Danville News

DANVILLE, MONTOUR COUNTY Geisinger Medical Center is confirming its first death resulting from the H1N1 virus.

Three Danville cheerleaders were hurt, one critically, when an SUV hit a fence and utility pole here Thursday before rolling over multiple times, according to officials.

Geisinger Medical Center has confirmed their first H1N1, or swine flu, death. The death is the first known in the valley.

A 16-year-old Danville girl was seriously injured when she was thrown from a sport utility vehicle after it crashed into a fence and a telephone pole and rolled multiple times before coming to rest on its roof at 4:35 p.m. Thursday on Liberty Valley Road in Valley Township, Montour County, state police at Milton said.

Eric J. Smith of Philadelphia is shown in this 2008 file photo following his arrest for an armed robbery at Ryan's Jewelers in Danville.

While private-transportation officials determine the route taken by oversized loads, municipal officials can refuse access to local roads if there is a compelling reason.

Sunbury YMCA is hiring staff for the YMCA Youth Center, afternoon & evening hrs.

The Danville Area School District's results on Pennsylvania System of School Assessment tests are above state averages and continue to rise each year in the various grade levels.

Officials believe they have found an alligator that escaped from a wildlife officer who brought the animal to his daughter's school for show and tell.

Fifteen minors were cited with underage drinking after police busted up a party in Riverside, authorities said.

A man who identified himself only as the father of a 14-year-old boy who accidentally shot another in the arm Thursday night with a 20-gauge, double-barrel shotgun said the two had been filming a YouTube video on gun safety.

Bernie Swank, a former Montour County commissioner and borough mayor, is trying to unseat three-term incumbent Mayor Ed Coleman on Nov.

Traffic is moving again over the Danville-Riverside Bridge in Montour County. An oversize load blocked traffic at an underpass near the Danville-Riverside Bridge, preventing traffic from crossing the bridge.

The Danville-Riverside Bridge, Route 54 connecting Montour and Northumberland counties, is now open to traffic.

An Elysburg motorcyclist was injured when his 2009 Kawasaki Ninja hit the rear of a Dodge truck that was waiting for another vehicle to turn off Route 61, state police at Stonington reported.

Above, Janet Tomcavage, Geisinger's vice president of health services, consults with nurse Dan McCollum.

Geisinger Wyoming Valley Breast Program offers a service that pairs patients undergoing treatment for a range of breast diseases with a specially trained nurse called a breast care navigator.

Ask Sherry Carpenter of Bloomsburg, Pa., anything about pets--any species, any breed--and she'll cheerfully give you the answer or find it for you.

Call them Yin and Yang. Yang, at the Medical Group Management Association 's annual meeting in Denver, was MGMA President and CEO William Jessee, MD .

Despite more than 20 letters supporting a 53-year-old man, a judge sentenced the former Danville resident to a term in a state prison for a relationship he had with a 15-year-old girl.