Benton News

State Rep. Karen Boback handily fought off a challenge by Democrat Russ Bigus to earn a second term in the 117th Legislative District, according to unofficial election returns.

While many school districts around our area are bracing for record heating costs this winter, Benton Area envisions saving more than $100,000 on its energy bills.

Prison visitor found to have drugs A woman visiting a prison inmate was charged with possession of a controlled substance.

HUNLOCK TWP. You could be forgiven for thinking nothing good came out of the 1990s as you wandered around the Hunlock Creek Volunteer Fire Company's inaugural car show Sunday.

About the only thing using electricity in David Kotze's house during the day is his refrigerator.

Three ferrous foundries in Pennsylvania have adopted the Powerit Solutions L.L.C. energy-management technology to optimize electrical loads for their melting operations.

There are a lot of ways to keep a building warm: coal, oil, gas, wood, electricity, grass.

Gasoline prices have actually dropped in some areas by a lot. The average for our area is about $3.86 a gallon but that is nothing compared to some parts of Columbia County.

A community in Columbia County is mourning the deaths of two teenagers in a Sunday night crash.

A community in Columbia County is mourning the deaths of two teenagers in a Sunday night crash.

A community in Columbia County is mourning the deaths of two teenagers in a Sunday night crash.

A car slammed into a tree Sunday night in Columbia County, taking two young lives.

A car slammed into a tree Sunday night in Columbia County, taking two young lives.

A car slammed into a tree Sunday night in Columbia County, taking two young lives.

He says, "He was always keeping me in a good mood and like he was always there for me through thick and thin." Cedeno would have been a junior, but his life was cut short Sunday night.

State Rep. Karen Boback, R-Harveys Lake, reminds seniors she is hosting the following forums on how to protect against identity theft: n Today at 10 a.m. at The Meadows Nursing Center, 55 W. Center Hill Road, ...

STILLWATER State police at Bloomsburg said a Hunlock Township woman died as a result of a two-vehicle crash at state Route 487 and Zaner's Bridge Road on Wednesday.

A man from Columbia County was killed Friday morning after losing control of a sport utility vehicle.

A Benton man died Friday morning after being ejected from his vehicle during a crash on Volansky Road in Fairmount Township, state police at Shickshinny said.

Jennifer Hahn and Jeffrey Smith, Ardmore, Pa., a son, March 16, 2008, at Bryn Mawr Hospital, Bryn Mawr, Pa. via Evening Sun