Bloomsburg News

The Spanish Influenza epidemic in Columbia County dragged on into November, but it was never quite as bad as during those awful days in mid-October. In fact, even though a few lingering patients were still dying, there were very few new cases cropping up, so local doctors assumed the epidemic had run its course.

During the 1918 Spanish Influenza epidemic, few local families were untouched by the disease; death visited every strata of society, from rich to poor.

Hemlock Township Police Sgt. Scott Traugh and the Buckhorn fire company are suing businessman Ron Whispell for alleged slander, and the whole dispute centers on the old firehall in Fernville that Whispell bought five years ago.

The first victim was an 18-year-old student at the Bloomsburg State Normal School.

Genetically speaking, the H1N1 "swine" flu making headlines today belongs to the same family as most of the seasonal flus that merely make us sniffle and cough for a week or so.

Nearly a month ago, a major fire tore through West Main Street in Bloomsburg, destroying several buildings.

Even before World War II ended, the town saw to it that the local airport would be part of the postwar landscape.

Carrie Pfeiffer always worries when husband Tom is on duty with Bloomsburg Police, but when he comes home stinking of smoke like he did after his overnight shift Oct.

In the summer of 1940, Harry L. Magee's Bloomsburg Airport stood closed. But the warfare that was spreading around the world, oddly enough, gave the airfield new life.

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.