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Cops: Man shot in Benton

BENTON — A woman shot a man in the small of his back with a small handgun during a domestic dispute at a Main Street apartment on Tuesday morning, police said.

The shooting shortly before 8 a.m. happened in a second-floor apartment at 300 Main St., Benton, near the corner of Main and Church streets. Two children were home when the shooting occurred, officers said.

The report of the shooting drew local police from across the county, and more than a dozen State Police cruisers.

Officers said the man is expected to survive and they have the woman in custody.

Kidnapping suspect allegedly pulls gun on troopers in Buckhorn

BUCKHORN — An Ohio man suspected of kidnapping a woman from her home in Cleveland was apprehended here Wednesday evening after he pulled a gun and fought with state troopers outside the Cracker Barrel restaurant, police say.

Hemlock Township officer involved in gunfire incident

BUCKHORN – A Hemlock Township police sergeant was involved in a gunfire incident in the parking lot of the Home Depot here, and State Police are now investigating.

A witness at the scene said he saw a Nissan SUV hit a vehicle and try to hit a police officer and that he heard two shots fired.

Man who drove into Berwick crowd pleads guilty to murder

Car carrying mother, 3-year-old, crashes and rolls

MIFFLINVILLE — A mother and her 3-year-old son escaped serious injury when their car veered off the road, hit a utility pole and an embankment, then rolled.

Brittany Tersavige, 32, of Coal Township was driving the Pontiac Grand Am north on Route 339 toward Mifflinville at about 9:45 a.m. when she failed to navigate the left curve just past Aten Road.

Identity of Nescopeck bicyclist sought

DANVILLE — A bicyclist involved in a Nescopeck accident on Wednesday has been declared brain dead, and the Montour County Coroner's Office is seeking any information they can find on his identity, it said in a press release on Thursday.

California-based health system plans to acquire Geisinger

DANVILLE — A California-based company plans to acquire Geisinger Health as part of a plan to launch a new system that it says will "expand access to value-based care in more communities across the country."

Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Geisinger will launch a new group called Risant Health.

Jeep flips in Bloomsburg

BLOOMSBURG — A Jeep Patriot heading out of town smashed into a parked pickup truck and flipped onto its roof early Sunday morning.

County dispatchers said the accident on the 400 block of West Main Street happened just before 2:45 a.m.

Vacant house burns in Danville

DANVILLE — Firefighters from eight different companies scrambled to douse the flames that engulfed a vacant house, endangering neighboring homes early Sunday morning.

But they found their way blocked by electrical lines.

The two-alarm blaze at 210 Bloom Street was reported shortly after 3 a.m.

Ptlm. Devon St. Clair was one of the first at the scene. Flames were already coming out the back windows of the two-story building as he knocked on the doors in case someone was inside.

After no one responded, he made sure the neighbors were safely out.

Danville man dies in motorcycle crash

ROCKEFELLER TWP. — A Danville man died Friday afternoon in a motorcycle crash, State Police say.