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Last Updated: January 23, 2020 - 4:49pm

BLOOMSBURG — The lawyers for a man accused of beating a toddler to death in Berwick in 2017 argued he shouldn’t face the death penalty if convicted because at age 19, he wasn’t mature...

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Last Updated: January 22, 2020 - 5:08pm

GREENWOOD TWP. — A fire ripped through a trailer here, leaving nearly everything inside unsalvagable — except for a memento of a late family member, one of its residents said.

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Last Updated: January 22, 2020 - 9:09am

SALEM TWP. — A young couple and their 5-year-old daughter are homeless after a fire destroyed their four-story home early Wednesday morning.

Owners Amanda Bower and Dell Howell,...

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Last Updated: January 19, 2020 - 12:37pm

SOUTH CENTRE TWP. — Police here are seeking the public’s help in tracking down a burglar who stole about $595 from a convenience store’s coin gambling machines.

The theft took...

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Last Updated: January 18, 2020 - 6:14pm

VALLEY TWP. — A tractor trailer jack-knifed on westbound Interstate 80 here, rolling onto its side and blocking both lanes for hours.

Meanwhile, numerous small accidents plagued...

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Last Updated: January 15, 2020 - 2:53pm

RUSH TWP. — A Sunbury woman crawled out the window of her SUV after it plunged into the murky water of a pond off Sunbury Road here late Tuesday night, State Police said.

Kimberly...

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Last Updated: January 13, 2020 - 4:11pm

GREENWOOD TWP. — A family of five lost their home and most of their possessions after a fire tore through their small, one-story house north of Rohrsburg on Monday morning.

Evelyn...

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Last Updated: January 9, 2020 - 5:13pm

ELYSBURG — Knoebels will unveil a new ride for 2020 that will allow passengers to use their own muscle to help power cars. 

The 32-passenger ride, Tornado, is expected to be up...

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Last Updated: January 8, 2020 - 2:10pm

COOPER TWP. — Two State Troopers were slashed by a knife Tuesday night in a struggle with a man who had told his relatives he wanted to commit “suicide by cop,” police say.

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Last Updated: January 8, 2020 - 12:35pm

Snowy icy conditions have led to two-hour delays and closures at school districts throughout the area.

Benton - CLOSED

• Berwick -...

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Last Updated: January 7, 2020 - 5:40pm

JACKSON TWP. — A woman died when a car she was riding in went off Green Creek Road on Tuesday morning and hit three trees, police say.

A man had been driving with the woman in the...

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Last Updated: January 6, 2020 - 6:02pm

A major Pennsylvania hospital where three premature infants died in a bacterial outbreak last year routinely failed to sanitize the equipment it used to prepare donor breast milk,...

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Last Updated: January 6, 2020 - 4:18pm

DANVILLE — Montour County’s commissioners say the owners of a vacant and derelict hotel have had long enough to fix it — the county is stepping in.

The commissioners voted Monday...

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Last Updated: January 3, 2020 - 12:58pm

LIMESTONEVILLE – A multivehicle crash has shut down the eastbound lanes of Interstate 80 in Montour County west of Danville, officials say.

Traffic is being routed off the highway...

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