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Last Updated: January 29, 2015 - 2:28pm
SCOTT TWP. - A nearly head-on wreck between a pickup and a box truck closed Route 11 between Edgar Avenue and Ridge Street for more than seven hours Thursday. The road reopened around 1:30... READ MORE »

Last Updated: January 28, 2015 - 5:12pm
BLOOMSBURG -- It's 60 days behind bars for a Bloomsburg mother who left her infant daughter alone at a local brewpub while she drove the child's father to work last spring. Maria T. Blaney... READ MORE »

Last Updated: January 28, 2015 - 3:49pm
BERWICK -- A Super Bowl commercial featuring a homeless pooch won't be aired during the big game thanks to Helena Yurcho, a Berwick animal advocate with ties to nationwide rescue... READ MORE »

Last Updated: January 27, 2015 - 12:45pm
WILLIAMSPORT -- An admitted embezzler was sentenced today to six months in federal prison. Mary Ann Gillespie, 59, Bloomsburg, ripped off her former employer, Century 21 Covered Bridges... READ MORE »

Last Updated: January 27, 2015 - 11:23am
The following area schools are operating on a two-hour delay Tuesday: * Benton* Berwick* Bloomsburg* Bloomsburg Christian... READ MORE »

Last Updated: January 26, 2015 - 9:02pm
BERWICK -- Officers say they searched a mobile home for heroin here Monday morning, then lay in wait until the alleged supplier arrived in a vehicle carrying even more of the drug. In all... READ MORE »

Last Updated: January 26, 2015 - 2:44pm
BLOOMSBURG -- A Berwick man in jail on child porn charges tried to kill himself in the Columbia County Prison showers Monday, officials said. Erick S. Myhre, 39, used a shaving razor to... READ MORE »

Last Updated: January 26, 2015 - 7:44am
A snowy day means another day home from school for many area students. Here's the list of closures and delays so far, according to wnep.com and whlmam.com: * Benton,... READ MORE »

Last Updated: January 25, 2015 - 6:39pm
Senior citizens and the disabled in Berwick can call City Hall to get the snow on their walks shoveled out for free. Council President Alvin Hill asked volunteers willing to help dig to... READ MORE »

Last Updated: January 23, 2015 - 3:59pm
SUNBURY - The District 8 Chorus Concert featuring students from our region has been rescheduled to 6:30 p.m. tonight at Shikellamy High School auditorium in Sunbury because of the expected... READ MORE »

Last Updated: January 23, 2015 - 3:37pm
BLOOMSBURG -- Charged with mail fraud and helping to launder more than $10 million in online sales of bath salts and synthetic marijuana, defense attorney Clyde Middleton says he did... READ MORE »

Last Updated: January 23, 2015 - 1:19pm
BRIAR CREEK TWP. -- Briar Creek Township is enforcing its snow-parking ban for the avenues from midnight Saturday morning until 8 that night. The National Weather Service issued a winter... READ MORE »

Last Updated: January 22, 2015 - 5:24pm
BLOOMSBURG -- Criminal defense attorney Clyde Middleton was arrested in his downtown law office here Thursday and immediately taken away in handcuffs. He was sent directly to a federal... READ MORE »

Last Updated: January 22, 2015 - 8:37am
NORTH CENTRE TWP. - A barking dog warned a sleeping family that their century-old farmhouse was on fire, giving them enough time to get all four family members and their pets out before... READ MORE »

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