LIBERTY TWP. —Wind blew embers from a burning barn to a second barn which also went up in flames Sunday night during a three-alarm fire.
Firemen from numerous volunteer companies in three counties rushed to the scene, just south of Mooresburg, only to be confronted by two fully-engulfed large structures that began partially collapsing at 877 Bald Top Road in western Montour County.
NEW YORK (AP) — A Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict Donald Trump on charges involving payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter, his lawyers said Thursday, producing the first criminal case against a former U.S. president and a jolt to Trump’s bid to retake the White House.
Trump, who has denied any wrongdoing and has repeatedly attacked the investigation, called the indictment “political persecution” and predicted it would damage Democrats in 2024.
BLOOMSBURG — Firefighters kept flames from spreading through a row of buildings on Main Street early Wednesday.
A fire broke out inside a recently rented one-story storefront at 10 W. Main St. around 1:30 a.m.
Colleen Tarantino sat in tears on the curb across the street as smoke poured from the spot she and husband Eric just put their life savings into.
The Bloomsburg couple recently rented the spot between Ding Tea and La Malbec with plans to open a restaurant, she said.
BUCKHORN — Geisinger is hitting the brakes on the planned construction of a standalone orthopaedics hospital here, it announced Tuesday.
DANVILLE — Montour County Commissioner Trevor Finn has been chosen as the the Democratic nominee to run for the vacant 108th District seat in the state House , which represents all Montour and sections of Northumberland County.
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.