ELECTION: Upset in Danville's Third Ward

DANVILLE -- Longtime councilwoman Betty Ann Moyer was defeated Tuesday by a Geisinger physician assistant in the Republican primary for the Third Ward. Thomas Wickham took the GOP nomination with 21 votes to Moyer's 12, according to unofficial results. A retired teacher, Moyer is also the president of the Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs. She has been on council about 28 years. Election officials say there was heavy write-in activity on the Democratic ballot that will be tallied over the next few days.

Fountain foams in Bloom

BLOOMSBURG -- Someone dumped Dawn detergent in the town fountain between Saturday night and Sunday morning, causing it to foam up when the water spouts turned on Sunday, police said. This picture shows what it looked like around 9:15 a.m. Foam piled on the ledge of the fountain at the Market and Main Street intersection in Bloomsburg as water circulated. By Sunday afternoon, public works crews had dumped neutralizing chemicals into the water and the fountain had returned to normal. Police say they found an empty bottle of Dawn detergent on the ledge of the fountain.

Three rescued from swamped boat in river near Berwick

BERWICK -- Rescuers plucked two brothers and a young girl from a swamped fishing boat near the base of the Berwick-Nescopeck bridge Wednesday evening. Rick and Robert Dement, and Robert's 8-year-old daughter Emily, had gone fishing in a motorized boat on Wednesday afternoon, taking off from the boat launch at Test Track Park and heading under the Berwick-Nescopeck bridge to fish the area north of it.

DeLuxe worker killed in South Centre wreck

SOUTH CENTRE TWP. - A man recently living in Danville died in a one-car wreck off Route 11, just east of the Lime Ridge interchange of Interstate 80 early Tuesday, a coroner said. Jason Snyder, 34, a native of Harrisburg, began working at DeLuxe Building Systems in Berwick about a month ago, said Frank Kynik, the company's human resource manager. Snyder had just gotten off of his second-shift job and was headed home when his car went off the road around 3 a.m., said Ron Taylor, Columbia County deputy coroner.

What we're working on for May 14

Here's a look at the stories keeping our reporters busy Monday: * An accused killer was too drugged up to confess to shooting his girlfriend, a defense attorney argues. Leon Bogdan reports. * A troubled couple is back in the news after the boyfriend allegedly attacks his estranged girlfriend with a knife. Kristin Baver has details. * A woman whose pit bulls have killed another animal is in court. Julye Wemple is there for the story. * A local school district says it "followed school policy" when meting out punishment to students caught drinking after the prom. Chris Krepich has more.

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