MAHONING TWP. — Geisinger has renewed its plans to open up a 96-bed, in-patient behavioral health center on land owned by the Sisters of Ss. Cyril and Methodius.
But after being rejected by Danville borough earlier this year, the health system announced Tuesday that it instead plans to build the facility 1,500 feet east, entirely in neighboring Mahoning Township.
LIGHTSTREET — A fire that appears to have started at an exterior window crept into the walls inside Denny’s Restaurant, forcing customers and workers to flee Wednesday morning.
Larue Knorr, 79, of Berwick, said he was waiting for his breakfast of pancakes and eggs when he smelled something burning around 10:30 a.m..
BLOOMSBURG — A home builder drawn into court over payments for unf
MAYBERRY TWP. — The body of a 37-year-old woman who has been missing since Dec. 22 was found near the Susquehanna River Saturday afternoon by people walking in the area, the county coroner says.
Riverside Fire Department was calleld to the area of Sharp Ridge Road and Susquehanna Road to help remove the body of Amy Gregory from the rough terrain, said Montour County Coroner Scott Lynn.
An autopsy is scheduled for Feb. 14.
BERWICK —Police here arrested two men for shooting at one another in west Berwick Thursday morning, they announced in a press release.
Stevan Xaviar Mercado and Keith Allen Estep both live at 1908 Fairview Ave., police say.
They have allegedly argued in the past and threatened each other with firearms.
During an argument Thursday morning, Estep tried to leave the home and Mercado fired a gun once at him and missed, police state. Estep left the house, turned around and fired back inside. A third person was inside the house at the time, police saidl
ROHRSBURG — An Orangeville area man died Thursday morning after his car lost control on an icy road, State Police say.
Donald C. Hauck, 73, of Orangeville, was driving south on Rohrsburg Road near Belles Road when he lost control of his 2008 Chevrolet Silverado on a patch of black ice sometime before 7 a.m.
His pickup struck a tree near the vehicle's driver door, a press release says. The truck slid about 20 feet from the roadway, down a hill covered in loose dirt and leaves, before hitting another tree on the same side and coming to stop.
BLOOMSBURG — Flames erupted in the home of a professional musician Sunday morning, ruining both the trailer and an unknown number of musical instruments.
Jeff Eichner, 63, was at church when the fire began at his home at 52 Lincoln Ave. around 11:30 a.m.
DANVILLE — Danville’s quest to claim a state title in high school football will go on without Mike Brennan at the helm.
The long-time coach who most recently led the Ironmen to one of their best seasons in school history resigned from Danville on Thursday. He was approved to take over as Graduation Coach, a non-football coaching position, at Pottsville Area High School during during that school district's Wednesday night board meeting.
MEXICO — A Danville School District bus carrying a dozen children wound up hanging over a creek when its driver mistook a pull-off for nearby Narehood Road and slid off Mexico Road Thursday morning.
None of the children nor the driver appeared injured, but neighbors said they were scared after being removed from the unstable bus.
MONTOUR TWP. — Fire engulfed a woman's trailer home here early Sunday within minutes of her initially spotting smoke seeping out of heat vents on the floor.
“You could hardly breathe,” said Sheila Kressler, 60. She woke up to smoke filling her 80-foot trailer shortly after 2 a.m.