News from NESCOPECK
Published on September 21, 2022 - Page 9
NESCOPECK -- A crash involving a tractor-trailer here Tuesday afternoon tied up traffic on Interstate 80 west for hours and saw vehicles backed up on...
Published on September 11, 2022 - Page 5
NESCOPECK — The Community Strength Celebration for Berwick and Nescopeck at Nescopeck Town Park, 501 Raber Ave., is postponed due to pending rain....
Published on September 7, 2022 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — A pair of accidents — one miles away on Interstate 80 and one on Route 93 —tangled traffic through here and Berwick on Tuesday, leading...
Published on August 16, 2022 - Page 10
NESCOPECK — State Police continue to investigate the cause of the Aug. 5 fire that took the lives of 10 people. The fire and criminal investigations...
Published on August 11, 2022 - Page 18
NESCOPECK — A thief stole a resident’s pickup overnight last week, and the owner is hoping the public can help State Police find it. Sean Clark,...
Published on August 8, 2022 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — All 10 victims of Friday’s fire died of smoke inhalation, the Luzerne County coroner confirmed Sunday. Francis Hacken said in a press...
Published on August 7, 2022 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — The victims of Friday’s fire belonged to a blended family that took in those in need and was known for its kindness, a relative said....
Published on August 7, 2022 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — One of Friday’s fire victims inspired a Berwick fire company to launch a charity effort to keep kids warm, firefighters say. Dale Baker’...
Published on August 7, 2022 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — Veteran firefighters called Friday’s fire the worst they’ve ever seen. Nescopeck fireman Jeff Smith got choked up remembering arriving...
Published on August 6, 2022 - Page 5
NESCOPECK — Workers are to start paving part of southbound Route 339 next week, plus continue restoring topsoil and seeding some of the land beside...
Published on August 6, 2022 - Page 12
NESCOPECK — Just hours after an early morning fire took the lives of 10 residents, the community sprang into action collecting food, clothing and...
Published on August 6, 2022 - Page 12
NESCOPECK — A house fire killed 10 people Friday morning, according to authorities. State Police at Shickshinny identified the adult victims as:...
Published on July 14, 2022 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — A Wapwallopen woman was arrested after she led four state troopers on a chase through western Luzerne County before crashing into an...
Published on June 16, 2022 - Page 4
NESCOPECK — The Luzerne County Coroner’s office is looking for the family of a man who died in an apartment here on Wednesday, according to a press...
Published on May 28, 2022 - Page 10
NESCOPECK — This summer’s work on the reconstruction and widening of Route 339 kicks into high gear next week with a long-term detour starting,...
Published on January 15, 2022 - Page 3
NESCOPECK — The Nescopeck Volunteer Fire Company, 325 Warren St., has called off tomorrow’s bingo, according to Heidi Knorr. She cited Sunday’s...
Published on January 11, 2022 - Page 6
NESCOPECK — A bus driver is no longer driving for Berwick Area School District after a parent complained about the way the bus passed another vehicle...
Published on January 3, 2022 - Page 3
NESCOPECK — The New Year’s Day fire that damaged a home at 435 S. Second St. here started on the stove, Nescopeck Fire Chief Harry Knorr said Sunday...
Published on January 2, 2022 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — Homeowners managed to save one of their two dogs after returning Saturday night to find their house on fire. Neighbor Sue Stout said...
Published on November 15, 2021 - Page 3
NESCOPECK — Drivers through Nescopeck Borough will likely see lane restrictions on State Route 93 today and Tuesday while PennDOT workers patch and...
Published on September 26, 2021 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — Out-of-area people have been taking free clothes, shoes and other accessories from the Doreen’s Closet giveaway program and selling them...
Published on August 28, 2021 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — Work that began Thursday to upgrade a railroad crossing at Agway on Route 93 immediately appeared to create traffic confusion because of...
Published on August 12, 2021 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — The landlady of a man accused of uploading child pornography wants to make sure everyone knows her business had nothing to do with his...
Published on August 11, 2021 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — A Nescopeck man was charged with 31 felony counts Tuesday after an Internet company reported 21 files of child pornography were uploaded...
Published on July 3, 2021 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — The borough Zoning Hearing Board unanimously decided to disregard its attorney’s advice and approve a new auction house. Board Chairman...
Published on June 11, 2021 - Page 1
NESCOPECK —Pennsylvania American Water has begun installing a new 2,200-foot water main between Berwick and Nescopeck by drilling underneath the...
Published on June 10, 2021 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — A dryer fire brought police and firefighters to a laundromat here for at least the third time in about a year. Nescopeck Fire Chief...
Published on April 14, 2021 - Page 1
NESCOPECK —The Nescopeck Community Cupboard was in danger of becoming a victim of its own success. So many people were lining up in their vehicles...
Published on March 12, 2021 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — Nescopeck council has three candidates running for three seats after all — Luzerne County just accidentally left them off its candidate...
Published on February 7, 2021 - Page 4
NESCOPECK — A car crashed into a tree that hahhd been knocked down by a tractor trailer moments before, witnesses say. So after making sure the car’...
Published on December 20, 2020 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — A fire here on Saturday afternoon displaced residents from three apartments and left two cats unaccounted for. When firefighters...
Published on November 27, 2020 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — A Berwick motorcyclist illegally passed a vehicle on the Berwick-Nescopeck bridge Thursday morning and then tried to flee from police...
Published on July 24, 2020 - Page 4
NESCOPECK — A Nescopeck man admitted to downloading and viewing child pornography for nearly two decades when he was arrested at his First Street...
Published on July 12, 2020 - Page 8
NESCOPECK — An electrical fire in the lead engine stopped a train partway across the intersection with Route 93 here for more than three hours...
Published on June 30, 2020 - Page 6
NESCOPECK — Kids will be able to interact with police officers from two different counties in a stress-free, casual environment at Nescopeck Town...
Published on April 20, 2020 - Page 3
NESCOPECK — A 44-year-old man who entered a stranger’s home here April 14 was carrying drugs, State Police say. Santos Lorenzo, 44, of Nescopeck...
Published on March 31, 2020 - Page 3
NESCOPECK — Plans by the local Veterans of Foreign Wars’ post to serve Nescopeck residents lunch twice a week are being delayed while organizers...
Published on March 26, 2020 - Page 7
NESCOPECK — The Nescopeck VFW is starting up a lunch giveaway on Tuesdays and Fridays, starting March 31, organizers said. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.,...
Published on March 10, 2020 - Page 4
NESCOPECK — A two-vehicle crash here sent a Bloomsburg woman to Geisinger Medical Center for suspected serious injuries, according to State Police...
Published on February 23, 2020 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — By the end of a two-hour workshop on managing feral cat populations, nearly a dozen Nescopeck residents volunteered to become part of the...
Published on January 22, 2020 - Page 3
NESCOPECK — The driver of a pickup that plowed into the porch of a house here Friday night has been charged with drunken driving, State Police said...
Published on January 21, 2020 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — Council members here sounded eager Monday night to back off a plan to potentially euthanize unlicensed cats, but the alternative will...
Published on January 18, 2020 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — A pickup plowed into the porch of a two-story house on Third Street here at about 9 p.m. Friday causing extensive damage to its front...
Published on January 2, 2020 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — Cat owners in Nescopeck borough need to get licenses for their felines this year or risk having them euthanized if they’re trapped. They...
Published on December 9, 2019 - Page 5
NESCOPECK — A borough teen allegedly punched a woman in the face repeatedly, breaking her jaw in two places and breaking her hand, troopers say. Jy...
Published on December 4, 2019 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — Changes to the way buses are routed and where teachers are parking appear to have cleared up the congestion on the streets by Nescopeck...
Published on October 13, 2019 - Page 30
NESCOPECK — On Oct. 4 at the Unicorn Restaurant, five veterans were awarded Quilts of Valor in honor and recognition of their service. Their military...
Published on October 8, 2019 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — Nescopeck Borough is warning residents to keep an eye out for a construction scam. An unidentified group is offering unsuspecting folks...
Published on October 2, 2019 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — An autopsy on an 11-week-old baby boy pronounced dead at Berwick Hospital on Saturday morning shows he suffered multiple traumatic...
Published on September 30, 2019 - Page 1
NESCOPECK — A borough man has been jailed after the death of his infant son, State Police say. Jeffery Blake Hutcheson, 21, is locked up in Luzerne...
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