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Last Updated: January 26, 2016 - 12:41pm

Most schools in the area have closed for the day due to slippery roads this morning:

• Benton Area, CLOSED

• Berwick Area, CLOSED

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Last Updated: January 25, 2016 - 1:00pm

BERWICK – A man robbed the First Columbia Bank at 1919 W. Front St. this morning, police say.

A man with a thin build, gray hair and facial hair demanded and received money at the...

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Last Updated: January 25, 2016 - 11:27am

BLOOMSBURG — The Bloomsburg Police Department has put out the following schedule for snow removal in town parking lots for early tomorrow. No cars can be parked in the following lots...

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Last Updated: January 25, 2016 - 11:06am

Two area schools have school delays and closings today, according to wnep.com and whlmam.com, as storm cleanup continues:

• Southern Columbia, two-hour delay...

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Last Updated: January 24, 2016 - 12:31pm

BLOOMSBURG — Snow Removal will begin on Monday at 4 a.m. in the following lots: 

Zone C — Bloomsburg Diner Lot.

Zone E - Pine Ave Lot, behind Rosemarie’s Restaurant.

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Last Updated: January 23, 2016 - 4:39pm

Forecasters were off by only a few miles when they predicted the path Winter Storm Jonas would take, but for local residents, that shift in direction meant many woke up to a half-a-foot...

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Last Updated: January 23, 2016 - 2:38pm

BLOOMSBURG — Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble's performance of "Romeo & Juliet" slated for today at 2 p.m. has been cancelled as snow continues to blanket the region.

BTE's 7:30 p....

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Last Updated: January 22, 2016 - 5:17pm

BENTON — A Benton couple made methamphetamine in a second-story apartment in this rural borough, in a building with children in the other apartments, arrest papers say.

State drug...

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Last Updated: January 22, 2016 - 2:56pm

BERWICK - A bomb scare cleared Berwick High School Friday afternoon, officials said.

Students were evacuated from the school at 1:20 p.m., and moved to the varsity gym attached to...

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Last Updated: January 21, 2016 - 2:22pm

SOUTH CENTRE TWP. — Middle and high school students in Millville could be learning in the classrooms of Central Columbia by the fall of 2017, under a proposal recently floated by Central...

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Last Updated: January 21, 2016 - 1:29pm

MAHONING TWP. — Two men pleaded guilty to killing six deer out of season Thursday and must pay more than $19,000 in combined fines and restitution to the state.

Kevin J. Smeltzer...

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Last Updated: January 25, 2016 - 5:33am

UPDATED STORY: Police: Sleeping woman raped

BLOOMSBURG —...

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Last Updated: January 21, 2016 - 10:13am

Read the latest stories on Steven Whitenight's disappearance:

• From Thursday's paper: ...

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Last Updated: January 18, 2016 - 12:20pm

SALEM TWP. — Two fires in subfreezing weather along Route 11 near Shickshinny kept dozens of firefighters from across lower Luzerne County busy battling flames and icing conditions early...

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