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Last Updated: June 27, 2017 - 1:05pm

BERWICK – Henry Knorowski Jr. agreed to send charges that he threatened to kill police and an unnamed co-worker on to county court Monday.

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Last Updated: June 27, 2017 - 9:55am

BLOOMSBURG — A man faded in and out of consciousness early Tuesday after ramming a van head on into a traffic light pole around midnight at Bloomsburg Title & Tag, where Route 11...

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Last Updated: June 25, 2017 - 7:47pm

BERWICK — A man wanted for the alleged rape of a special-needs teenage girl surrendered to police last night and was jailed.
Lucas Rivera Contreras, 24, of Apt. 2, 801 Pine St., had...

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Last Updated: June 25, 2017 - 7:46pm

By LEON BOGDAN
Press Enterprise Writer
BENTON TWP. — Motorists traveling Red Rock Road Saturday evening complained to police of a startling sight: a naked man simulating a sex...

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Last Updated: June 25, 2017 - 6:46pm

BRIAR CREEK — A two-story, century-old brick home, scene of a recent shooting, was destroyed Sunday by a fire so intense, two volunteers had to be treated and Route 11 was shut down for...

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Last Updated: June 24, 2017 - 11:49pm

BERWICK — A Berwick man is wanted for the alleged rape of a young girl here, authorities said Saturday.
Police are looking for Lucas Rivera Contreras, 24, of 801 Pine St., and...

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Last Updated: June 23, 2017 - 5:44pm

WILKES-BARRE - A former Columbia County probation officer and his identical twin were given matching prison terms Friday for their role in a nationwide anabolic steroid ring, even though...

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Last Updated: June 23, 2017 - 12:56pm

Expected storms Friday night have delayed two fire companies' fireworks shows until Saturday.

• In Beach Haven, Salem Township Fire Department will have its fireworks display...

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Last Updated: June 22, 2017 - 4:14pm

NESCOPECK TWP. — A driver lost control of an SUV on a road that was undergoing maintenance, then plunged over a 12-foot-embankment into the Susquehanna River.

Meanwhile,...

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Last Updated: June 21, 2017 - 1:13pm

STONINGTON — The hunt is on for a suspected serial rapist who may be linked to several unsolved sexual assaults in Columbia and Northumberland counties in recent years, police say.

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Last Updated: June 20, 2017 - 4:56pm

DANVILLE — The state Department of Health has approved a Chicago firm’s plan to grow medical marijuana inside a long-vacant 50,000-square-foot section of the former TRW building on East...

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Last Updated: June 19, 2017 - 5:00pm

BENTON — Charges against a Benton senior who inadvertently brought a knife to school last month are being dropped, according to District Attorney Tom Leipold.

Cain Schlichter, 18...

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Last Updated: June 16, 2017 - 5:01pm

MADISON TWP. — An 18-year-old Hughesville man escaped serious injury Friday afternoon when his car was struck by an oncoming Chevrolet Suburban along Route 42 near HRI Inc., just north...

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Last Updated: June 15, 2017 - 5:46pm

BLOOMSBURG — Questions about the residency of Bloomsburg Council candidate Vince DeMelfi will get two airings next month –one before the county’s board of elections and one in county...

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