Chiques Challenge Planned For Aug. 10 | TownLively

Area residents are invited to join other veteran and amateur athletes as they run and kayak through the annual Chiques Challenge hosted by the Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce. The duathlon is slated for Saturday, Aug. 10, and will stage from the Columbia River Park, 41 Walnut St., Columbia. Participants will be transported to Vinegar Ferry Road for the 8:30 a.m. start time.

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One-vehicle accident slows traffic on Veterans Memorial Bridge Friday morning

A one-vehicle accident on the Veterans Memorial Bridge slowed traffic for about half an hour this morning. The vehicle, which apparently collided with a section of the bridge, sustained severe front-end damage, but no significant injuries were reported. The accident occurred on the Columbia end of the bridge, just above the railroad tracks, and was called in at 10:51 a.m. A nearby pedestrian reported hearing a loud bang followed by tires screeching and then a second bang. Several units responded, as listed below, and Columbia Borough workers helped direct traffic until the scene was cleared.

'Mr. Columbia' Barry Ford remembered for decades as sports organizer, town journalist and community volunteer | Local News | lancasteronline.com

Barry Ford taking the oath office, along with Iris Garrido, for the Columbia Borough School Board in 2016.

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Born and raised in Columbia, Barry Ford was a constant presence in the borough.

Ford spent his career reporting on the town for the former daily Columbia News and then the weekly Columbia Ledger, where he spent 18 years and was the editor when it folded in 2009.

If he wasn't covering a sporting event for the Columbia newspapers, or for LNP where he was a longtime corespondent, Ford might have been keeping score or helping organize the contests as part of the Columbia Boys Athletic Association, where he was a longtime member.

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Columbia man sentenced for dealing fentanyl, trying to sneak drugs into prison | Local News | lancasteronline.com

Derreck Strausbaugh

 A Columbia man that was charged with having 65 bags of fentanyl was sentenced to 5 to 10 years in prison after trying to sneak three more bags of the drug into Lancaster County Prison earlier this year.

Derreck Strausbaugh, 29, tried to sneak three bags of fentanyl into the county's prison after being arrested on a warrant on March 24, according to the district attorney's office.

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FOUND: Missing Columbia teen

Missing Columbia teen Kiara Prophete has been found and was returned to her home, according to Columbia Borough Police.

Missing Juvenile | Columbia Borough Police Department

The Columbia Borough Police are asking for the public's assistance in locating a missing 14 year old female named Kiara Prophete. She was possibly wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, black flip flops and either jeans or pajama pants.

If anyone has seen the pictured female they are asked to call the Columbia Borough Police at 717-684-7735 or submit a tip below. 

She went missing sometime overnight between July 22nd and July 23rd. Kiara is approx. 5'1" and 115lbs. 

Date:  Tuesday, July 23, 2019 

Reference ID:  CB-19-02174 

Case Status: Current 

Case Type: Missing Person 

Source:  Columbia Borough Police Department

Sourced via CRIMEWATCH®: https://lancaster.crimewatchpa.com/columbiapd/10552/cases/missing-juvenile

THEFT OF ARTWORK - 900 BLOCK OF PLANE STREET | Columbia Borough Police Department

On 7/19/19 at approximately 8:10 pm the Columbia Borough Police Department was dispatched to the Wagon Werks Apartments in the 900 Block of Plane Street for the theft of a framed 4ft by 3ft pen and ink drawing of Mt. McKinley.  The resident left the piece of artwork in the hallway unattended for a short time but when he got back it was missing.  

Anyone with information as to the theft of this artwork should contact the Columbia Borough Police Department at 717-684-7735 or text LANCS to 847411. 

Date:  Friday, July 19, 2019

Sourced via CRIMEWATCH®: https://lancaster.crimewatchpa.com/columbiapd/10552/cases/theft-artwork-900-block-plane-street

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