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Last Updated: March 19, 2018 - 4:42pm

RALPHO TWP. — A toy factory worker lost part of his arm Monday morning when it got caught in a piece of machinery, officials say.

The man, who has not been identified, became...

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Last Updated: March 15, 2018 - 7:50pm

BERWICK — A robber accused of bluffing his victims into thinking he was a police officer attempted to tunnel his way out of a motel room when the real police knocked on his door Thursday...

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Last Updated: March 15, 2018 - 2:35pm

NORTH CENTRE TWP. — A township road crew was out checking whether roads needed cinders when their plow truck slid off a back road and ended up on its side in a wet field here early...

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Last Updated: March 13, 2018 - 5:10pm

ESPY — A woman who volunteered to sell tickets at a benefit gun raffle for the Bloomsburg Elks is accused of pocketing about $915 from raffle sales, arrest papers say.

Jodi Lynn...

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Last Updated: March 13, 2018 - 11:39am

Area schools have delayed this morning because of an overnight snow storm. Here's the list:
Benton, two-hour delay

Berwick, two-hour delay...

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Last Updated: March 12, 2018 - 12:18pm

WILLIAMSPORT — Ex-Bloomsburg lawyer Clyde Middleton caught a break in federal court Monday.

A judge sentenced the former defense attorney to only 18 months in federal prison in a...

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Last Updated: March 10, 2018 - 6:16am

BLOOMSBURG — A suspected drunken driver slammed into a parked car and ricocheted off the side of the Ready Go Burrito building downtown late Friday night, police say.

The wreck,...

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Last Updated: March 10, 2018 - 12:18am

BLOOMSBURG — A drunken driver slammed into a parked car and ricocheted off the side of the Ready Go Burrito building downtown late Friday night, police say.

The wreck, which sent...

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Last Updated: March 9, 2018 - 5:15pm

BLOOMSBURG — Accused killer Anthony Rocco Franklin’s day in court will not be next week, but maybe this fall.

A trial that had been scheduled to start with jury selection Tuesday...

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Last Updated: March 9, 2018 - 1:50pm

BERWICK — Fire tore through a small home near the West Berwick Elementary School Friday morning.

Neighbors called 9-1-1 shortly after 9 a.m. after spotting thick, black smoke...

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Last Updated: March 9, 2018 - 10:25am

A number of schools have announced delays in opening this morning after an overnight snowstorm:

Benton, two-hour delay

Berwick, two-hour delay...

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Last Updated: March 8, 2018 - 11:04pm

Last Updated: March 7, 2018 - 5:32pm

BERWICK — A mother and father are in Columbia County Prison after a child allegedly found a notebook in their home with writings depicting the sexual abuse of a child and expressing the...

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Last Updated: March 7, 2018 - 5:17pm

HEMLOCK TWP. — Two teens were injured Wednesday when their car overturned on a slushy Route 42, police say.

David Earnest, 17, of Orangeville, was driving south on Millville Road...

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