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Last Updated: December 31, 2019 - 11:51am

SALEM TWP. — Employees were evacuated Tuesday from the Leggett & Platt manufacturing plant outside Berwick after an electrician doing maintenance work sparked a fire inside the...

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Last Updated: December 30, 2019 - 11:21am

BERWICK — Flames ripped through a Fairview Avenue home before dawn Monday, but the couple who lived there was safe after leaving for an early breakfast out.

Janice and Tony...

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Last Updated: December 27, 2019 - 12:47pm

SALEM TWP. — A Wapwallopen teen lost control of his car and crashed into a utility pole, throwing live electrical wires onto another vehicle Friday morning, police say.

The 16-...

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Last Updated: December 24, 2019 - 2:44pm

MIFFLIN TWP. — A man held his ex-girlfriend against her will inside a car for about two hours — beating and threatening her — after Christmas shopping led to an argument Monday night,...

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Last Updated: December 17, 2019 - 3:30pm

BLOOMSBURG — A man accused of firing shots in a Bloomsburg neighborhood Monday night is still at large, police say.

Michael Phillip Albert, 55, reportedly fled in his car just as...

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Last Updated: December 17, 2019 - 11:17am

Weather delays at area schools abound this morning. Here are the schools announcing schedule changes so far:

Two-hour delays

• Benton Area

• Berwick...

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Last Updated: December 13, 2019 - 5:56pm

A rural Danville woman was injured in a rollover crash Friday morning along Continental Boulevard, about a mile north of I-80. 

It was one of a series of wrecks across the area...

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Last Updated: December 11, 2019 - 4:36pm

BERWICK — Police say a mechanical malfunction appears to have caused a police cruiser to crash into two parked cars early Wednesday morning.

No one was hurt in the accident, said...

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Last Updated: December 9, 2019 - 4:41pm

DANVILLE — A man charged with murdering a worker at a Valley Township motel this fall will not face the death penalty, officials say.

The district attorney didn’t feel there was...

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Last Updated: December 6, 2019 - 6:41pm

We'll have whistle-to-whistle coverage of Southern Columbia's 74-7 victory over the Avonworth Antelopes in the Division 2A state finals in Hershey in Saturday's edition. But here's a...

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Last Updated: December 5, 2019 - 4:29pm

HARRISBURG — Former Conyngham Township supervisor/secretary Linda Tarlecki purchased “large quantities” of scratch-off lottery tickets and made cash withdrawals — all totaling nearly $...

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Last Updated: December 4, 2019 - 4:47pm

BLOOMSBURG — A former Bloomsburg University football player has become the largest donor in school history with a $10 million gift aimed at supporting student athletes.

Steph...

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Last Updated: November 27, 2019 - 7:33pm

BERWICK — A man robbed the Freas Avenue branch of First Keystone Community Bank Wednesday.

The man, who entered the bank around 3:45 p.m. ordered bank personnel and customers to...

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Last Updated: November 27, 2019 - 2:40pm

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s governor has signed a law permitting hunting on three Sundays per year, but it won’t take effect until early 2020.

Gov. Tom Wolf signed the...

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