News from Danville

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

DANVILLE — The Holiday Happenings committee for 2017 is accepting nominations for the 22nd annual selection of the Robert N. Pursel Award for Community Service.

The chosen recipient...


 | By Leon Bogdan
Wednesday, June 7, 2017

DANVILLE — A man who choked a Geisinger pediatrician during a heated confrontation involving his children has been sentenced to probation in Montour County Court, where a judge condemned his...


Wednesday, June 7, 2017

DANVILLE — Three people arrested for driving drunk were accepted into Montour County’s ARD probation as first offenders on Monday.

All three will remain on probation for a year with a...


 | By Julye Wemple
Tuesday, June 6, 2017

DANVILLE — After beating incumbent Walter Rupert for the Valley Township Supervisor Republican nomination by a single vote, it looks like challenger Michael Kuziak will still have Rupert as an...


 | By Leon Bogdan
Tuesday, June 6, 2017

DANVILLE — A Danville woman who stabbed her husband in the chest with a pair of scissors last year was led off to jail in tears Monday after being sentenced to three months in county prison....


 | By Julye Wemple
Tuesday, June 6, 2017

DANVILLE — Attorney Robert Buehner was rushing through alleyways and trying to avoid Geisinger traffic to get to the Montour County Courthouse on time to file Walter Rupert’s...


Tuesday, June 6, 2017

DANVILLE — Jessie Evans of Shickshinny was listed in critical condition Monday at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville.

Evans was a passenger thrown from a motorcycle...


 | By Michael Lester
Sunday, June 4, 2017

DANVILLE — A fire that started in a chimney sparked a morning scare at Bason Coffee Roasting on East Mahoning Street during business hours Saturday.

But all employees and customers got...


Sunday, June 4, 2017

DANVILLE — First Columbia Bank & Trust Co. will formally open the doors to its new branch office at 400 Walnut St. here this Thursday.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled for 8 a...


 | By The Press Enterprise Staff
Friday, June 2, 2017

DANVILLE — Geisinger Health System has confirmed it’s eliminating 46 of its 1,000 information technology positions.

Geisinger officials said a majority of the cuts in the IT department...