News from Danville

 | By Chris Krepich
Friday, July 10, 2015

DANVILLE — Danville Area teachers will strike again Oct. 16 if they don’t have a new contract.

The latest bargaining session Wednesday night did not go well, says school board president...


 | By Leon Bogdan
Friday, July 10, 2015

DANVILLE — A Las Vegas man busted with black tar heroin inside his car after lingering too long at a gas station here told a judge he had stopped for gas while passing through the area on “a...


 | By JOHN-ERIK KOSLOSKY and CHRIS KREPICH
Thursday, July 9, 2015

DANVILLE — A Berwick man plunged to his death from nine stories up as he worked to restore brickwork on a Geisinger Medical Center building Wednesday.

Stephen Kuchka, 48, was one of...


 | By Leon Bogdan
Thursday, July 9, 2015

DANVILLE — A housekeeping worker who cleaned out the wallets of employees at Grandview Health Homes has pleaded guilty to theft.

Nicole Leanne Fisher, 30, of 407...


 | By Leon Bogdan
Thursday, July 9, 2015

DANVILLE — Several repeat DUI offenders were sentenced to jail Monday in Montour County, including a Watsontown man arrested for his fifth lifetime offense.

Dennis Lee Beachel...


 | By Leon Bogdan
Thursday, July 9, 2015

DANVILLE — A Danville State Hospital patient apologized in court Monday for strangling a psychiatric aide and leaving the hospital worker with a sprained neck and $11,828 in medical bills....


Thursday, July 9, 2015

DANVILLE — Here is the June report from the office of Montour County Sheriff Ray C. Gerringer:

• Legal papers served — 78

• License to carry firearms —25

• License to...


Thursday, July 9, 2015

DANVILLE — Four people charged with drunken driving were placed on probation Monday after being accepted into Montour County’s ARD program for first-time offenders.

All must do 20 hours...


 | By Leon Bogdan
Tuesday, July 7, 2015

DANVILLE — A Danville man collapsed in court Monday after learning he would be spending the next 11 to 22 months in prison for forging checks and later intimidating his estranged wife.

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Sunday, July 5, 2015

DANVILLE — Service 1st Federal Credit Union has won the first place Desjardins Youth Financial Education Award, presented by the Pennsylvania Credit Union Association.

The Desjardins...