BLOOMSBURG — The fate of alcohol sales at the Bloomsburg Fair will be up for discussion at a special meeting for shareholders next month.
A letter sent to members outlines the details of the Nov. 23. meeting at the fairgrounds, which will include guest speakers and a question-and-answer session with directors.
While shareholders don’t get a direct vote in the matter, it’s important to take their opinions into account, said Brian Wawroski, grandstand director.
BERWICK — The woman found tied up and beaten beyond recognition in her trailer here has died, and the second of two brothers has been charged in what is now a murder case.
Meanwhile, Michael Allen Porth of Second Lane, Berwick, now tells police that Geraldine Carson was bludgeoned to death because she owed drug money to him and his brother, Christopher Wolf Lynn, 26, according to court papers.
Porth said Lynn acted alone when he attacked Carson in her trailer on Oct. 8.
COOPER TWP. — A rural Danville woman cut the bolt on a storage unit here Friday night and began stealing things before the person leasing the unit showed up and began questioning her, charges say.
Carissa Ann Eifert, 34, of 409 Jerseytown Road, began putting things back in William Allen’s storage unit when he showed up and later drove away, but Allen videoed her doing it, and also had her driver’s license, police say.
BRIAR CREEK — An early morning blaze that destroyed a two-story home had fire crews on edge Sunday, fearing the homeowner was trapped inside.
It wasn’t until crews had been battling the fire for nearly 30 minutes that they learned the lone occupant of 189 Ruckle Hill Road, Nathan Stoudt, was out-of-state, said Berwick Fire Chief Randy Remphrey.
Crews were called to the house just after 3 a.m., but by the time they arrived, the home was fully engulfed in flames, Remphrey said.
“It must have been burning for awhile,” he noted.
BLOOMSBURG — Two of Bloomsburg University’s top student affairs administrators were escorted off campus earlier this week, but officials on Friday remained quiet on the reason for their sudden departure.
University officials wouldn’t confirm if Dione Somerville, the vice president for student affairs since July 2011, and Don Young, dean of students since June 2012, were still employed by BU, but neither was listed on the school’s Student Life staff page, and Jim McCormack is now listed as the acting vice president for student affairs.
WILKES-BARRE — A wrongful death lawsuit was filed here Thursday against Geisinger Medical Center by the parents of a premature infant who died within a week of birth as a result of a bacterial outbreak at the Childrens Hospital in Danville.
The lawsuit alleges Geisinger knew of the waterborne bacteria but failed to take steps to protect newborns, including Abel Cepeda, son of Zuleyka Rodriguez and Luis David Cepeda of Hazle Township.
DANVILLE — For the second day in a row, a bomb threat disrupted classes at Danville Area High School.
But on Tuesday, instead of sending students home early, school officials instead gathered them all in the auditorium, locked down the school, and had police do a three-hour sweep of the building to clear it of any potential risks.
Then school started again.
DANVILLE —A bomb threat emptied out Danville Area High School on Monday and led to an early dismissal.
Students were led out of the building to the athletic fields around 12:15 p.m., school officials said. They waited in the fields for about a half hour while officers searched the school, until district officials decided to have school buses pick up students, said Acting Superintendent Ricki Boyle.
BERWICK — A Berwick officer fired his gun at a man trying to speed away from police Thursday after the suspect struck another officer with his car, officials say.
The man then led police on a chase through Berwick and Salem Township before Berwick officers forced him off the road near the Berwick Hospital Center, police say.
Borough police were serving a felony warrant around 11:40 a.m. Thursday when it turned violent, said State Police Cpl. Jason Rasmus of the Shickshinny barracks. State Police are investigating the gunshots, chase and wreck.
UPDATE (1:35 p.m.) — Berwick Police are requesting anyone who may have seen people in the area of East 13th and Walnut streets between 4 and 5 a.m. Tuesday contact the East Central Emergency Network at 570-784-6300 and request a return call from Berwick detectives.