Last Updated: December 6, 2013 - 2:23pm
CATAWISSA -- A Catawissa-area man accused of abusing his 2-month-old son was "hoping for a fair shot" to stay out of prison yesterday, he said before a hearing.
Matthew J. Sacks' lawyer...
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Last Updated: December 6, 2013 - 10:18am
ALLENTOWN - The Bulldogs will have to wait until tomorrow to face off against Archbishop Wood.
Organizers postponed the football game, originally scheduled for tonight, due to fear of...
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Last Updated: December 6, 2013 - 1:21pm
BLOOMSBURG -- A man with a garbage bag wrapped around his face and armed with a utility knife tried to rob the owner of Em's Pink Wieners hot dog cart early Friday morning in the parking...
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Last Updated: December 5, 2013 - 2:37pm
BLOOMSBURG -- Abraham Kline will serve the maximum 20-40 years in state prison for killing his girlfriend, a judge ruled Thursday afternoon.
Kline came to Columbia County Court for...
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Last Updated: December 5, 2013 - 1:46pm
CATAWISSA -- A father is facing charges for abusing his 2-month-old son, leaving the infant with broken bones and bruises on at least three separate occasions, police say.
It's the second...
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Last Updated: December 4, 2013 - 9:02pm
BLOOMSBURG -- A woman drove around emergency lights at an accident Wednesday, despite a police officer hanging onto her car and yelling at her to stop.
Police took her into custody on...
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Last Updated: December 4, 2013 - 6:12pm
BLOOMSBURG -- Someone stole a bank deposit bag holding coins, cash and gold jewelry worth more than $10,000 at Arcus Brothers Stereo Center on Tuesday, police said.
"This is the worst...
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Last Updated: December 4, 2013 - 12:06pm
SCOTT TWP. -- A tractor trailer tire came loose from an eastbound rig and peeled back the roof of a westbound car on Interstate 80 this morning, police say.
The errant tire flattened the...
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Last Updated: December 3, 2013 - 3:23pm
FRANKLIN TWP. -- A desperate DUI suspect tried to bribe a Locust Township Police officer to make a set of charges disappear, court papers say.
"I don't know how much you make, but I'll pay...
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Last Updated: December 2, 2013 - 7:55pm
MADISON TWP. -- A Riverside man out hunting on the first day of deer season was stricken in a field here and died Monday, authorities say.
Michael Wydra, 58, of 312 Gearhart St. is...
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Last Updated: December 2, 2013 - 3:39pm
NESCOPECK -- Cooper, a water-loving black Labrador, decided to traipse onto Shirley Young's frozen pond Monday and fell through the ice.
Young's granddaughter's courage and quick thinking...
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Last Updated: November 27, 2013 - 6:39pm
BERWICK -- Ted Stuban, who represented Columbia County in Harrisburg for 16 years, died at age 85 Wednesday after a bout with cancer, friends say.
Those who worked with him over the years...
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Last Updated: November 27, 2013 - 2:03pm
BLOOMSBURG -- A Freeland man stole three laptops, an Apple monitor and $875 in cash from two churches in an overnight burglary attempt, arrest papers say.
Scott David Navar, 36, was nabbed...
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Last Updated: November 26, 2013 - 12:37pm
FRANKLIN TWP. -- An Elysburg woman is dead after she passed out while shooting heroin with friends in a basement here Wednesday night, police say.
No one immediately called for help, and...
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