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Last Updated: April 22, 2019 - 8:43pm

BERWICK — Carm DeFrancesco, former football coach at Danville and Mount Carmel, will be the next head football coach at Berwick Area High School.

The board voted Monday night —...

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Last Updated: April 17, 2019 - 4:23pm

BLOOMSBURG — For the first time in its history, the Bloomsburg Fair will crown a queen this year.

The queen will become an ambassador for the 164-year-old event, making...

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Last Updated: April 15, 2019 - 3:24pm

BENTON TWP. — A powerful early morning storm cut a path of destruction through the Benton area Monday, snapping trees, tossing trailers, and tearing roofs and porches from homes. 

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Last Updated: April 15, 2019 - 12:52pm

We'll update as we have more information.

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Last Updated: April 12, 2019 - 5:20pm

CATAWISSA — A father of three who is engaged to be married surrendered Friday morning to face charges he sexually assaulted a 7-year-old girl.

Jonathan William Marra, who is 29,...

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Last Updated: April 11, 2019 - 3:48pm

SALEM TWP. — A Berwick Area School District junior high girls basketball coach and retired elementary school teacher was arrested Thursday and charged with dozens of counts of possessing...

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Last Updated: April 10, 2019 - 4:03pm

BLOOMSBURG — A state employee at the public assistance office here used a stolen benefits card to make more than $100 in purchases from local stores, arrest papers say.

Amanda Jo...

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Last Updated: April 9, 2019 - 4:38pm

SCOTT TWP. — An 81-year-old man his car pulled into the path of another vehicle, sending both drivers to the hospital Tuesday morning, police say.

Charles Joline Jr., 182 Daisy...

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Last Updated: April 8, 2019 - 4:10pm

BERWICK — The woman who rammed a car through the wall of Bob’s Subs on Sunday was actually aiming for her one-time fiance, court papers say.

Sharon A. Blalock, 40, of 911 W. Front...

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Last Updated: April 3, 2019 - 7:12pm

BUCKHORN — Firefighters are battling two blazes near one another — one at a Hemlock Township house, another at a Mount Pleasant Township business.

The first broke out around 6 p.m...

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Last Updated: April 2, 2019 - 3:58pm

BLOOMSBURG — A York man not only fled from police here last week after they tried to question him, but he also stiffed the cab driver who drove him and a friend from York to Bloomsburg...

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Last Updated: March 29, 2019 - 4:39pm

BERWICK — When police saw a man walking the streets alone with a backpack after 2 a.m. Friday, they thought he looked suspicious, arrest papers say. 

Before the end of their...

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Last Updated: March 28, 2019 - 6:17pm

BLOOMSBURG — A man considered armed and dangerous is being sought by Town Police as the suspect who fled officers Wednesday afternoon, dropping a loaded handgun as he fled the vicinity...

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Last Updated: March 27, 2019 - 4:40pm

DANVILLE — A piece of Geisinger Medical Center’s campus that has been there since the hospital’s founding 104 years ago will soon disappear when the building for its former School of...

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