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Last Updated: February 18, 2020 - 5:05pm

BLOOMSBURG — A man accused of beating a toddler to death in Berwick won’t face a first-degree murder charge that carried the possibility of the death penalty, a judge ruled Tuesday....

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Last Updated: February 17, 2020 - 4:23pm

FISHING CREEK TWP. — A fast-moving fire destroyed a 169-year-old farmhouse Monday morning, leaving a family of four homeless.

The blaze at 380 Winding Road, Orangeville, was...

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Last Updated: February 15, 2020 - 5:49pm

SOUTH CENTRE TWP. - The driver of a tractor trailer loaded with Holstein cows that plowed into the front of Taste of Italy late ...

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Last Updated: February 15, 2020 - 12:01am

SOUTH CENTRE TWP. — A tractor-trailer loaded with cattle crashed into A Taste of Italy restaurant in the Central Plaza along Route 11 here late Friday.   
The rig smashed through...

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Last Updated: February 12, 2020 - 5:13pm

DANVILLE — A man was led out of court in handcuffs Wednesday after a Montour County jury convicted him of child rape and five other sex crimes for assaulting a young girl in Anthony...

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Last Updated: February 11, 2020 - 4:59pm

SCOTT TWP. — The leaders of Columbia-Montour Vo-Tech took state officials on a tour of the school Tuesday as part of a visit meant to stress the importance of expanding job training for...

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Last Updated: February 7, 2020 - 4:23pm

BLOOMSBURG — A high school student taking a Bloomsburg University course was leaving campus Friday in her SUV when she struck another BU student crossing Lightstreet Road on foot, police...

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Last Updated: February 7, 2020 - 4:37pm

With rain expected to turn into snow, multiple area school districts have announced plans to shut down early. Among them are:

• Benton: Early dismissal at 10:45 a.m.

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Last Updated: February 5, 2020 - 4:26pm

BLOOMSBURG — A man entered the West Main Street apartment of a woman he didn’t know early Wednesday morning, saying someone with a knife was chasing him, police say.

The woman...

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Last Updated: February 3, 2020 - 6:20pm

BLOOMSBURG — A Bloomsburg University senior from Lititz died at an off-campus student apartment on Monday, police and university officials say.

Sean Lenahan was a mass...

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Last Updated: February 3, 2020 - 4:46pm

MADISON TWP. — A recently renovated farmhouse went up in flames Monday morning, and dozens of volunteer firefighters from three counties worked for hours to douse the blaze.

The...

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Last Updated: February 3, 2020 - 12:47pm

BLOOMSBURG — Prison staff violated prison policy when they kept 19-year-old Tyler Evans in a restraint chair for more than 8 hours without getting permission from the warden or mental...

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Last Updated: January 31, 2020 - 3:07pm

ORANGE TWP. — Police say a son killed his parents at a home at 273 Hartman Hollow Road on Thursday night.

Carl Ray Kressler, 18, is under arrest in connection with the deaths of...

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Last Updated: January 28, 2020 - 5:06pm

BERWICK — Two probation officers struggled with a man at 1540 First Ave. on Tuesday afternoon when he fought with them — grabbing for an officer's gun — as they tried to detain him,...

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