Columbia County News

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.

Investigators are still trying to determine what caused a fiery crash Wednesday evening in Columbia County.

A Columbia-Montour Vo-Tech senior was killed Wednesday when his car struck a tree and caught fire north of Buckhorn, authorities said.

Opponents of a 4,000-head hog farm being proposed in Catawissa and Franklin townships say they've hired a lawyer and formed a citizens' group.

Inmate Melissa Temple says she has known several women who entered Columbia County Prison straight, but became bisexual on the inside.

At age 20, with five to 10 years in prison stretching out in front of him, "Everything's hit bottom," David F. Nolte said.

An OnStar system led rescuers to an SUV submerged in 40 feet of water in an old stripping pit late Tuesday, officials said.

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

More money is coming to fund the project to fix up the LaSalle Street neighborhood.

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

Share + Nov 7, 2009 12:58 pm US/Eastern COUDERSPORT, Pa. 1 of 2 Officials say Vincent Lobianco was wanted for violating his parole from a 2006 conviction.

The Daily Item DANVILLE - Dr. O. Fred Miller and his wife Joan are giving back to a community they say has given them so much.

District Judge Richard Cashman, who spent 22 years on the bench in Berwick, is retiring Dec.

In Columbia County a charity golf tournament held to benefit some disabled co-workers now has the organizer of the event facing criminal charges.

David C. Keller and wife Pamela have been getting calls and letters about run-down homes for the past two years.

In a program sponsored by the District Attorney's Office, anyone who turned in a working handgun was issued three $25 gift certificates to the Laurel Mall.

A judge came down hard yesterday on a trucker for using his rig to run a vehicle off Interstate 80, injuring three young men after one of them had pointed an air pistol at him.

Judge Thomas James hopes in his next 10-year term to oversee a share of criminal cases in Montour County in addition to the civil cases he already handles.

For a month this spring, a group based at the Bloomsburg Public Library wants all of Columbia and Montour counties to take a trip to the 19th century and into the world of New York City's high society.

Eric Martz was charged Friday with raping a mentally retarded inmate at the Columbia County Prison only days after he was jailed for allegedly raping a mentally handicapped woman at his home.