Last Updated: August 30, 2016 - 2:45pm
DUNMORE — A Shickshinny woman has been charged in the death of a Luzerne man who was allegedly strangled inside a pickup with a set of jumper cables after he apparently overdosed on...
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Last Updated: August 30, 2016 - 2:32pm
BUCKHORN — A tractor-trailer hauling eggs tipped over Tuesday into a line of stopped traffic along Mall Boulevard at Buckhorn Road here, crushing the driver’s side of a pick-up truck and...
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Last Updated: August 29, 2016 - 11:57am
BENTON TWP. — For two months, Dan Keeney has smelled something odd at his farm along Pied Piper Road just outside of Benton, he says.
“I could smell something burning,” he said. “...
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Last Updated: August 28, 2016 - 2:54pm
BERWICK — An SUV crash into a utility pole knocked out power to 2,186 customers here Sunday, a PPL spokeswoman said.
Cody Turse, 23, of 128 Willow Drive, Berwick, was driving east...
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Last Updated: August 26, 2016 - 6:24pm
NESCOPECK — Robert Byrne had started hearing voices in his head and made threats to kill his pregnant girlfriend moments before he abducted their young daughter Friday, family and court...
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Last Updated: August 25, 2016 - 8:40pm
HUNLOCK TWP. — State Police are looking into the death of a woman struck by a van reportedly driven by her boyfriend, authorities said.
Stacey Kowalski, 49, Hunlock Creek,...
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Last Updated: August 25, 2016 - 7:56pm
BLOOMSBURG — As professors at Bloomsburg University prepare to vote on a possible strike, their union is urging them to make grades and course materials unavailable to students so that “...
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Last Updated: August 24, 2016 - 8:02pm
BERWICK — A water main break shut off water for an estimated 50 to 60 customers here and closed down busy Summerhill Avenue Wednesday evening.
A tanker of water for residents to...
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Last Updated: August 23, 2016 - 4:07pm
SCOTT TWP. — A drunken driver led police on a two-mile low-speed chase before being yanked out of his car by officers early Tuesday morning, charges say.
Julio C. Ayala, 32,...
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Last Updated: August 18, 2016 - 7:02pm
BENTON — A horse and buggy got away from its owner, smashing into two vehicles while it was on the loose without a driver, police say.
Levi B. Stoltzfus, 25, Benton, had left the...
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Last Updated: August 6, 2016 - 6:03pm
SALEM TWP. -- For the second consecutive Saturday, a masked man robbed the Food Express convenience store on East Fifth St., making off with cash and packs of Camel menthol cigarettes,...
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Last Updated: August 5, 2016 - 12:51pm
MIFFLIN TWP. — A doctor on his way to work smashed a utility pole and crashed down an embankment trying to avoid a herd of deer in the roadway.
Dr. Joseph John, of Mifflin X Road...
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Last Updated: August 4, 2016 - 2:06pm
DANVILLE — Fumes from a glue being used to do repairs on the Montour County Courthouse were bad enough that it cleared out county workers and shut down the building for the remainder of...
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Last Updated: August 3, 2016 - 8:08pm
BERWICK — The arrest of a man who allegedly brought high-quality, lab-produced crystal methamphetamine plus a virtual cornucopia of other narcotics here led police to a major cocaine...
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