COLUMBIA SPY

Multiple units responded to Columbia River Park at 10:13 am Monday (9/14/26) for a report of a man who jumped from the Veterans Memorial Bridge. According to dispatch audio, the man was seen floating under the bridge. A witness said he then started to swim towards shore. After being rescued, he was transported by ambulance.

NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING  NOTICE is hereby given that Columbia Borough Council will hold a special meeting on September 24, 2026, at 7:00 pm to discuss proposed changes to the Borough's Zoning Ordinance regarding data centers and any other business as may arise. The meeting will be held at the Columbia Borough School District High School Auditorium located at 901 Ironville Pike, Columbia, PA 17512. COLUMBIA BOROUGH COUNCIL By: Evan M. Gabel, Solicitor

Photos of Columbia, PA Week ending 9/13/26 A heron (blue or gray?) with a hapless fish, and some seaweed, in its beak Heron catches fish, drops fish, recatches fish, swallows fish, sips water. A smaller one (probably a green heron) was nearby. Whiskey barrels and half-barrels at Tollbooth Antiques  Planks at Tollbooth Antiques  Residue from a vehicle accident at North 2nd & Chestnut  Flags on 9/11 Paving at the Wrights Ferry Mansion  Traffic jam (?) at the bottom of Walnut  Man pushing a dump truck A goldfinch way up there Repair work after hit and run at 5th & Chestnut  Repair in progress at 5th & Chestnut  USGS was here to check on the river  The 400 block of Avenue G was cleaned up. Power washing at 28 North 2nd Demo in progress ###

Emergency personnel responded to a vehicle accident involving a Subaru Outback and a Ford SUV near North 3rd & Avenue F at 5:20 p.m. Friday (9/11/26). (On the dispatch sheet, the location was listed as N. 3rd St. and Chestnut Street.)  In addition to fire units, several medical units were called. One person was seen being transported by ambulance. [Photo: Lee Valentine]

A gray pickup truck fled the scene after colliding with a bollard and a "Do Not Enter" sign at the clock plaza at Fifth and Chestnut Wednesday evening. The crash occurred around 7:50 p.m. Witnesses told police the pickup was traveling east on Route 462 and attempted to drive onto the 500 block of Chestnut Street — a one-way block — as a white van was heading west on Chestnut. To avoid the van, the driver of the truck veered into and struck a bollard and a "Do Not Enter" sign marking the one-way block. Witnesses report seeing the front end of the truck lift off the ground as it struck and ran over the obstructions. The bollard was knocked loose from its brick base, scattering and cracking several bricks. A block away, at Sixth and Chestnut, police recovered a vehicle bumper believed to have come off the truck during the collision. Police collected the bumper as evidence. Based on the damage at the scene, the truck likely sustained front-end damage, as well as dam...

Firefighters from several companies responded Wednesday afternoon to a reported fire at a two-story dwelling on the 700 block of Walnut Street . According to dispatch, the call came in around 4:03 p.m. Arriving units initially reported nothing showing from the outside of the dwelling, but crews located a small gas-fed fire behind the kitchen oven. Crews had water on the fire within a few minutes of arrival. No injuries were reported in connection with the fire.