columbia school bus here shortly after 3 p.m. on Route 487 near Ashton Hollow Road.
At the accident scene, rescue crews from Catawissa, Elysburg and Valley Chemical worked to separate the roughly 30 elementary students on board the bus into triage groups based on the level of their injuries. Those needing treatment were then escorted to the roughly dozen ambulances waiting to take them to the hospital. While a medical helicopter had been placed on standby, it was later canceled.
BEACH HAVEN — A man mowing his lawn accidentally hit a grill’s propane tank, triggering an explosion that burned both him and his wife, who was about 30 feet away, police said.
David Vought, 70, had removed the blade guard on one side of his red Troy-Bilt riding mower so it would fit in the garden shed at his home at 184 Main St. here, said his son, David Vought Jr., 47.
MILLVILLE – Residents have been evacuated from several blocks around the Little Fishing Creek Area Swimming Pool after a chlorine leak was discovered Thursday morning.
A worker at the pool discovered the leak around 10 a.m. coming from a pump in the pump house, officials said.
The leak was contained to the pump house, however the Millville Community Fire Company and Hemlock Township Police evacuated the surrounding areas from the Millville Area School District buildings to Dog Gone Fuel on Route 42.
No injuries have been reported.
Pennsylvania is experiencing 9-1-1 outages across the state, according to the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency.
At 3:20 p.m., PEMA sent out a statewide message about "intermittent 9-1-1 outages" that suggested anyone experiencing them should contact their local 9-1-1 center on a non-emergency line.
ESPY — Happy Fourth of July! A reminder: There will be no newspaper delivery Friday as Thursday's edition was a special holidaay double edition. Delivery will resume on Saturday. Enjoy the holiday.
ALLENTOWN — An autopsy performed Monday on Katlyn Harp's remains could not immediately determine a cause of death, according to the Columbia County Coroner Office.
BERWICK — Berwick Offray is closing effective Aug. 26, leaving 380 people out of work, the company’s new owners told the state.
Sue Buchta, CEO of the ribbon and bow manufacturer, said in a letter to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry that the closure was “due to business needs.”
BERWICK — Police have arrested Vincent Lloyd Harp, 39, of Bloomsburg for killing his wife, according to a State Police press release.
Katlyn Harp, 33, had been missing since Thursday, June 19, when family said they last heard from her. That was also the day they said they last saw a location for her on a location-sharing app, at the home she shared with Vincent Harp at 20 Fairview Drive, north of Buckhorn.