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Misprint on ballots flagged
Columbia County officials contact voters
BLOOMSBURG -- Ten mail-in ballots for next week's primary election were misprinted and mailed to residents, Columbia...
Cat buried as home smolders
Ambulance brought Geisinger employee to Danville fire scene
VALLEY TWP. -- A family buried one of its cats in the front yard as firefighters rescued other pets from the smoldering...
Southern considers tax hike
FRANKLIN TWP. -- Southern Columbia taxpayers appear to be in for their second tax hike in as many years. At Monday's...
Woman, 81, is charged following 9-1-1 calls
DANVILLE -- A woman was charged with a misdemeanor after calling 9-1-1, court papers say. According to Ptlm. Philip...
Berwick council can’t agree on zoning board alternate
BERWICK -- A divided council here appointed a new member to the zoning hearing board Monday, but deadlocked over an...
Man accused of setting former police station ablaze
BRIAR CREEK TOWNSHIP, COLUMBIA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Police arrested a man they say set fire to the former Briar Creek Township Police Station. On February 8, first responders were called to a fire at the former Briar Creek Township Police Department building on Red Rock Road. According to a state police fire marshal, the blaze was intentionally started. As police surveyed...
Arson suspect caught
Berwick man allegedly set old police station on fire
BERWICK -- Police nabbed a man they say started the fire that destroyed the former Briar Creek Township police station...
Woman flees burning Iola home
Millville fire chief says residence is heavily damaged despite fast response
IOLA -- A woman crawled out of her burning house here Thursday afternoon. Wendy Benyo, 2929C Route 42, Iola, was asleep...
Catholic school to close
St. Columba will shut at year’s end
BLOOMSBURG -- St. Columba School, the last Catholic school in Columbia County, will shut down at the end of the school...
Plans scuttled for $1B recycling plant
POINT TWP. -- A recycling company announced Thursday it would not proceed with its plans to build a $1.1 billion...
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Protesters gather in Scranton for President Biden's arrival
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Monroe County man sentenced to 70 years for torture, gun charges
EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — A Monroe County man was sentenced Monday to torture and illegally exporting...
Woman accused of retail theft at ShopRite
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Wilkes-Barre CTC student arrested, allegedly found with gun
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