Super: Facebook rant may mean time off the field By KRISTIN BAVER Press Enterprise Writer SOUTH CENTRE TWP. -- The Central Columbia coach who posted a threatening message on Facebook will be disciplined after all, a school official said. And boys soccer coach Patrick Holman could spend time off the...
Central coach to face penalty
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Hackers calling car theft by text message
Anti-theft, GPS systems vulnerable through links to cell-phone networks By JORDAN ROBERTSON AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO -- Texting and driving don't go well together -- in more ways than you might think. Computer hackers can force some cars to unlock their doors and start their engines without...
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Car careens into cemetery
Police: Mifflin woman, 84, took out fence, seven headstones By CHRIS KREPICH Press Enterprise Writer SCOTT TWP. -- An 84-year-old woman crashed her car into a cemetery here Tuesday, taking out a fence and several headstones, police said. Martha Seiwell of Mifflinville was leaving Creasy's Garage...
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Man admits murder
Victim's family thankful for guilty plea in stabbing death of Danville woman By KRISTIN BAVER Press Enterprise Writer DANVILLE -- With a soft-spoken "yes," Westley T. Wise admitted Tuesday to stabbing his girlfriend 27 times, ending her life Jan. 24. The guilty plea to third-degree murder could send...
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Flood survivors face hard holiday
Annual community charity campaign offers chance to help By JIM SACHETTI Press Enterprise Editor One family living near the river lost everything but the clothes they were wearing when they fled their ground-floor apartment. Another lost weeks of dad's much-needed income when high water shut down...
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Seniors warned of new scam
Official: Rent, property tax rebates free of handling fee By the Press Enterprise staff BLOOMSBURG -- An official is warning older residents not to respond to mailings or phone calls asking them to pay $39 for processing of property tax or rent rebate applications. "You don't have to send anyone...
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Seven in sect arrested in Amish haircut attacks
Feds: Group leader kept order with beatings, sex By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press Writer MILLERSBURG, Ohio -- The leader of a breakaway Amish group allowed the beatings of those who disobeyed him, made some members sleep in a chicken coop and had sexual relations with married women to "cleanse them,"...
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Tires mired in Turnpike goo
40-mile sealant leak leaves at least 150 cars disabled PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A flood of gooey black muck dropped from a tanker truck disabled about 150 cars and damaged an unknown number of other vehicles along a nearly 40-mile stretch of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, officials said. A leaking valve on a...
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Injured owner of mill dead
Man taken off life support, coroner says By JOHN-ERIK KOSLOSKY Press Enterprise Writer DANVILLE -- After two days on life support, injured mill owner Jeffrey Mummey Jr. showed no signs of brain activity or improvement, a coroner said. On Wednesday, Mummey's family decided to remove him from the machines...
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PSU football culture isn't to blame
Other schools have overlooked lower-profile abusers, thieves Jack Harclerode allegedly used his university office to prey on adolescent boys for decades before anyone stepped forward. Harclerode is no legendary football coach. He was never part of any high-profile sports program, nor was he the underling...
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Flood victim puts aunt above her own troubles
One of the first requests for help from the Brighter Christmas Fund this year was submitted by a victim asking not for herself but for her aunt. "We received water in the basement, and then the sewer pipe broke, and the landlord refused to fix it," Barbara wrote. "But it's my aunt Martha I'm worried...
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Teacher bonuses depend on parents' involvement
By JESSIE L. BONNER Associated Press Writer BOISE, Idaho -- Parents across Idaho will now play a role in whether or not their child's teacher gets a raise. Teacher bonuses in more than two dozen school districts statewide will depend to some degree on how well they can engage parents throughout the...
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Drunken driver's plea is ignored
Danville woman ordered to begin serving prison term By JULYE WEMPLE Press Enterprise Writer DANVILLE -- A Danville woman who must serve one to two years in state prison for her fifth DUI asked that her sentence be postponed while she deals with a sixth DUI charge. But a judge ordered Donnette Temple...
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Holiday spent in mourning
Father says mill owner was always a hard worker By KRISTIN BAVER Press Enterprise Writer LOCUST TWP. -- Jeffrey "Joe" Mummey Jr. developed a strong work ethic at a young age, following his father out to work on the farm. When Joe was only 3, his great-grandmother handed him a thermos of hot chocolate...
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When abuse ends, money woes begin
"Gloria," says a veteran caseworker, "is a woman who had suffered mental, physical and sexual abuse for all her married life. In March of this year, she'd had enough. With help from the Women's Center, she stood up to him by pressing domestic violence charges. He spent several months in jail and is now...
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Firm Service for seniors no scam
By the Press Enterprise staff The company offering to help local seniors seek tax rebates is perfectly legitimate, a spokeswoman said Friday. But consumer watchdogs still don't like the business, she added. Senior Advisory Center is a California company that charges seniors $39 to help them apply...
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Shoppers pepper sprayed
Police say woman sought 'advantage' on Black Friday By ROBERT JABLON Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES -- A woman trying to improve her chance to buy cheap electronics at a Walmart in a wealthy suburb spewed pepper spray on a crowd of shoppers and 20 people suffered minor injuries, police said Friday....
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Ex-boyfriend accused of rape
Cops: Victim had PFA, rigged up home in fear of suspect By MICHAEL LESTER Press Enterprise Writer MILLVILLE -- A woman barricaded doors at her home, set a handgun near her bed and placed bells on doorknobs, fearful that a live-in boyfriend might break in and harm her despite a protection-from-abuse...
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