Bloomsburg News

When they recall the 1920s, Americans frequently refer to the period as the Roaring '20s or the Jazz Age.

Nov. 21--A Columbia County man picked the wrong place and time to pick a fight, especially one that Scranton police say involved a loaded handgun.

One of the two Bloomsburg University workers charged in carpet thefts on campus was allowed to enter a special probation program for first-time offenders on Friday.

Michael Coates says several other prisoners have threatened him because of the charges against him - raping a 2-year-old. "I wasn't really bothered with it," claims Coates, housed in the protective-custody quarters of the Columbia County Prison.

BENTON TWP. State police at Bloomsburg are seeking information from the public in the investigation of a harassment/stalking incident.

Catawissa native Viola Stadler taught Bruce Willis in Penns Grove, N.J., in the 1960s, back when the future A-list actor was "quite a handful" in elementary school.

The company that wants to replace the Bloomsburg Mills complex with commercial and residential buildings hasn't turned in any plans yet, officials say.

Showing off the ultrasound for a daughter she'll name "Freedom," an eight-months-pregnant Kaci Francioni says this will be her last time in Columbia County Prison.

The Bloomsburg Police Department is a well-run organization, but it could use more office space and up to three more officers beyond the 15 now employed, according to a study of the department conducted by a Philadelphia-area police chief.

While Marie Talmadge grabbed a staggering Kelly Jo Beers by her shirt in the parking lot of Sheetz Saturday night, Rich Hinchcliff reached into Beers' car and seized her keys until police arrived.

Three people were taken to the hospital yesterday after an octogenarian smashed into another car while trying to turn into Wendy's restaurant here, police say.

David Yohey emptied five fire extinguishers on a blaze that broke out in a room at the Stone Castle Motel here Friday night, hustling from the fire to the canisters attached at stops along the exterior walls.

A LAWSUIT CHALLENGING A $3 MILLION PROPERTY PURCHASE HAS LAID BARE A RIFT IN THE PRIVATELY HELD KLINGERMAN FAMILY BUSINESS.

Bloomsburg, Columbia County- Federal help is on the way for victims of last month's devastating fire on Main Street in Bloomsburg.

Bloomsburg University is considering building a second pedestrian bridge across Lightstreet Road that would link the Honeysuckle Apartments to the lower campus, near the Haas Center for the Arts.

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania is notifying current and ormer students who were enrolled in psychology professor Julie Kontos' classes from spring 2004 through the summer of 2006 about the possible loss of their social security numbers when a laptop was stolen from a campus office.

Local Realtor and landlord Vince DeMelfi testified Tuesday he doesn't remember much about being beaten to the ground by a handyman outside one of his rental properties on Center Street here several weeks ago.

The downtown fire that occurred on Oct. 25 has spurred Governor Ed Rendell to ask the U.S. Small Business Administration , this past Tuesday, to declare Columbia County a disaster area.

There's some good news this morning for victims of a fire that destroyed several buildings here late last month.

An arbitrator has ordered Columbia County to reinstate a union prison guard after he was fired for allegedly interfering with a prison investigation.