News from Danville

Saturday, March 4, 2017

DANVILLE — An Ashland man who was wanted since he took off in his car and then fled on foot when he was stopped for a blown license plate light last year has been caught, police say.

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 | By Chris Krepich
Friday, March 3, 2017

DANVILLE — FNB Bank is closing its branch office along Mill Street across from the new CVS, in part as a response to changing customer habits.

With three FNB locations in a small area,...


Thursday, March 2, 2017

DANVILLE — Six months after launching a recruitment campaign to hire 1,500 employees, Geisinger Health System has announced further efforts to hire an additional 2,000 new workers in 2017,...


Thursday, March 2, 2017

DANVILLE — Reservations are still being taken for the soil-health meeting for farmers and landowners on Thursday, March 9. The session runs from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Pine Barn Inn here....


 | By Julye Wemple
Wednesday, March 1, 2017

DANVILLE — As Columbia-Montour Vo-Tech basketball players left a locker room here after a playoff loss last Friday, a small group of Danville students broke into a chant.

“Close the...


Tuesday, February 28, 2017

DANVILLE — A Danville woman who drove into a fire hydrant and backed into a street sign was driving drunk at about three times the legal limit, police say.

Lauren P. Koch...


 | By Chris Krepich
Tuesday, February 28, 2017

DANVILLE — Perkins patrons and employees were evacuated Monday when smoke filled the building, the fire chief said.

Firefighters couldn’t immediately find the source when they arrived...


Sunday, February 26, 2017

DANVILLE — A Danville man whose truck was found smoking near his house from a crash in Bloomsburg was driving drunk, police say.

Dean A. Berry Jr., 23, of 718 E....


 | By Chris Krepich
Tuesday, February 21, 2017

DANVILLE — Forty years ago, virtually every small town had a department store like Beiter’s.

But with few remaining, Beiter’s now draws in customers from surrounding communities who are...


 | By Julye Wemple
Monday, February 20, 2017

DANVILLE — A 25-year-old Danville man who nearly mowed down a state constable with his car called the incident a “misunderstanding” in Montour County court last Monday.

The constable he...