Columbia County News

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.

After fewer than four years on the job, Alan Lonoconus will leave his position as Shikellamy School District superintendent to take a similar position in Chester County, Shikellamy school board officials confirmed Tuesday.

A former school bus driver in Columbia County is suspected of putting duct tape on the mouths of two students.

Dressed in period clothing of the Revolutionary War era, Gary Ent and his wife, Virginia, of Columbia County, taught attendees the flint-against-metal fire-starting process.

Two weeks ago, for the first time in 20 years, I was at the Bloomsburg Fair. One of the largest and oldest fairs in the state, the Bloomsburg Fair is the highlight of the year in that part of Pennsylvania.

A Columbia County Housing Authority official was charged with harassment after picking up a 2-year-old and "slamming" the boy into a stroller while consulting with a client in his office, court papers say.

Up to 50,000 residents and visitors are expected at this weekend's Covered Bridge and Arts Festival, which stars the 24 covered spans in Montour and Columbia counties.

Columbia County farmers won't get slapped with the big property-tax hike they had been dreading.

Without Bloomsburg University's near-constant expansion and renovation projects, workers at Mariano Construction would be on the road a lot more, said a company official.

Local child care providers haven't been paid by the state since June, forcing some to take out loans, and at least one to go to a food bank for groceries.