Bloomsburg News

Acting Union County Sheriff Ernest Ritter is asking the public for help in locating three fugitives.

Last year's July 4th fireworks show at Riverfront Park, Harrisburg. It will be a blast all over the midstate during the holiday weekend.

Last week, while chatting with my younger brother via Facebook, I told him of my plans for a brief trip home this fall.

Jun. 25--CAMBRIA--The commander of the 42nd Infantry Division told a veterans' dinner here Wednesday that the Army is making plans to ease the activation of National Guard and Reserve troops in future combat missions.

Two Northumberland County artists are mounting a show they've titled "Roadside Elegance" at Artspace Gallery, 221 Center St., Bloomsburg, from July 16 through Aug.

Six-day Northeast Fair has food and rides, and also showcases agriculture. PITTSTON TWP.

State College agriculture science teacher Paul Heasley talks about a diesel engine with students Dustin Gates, left, and Vance Brown at the high school's north building on Wednesday, June 17, 2009.

The low base bids for Bald Eagle Area School District's high school renovation project came in about $3 million less than architects and district officials say they initially anticipated.

Bloomsburg, Columbia County- Tucked away in the woods on Bloomsburg Universitys upper campus is a summer camp unlike any other.

Tanya Weaver takes inventory of items at a warehouse in Palmyra. The items will be sent to needy children in Africa.

Some of the many area camps being offered this summer include: -- Box of Light Theater in Bloomsburg is offering camps in Danville and Lewisburg this summer.

As many families seek summer fun nearer to home this year, the 2009 Pennsylvania Fair Guide makes planning trips to the state's 116 fairs easier than ever.

BENDAS, HELEN L., 91, of Bloomsburg. Visitation from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. today at Stephen A. Chowka Funeral Home, 114 N. Shamokin St., Shamokin, followed by Divine Liturgy at 10 a.m. at Transfiguration Ukrainian Catholic Church, Shamokin.

A southeastern Pennsylvania theater that has presented biblical-based plays for three decades will shut its doors after the 2010 season so the owner can focus on shows at two larger sites.

A failed marriage created a spiritual void that a 53-year-old man said he was unable to fill and led to relations with a young girl.

First a truck is reported stolen then it is found. About ten miles away but with one million dollars inside.

Friday was the last day on the job for workers at a century-old mill in Columbia County.

Motorists traveling Interstate 80 eastbound in Columbia County are advised that traffic is currently backed-up several miles ahead of the bridge beam-setting work at the Fishing Creek Bridge just east of Buckhorn .

A surgeon here is performing a procedure that helps get rid of painful, unsightly varicose veins.

Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities cannot bar faculty members and coaches from smoking outdoors on campus, unless their unions agree to the restriction, a state labor panel ruled.