News from Danville

Sunday, December 20, 2020

DANVILLE — A Sunbury woman is charged with ongoing harassment for sending explicit text messages to another woman, police said.

At about 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 23, Jamie Adams...


 | By Michael Lester
Saturday, December 19, 2020

DANVILLE — Geisinger Chief Executive Officer Jaewon Ryu’s phone was blowing up this week with texts from fellow doctors he trained with in emergency medicine.

They were excitedly...


Saturday, December 19, 2020

DANVILLE — A Berwick man whom Danville Police found passed out in his SUV at the side of State Route 54 had a variety of drugs in his system, according to court paperwork.

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 | By Michael Lester
Friday, December 18, 2020

DANVILLE — Geisinger health system this week received 3,000 doses of a coronavirus vaccine produced by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer that it has begun administering to employees.

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 | By GERI GIBBONS
Wednesday, December 16, 2020

DANVILLE — When word got out that philanthropist Sandra O’Rourke, who helped found Gate House family homeless shelter in Danville, had passed away Saturday, people immediately started sharing...


 | By GERI GIBBONS
Monday, December 14, 2020

DANVILLE — A Danville man threatened to kill his girlfriend and her children because she wouldn’t turn over her medication to him, police said.

Russell Fred Tilley, 40, of 1064 Mill St...


 | By GERI GIBBONS
Saturday, December 12, 2020

DANVILLE — Montour County commissioners on Friday approved a tentative $9.2 million budget for 2021 with a tax increase of almost 6%.

The property tax increase from 3.78 mills to 4...


Saturday, December 12, 2020

DANVILLE — Montour County commissioners Chairman Ken Holdren admitted Friday he was scared about the impact of Gov. Tom Wolf’s ban on indoor dining and alcohol sales, which starts today.

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 | By The Press Enterprise Staff
Friday, December 11, 2020

DANVILLE — It appears the state has assigned hundreds of new coronavirus cases to Montour County each day because of snafus in communication between Geisinger Medical Center and an outside lab...


 | By GERI GIBBONS
Thursday, December 10, 2020

DANVILLE — Borough Fire Chief John Buckenberger became upset at a borough council meeting Tuesday when told officials won’t have $85,000 in grant money for a new ladder truck until next year —...