DANVILLE — Danville schools will be open for in-person classes Monday, the interim superintendent says.
The district had moved students online after someone discovered a written note on a high school locker room bathroom stall that stated in part: “I'm going to shoot the school tomorrow.”
SALEM TWP. — Luzerne County voters will have until 10 p.m. to cast their votes tonight after at least 35 polling places ran out of paper for ballots.
Luzerne County Judge Lesa S. Gelb extended the deadline at the request of acting county election director Beth McBride and County Manager Randy Robertson requested the ruling, the Times Leader reported.
Salem Township's two polling precincts both ran out of paper Tuesday morning, election judges reported.
SALEM TWP. — Voters cast doubt about election integrity along with ballots Tuesday as at least 35 polling places in Luzerne County — including those in this township — ran out of paper for voting machines by midmorning.
Now all polls must stay open until 10 p.m. to give those who didn’t vote because of the problem a chance to return.
CATAWISSA — The Democratic candidate to represent Columbia County in the state House died Monday morning, the county coroner confirmed.
Ed Giannattasio, 64, of Catawissa had said recently that he had a recurrence of multiple myeloma, a type of cancer that forms in white blood cells in the bone marrow.
DIVIDE — A man with a rifle shot at vehicles near the intersection of Routes 239 and 118 north of here early Saturday, police said.
State Police were called to the scene by a report of a female shooting victim, according to a press release. As troopers were responding, they learned that a man with a rifle was "actively shooting at vehicles," they said.
When troopers from the Bloomsburg barracks arrived, they spotted a man firing a rifle. Officers fired shots as well, "and the scene was secured," a press release states.
DANVILLE — An older woman in a wheelchair escaped a midmorning fire at her Gulicks Court home with the help of her nephew who lives with her.
The fire appeared to have broken out in a rear storage room and spread into the roof, fire officials said.
James Clews removed Margaret Clark out of the single-story ranch home as smoke alarms went off about 9:30 a.m.
BLOOMSBURG — A quick-witted woman calmed and escaped from a would-be rapist after he held a 13-inch knife to her throat and forced her to strip, police say.
Officers say the woman showed “incredible courage” as she talked Gary David Coco, 43, into putting the knife away and allowing her to put her clothes back on before running from her home to a neighbor’s house.
BRIAR CREEK TWP. — A man working on an SUV in his driveway was flown to the hospital after the vehicle fell on top of him Friday.
Luckily for Leonard Armstrong III, 54, another man was able to use a jack to free him.
The accident happened around noon at 174 Evansville Road.
BLOOMSBURG — An SUV careened down Wood Street here Friday afternoon, veering across a vacant lot, and barely missing a number of obstacles before it cut across East Fifth Street and struck the porch of a house.
Its driver was very lucky to avoid serious injury, said town Officer Ken Auchter. The officer said damage to the porch was minimal.