Bloomsburg News

With about 16,000 of newly certified teachers in Pennsylvania a year, a good question is: How well do colleges and universities prepare them? The National Council on Teacher Quality on Tuesday released a report saying that the picture is "dismal" in Pennsylvania and nationally.

Four central Pennsylvania residents said they used only a rope and a flashlight during a wild chase to rescue a young bear whose head had been stuck in a plastic jar for at least 11 days.

IT WAS ONE of those busy days at Kensington High School for the Creative and Performing Arts , the kind of day where you can't even get to a computer, senior Angel Hardy said.

Noelle Yoder of the Tulpehocken School District was among 37 seniors who graduated from SusQ-Cyber Charter School earlier this month during ceremonies in the Bloomsburg High School auditorium in Bloomsburg, Columbia County.

Locals in a small Pennsylvania town freed an elusive bear from a jar after it had been stuck on the young bruin's head for at least 11 days.

Shawn Palik, a 2007 graduate of Saucon Valley High School , was among 209 master's degree and eight doctoral candidates who were awarded degrees at Bloomsburg University's May graduation ceremony.

Four central Pennsylvania residents said they used only a rope and a flashlight during a wild chase to rescue a young bear whose head had been stuck in a plastic jar for at least 11 days.

Four central Pennsylvania residents say they rescued a young bear whose head had been stuck in a plastic jar for at least 11 days.

State police at Bloomsburg said Linda G. Craver, 58, of Millville, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 7:02 p.m. crash by Columbia County Deputy Coroner Ron Taylor.

For most Americans, the only significance of Labor Day is that it concludes a three day weekend.

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A Bloomsburg man was pinned for about 20 minutes under a car he was trying to fix in a driveway at a home off Kipps Run Road in Riverside.

VNA Health System will host its 23rd annual health fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at Knoebels Amusement Resort Pavilion Q. Approximately 40 health care and professional vendors will offer blood pressure screens, blood glucose and cholesterol screens, pulse oximetry testing, body mass index analysis and chair massages.

The Danville man who was killed in an accident near on Route 11 Saturday was driving a car he stole from a Buckhorn bar, authorities said.

For most Americans, the only significance of Labor Day is that it concludes a three day weekend.

Friends and colleagues said Saturday's unexpected death of former Mount Carmel Area superintendent, principal and teacher Richard F. Beierschmitt is a tragic loss to the school district and community.

OK, it might sound a little weird, but it's a fact: Were it not for a deviated septum and the Vietnam War ending when it did, Ron Petrilla probably wouldn't be in the profession he's about to leave after 35 years.

For most Americans, the only significance of Labor Day is that it concludes a three day weekend.

Road Trip USA, the fifth annual variety show by the MPB Community Players with song, dance and comedy focusing on U.S. cities and states.

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. -- The last segment on every Friday's broadcast of ABC's "World News with Diane Sawyer" is a "Person of the Week."