BUCKHORN – Emergency responders have shut down Interstate 80 in both directions between the Danville and Buckhorn interchanges, due to a propane truck rollover near here.
Westbound traffic will be detoured using Route 42, Route 11, and Route 54. Eastbound traffic will be detoured using Route 54, Route 11, Route 42, PennDOT states.
NESCOPECK – A woman is dead after a three-vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon on the southern approach to the Berwick-Nescopeck bridge here.
According to witnesses, a white Jeep Compass was traveling towards Berwick on Route 93 when, for unknown reasons, it swerved into the path of an oncoming pickup truck.
After colliding, the Jeep richochetted and was struck by a Dodge Charger that was also heading for Berwick, police said.
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to a porn actor who said the two had sex.
MIFFLINVILLE — A 20-year-old lost control of his SUV, which buried itself in a house early Thursday morning, trapping the homeowners inside.
The driver, John Mason Cipala, of 1124 Zenith Road, Nescopeck, was flown by LifeFlight to Geisinger Medical Center. He was treated and released by 10:30 a.m., said Police Chief William Richendrfer.
11:15 p.m. UPDATE
The two big races in our area tonight involve the Republican nomination in two state House districts. We'll update results as we have them.
GOP candidate for 109th State Rep (Columbia County) |
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JACKSON TWP. — Firefighters feared the sole resident of a house that burned to the ground early Sunday morning was dead inside, but State Police found the man alive, off-site, the Benton fire chief says.
VALLEY TWP. — Police are looking for two men who they say took part in the hold up of a lobby clerk at the Red Roof Inn here early Wednesday.
State Police at Milton said that around 1:30 a.m., a Black man, roughly 5-foot-2 to 5-foot-5, came in to the lobby of the Red Roof Inn at 21 Red Roof Road, Valley Township, holding a small black crowbar. He demanded cash from the desk clerk and then left.
SALEM TWP. — Talen is selling its data center business — and a bunch of the power from the Susquehanna nuclear power plant north of Berwick — to Amazon Web Services, it announced on Monday morning.
The $650 million deal has the potential to create the largest data center powered by "carbon-free power" in the United States, or possibly the world, said Talen CEO Mark "Mac" McFarland in a investor conference call.
SALEM TWP. — State Police are asking the public for help finding a missing woman they say is endangered, even as they and firefighters searched the Susquehanna Riverlands trails and the nearby river for her.
Linda Carmella Shaw, 63, of Cope Road, Shickshinny, has been missing since 11:30 a.m. Monday, said Tpr. Jeffrey Miller in a report released late Monday night.