Stillwater man sentenced in fatal crash

Kyle Shaffer was sentenced today to 3.5 to 8 years in prison for a crash that killed his friend exactly two years ago. Russell Hack was killed when a truck the two were in rolled over near Stillwater. Shaffer, 29, of Frosty Hollow Road, Stillwater, was convicted in November of vehicular homicide while driving drunk. He testified that Hack was the one driving that night, but a Columbia County jury decided otherwise. Read tomorrow's Press Enterprise for the whole story.

New Berwick AD is familiar face

BERWICK -- Berwick Area School District has a new athletic director, and he's a familiar name to area sports fans -- Frank Sheptock, head football coach for Wilkes University . Sheptock beat 14 applicants for the job, said Superintendent Wayne Brookhart. He'll be paid an annual salary of $54,000, to be pro-rated over the remainder of the school year. That's more than the $42,848 the district paid its last athletic director, Timothy Honeywell. Sheptock has coached 18 years at Wilkes, becoming the private university's all-time winningest coach, Brookhart said.

Body in creek was BU student, coroner says

BLOOMSBURG -- The man who police found dead in Fishing Creek on Sunday night was a Bloomsburg University student from Willow Grove who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, a coroner says. It appears Timothy Robinson, 21, shot himself with a handgun then slid down the bank of the creek, said Columbia County Deputy Coroner Ron Taylor. Police found him dead in the creek after finding his abandoned SUV nearby Sunday evening, Taylor said. Robinson was a junior at BU, university officials say. We'll update as we have more details and have a full story in Tuesday's Press Enterprise.

See photos of the Mifflinville robbery suspect

MIFFLINVILLE -- Police are continuing to search for a man who held up the Mifflinville Market at knifepoint Saturday evening. South Centre Township Police say the man appears to be 20 to 22 years old. He stands between 5-foot-6 and 5-foot-8, and was wearing black or navy blue Adidas workout pants with white stripes, black-and-white shoes, a black jacket with a gray hood underneath and a gray mask. Police ask that anyone with information about this robbery contact the South Centre Township Police Department at 570-784-8552.(Photos provided by family of the store's owner.)

Body discovered near Fishing Creek in Bloomsburg

BLOOMSBURG -- Police discovered a body off of Fort McClure Boulevard near the old Streater Farm Sunday evening, and an investigation is underway, Town Police say. The body was found around 6:20 p.m., a release says. Police shut down the road soon after, and a search of the area was conducted. Few details were available late Sunday. Look for more in Monday's edition of the Press Enterprise.

Photos of Mifflinville robbery suspect

MIFFLINVILLE -- Police are continuing to search for a man who held up the Mifflinville Market at knifepoint Saturday evening. South Centre Township Police say the man appears to be 20 to 22 years old. He stands between 5-foot-6 and 5-foot-8, and was wearing black or navy blue Adidas workout pants with white stripes, black-and-white shoes, a black jacket with a gray hood underneath and a gray mask. Police ask that anyone with information about this robbery contact the South Centre Township Police Department at 570-784-8552.(Photos provided by family of the store's owner.)

Mifflinville Market robbed; police seek suspect

MIFFLINVILLE -- Police were searching for a masked man who flashed a knife at a store clerk at the Mifflinville Market and made off with cash from the register Saturday evening. Police said the man stepped up to the counter around 6:33 p.m. with a pack of cough drops as if he was going to check out. Instead, he pulled out a knife and demanded money, police say. He ran out of the store with the cash. It was unclear if he went from there on foot or in a car. Police were able to retrieve footage of the man in the store from a surveillance camera.

Mifflinville Market robbed; police seek suspect

MIFFLINVILLE -- Police were searching for a masked man who flashed a knife at a store clerk at the Mifflinville Market and made off with cash from the register Saturday evening. Police said the man stepped up to the counter around 6:33 p.m. with a pack of cough drops as if he was going to check out. Instead, he pulled out a knife and demanded money, police say. He ran out of the store with the cash. It was unclear if he went from there on foot or in a car. Police were able to retrieve footage of the man in the store from a surveillance camera.

Woman found dead in apartment; police investigate

MAHONING TWP. -- A woman was found dead in an apartment here Wednesday, but police don't know how she died. Until they do, they are treating the death as suspicious, said Mahoning Township Police Chief Robert Blee. Police got a call about the death about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, he said, and spent the next 10 hours gathering evidence and investigating. The death was reported by the woman's boyfriend, who was questioned at the police station, authorities said.

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