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Last Updated: December 23, 2020 - 4:06pm

LOCUST TWP. — A woman unloading Christmas presents from a van was struck by a car driven by another woman who was on phone trying to track down her own packages, police say.

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Last Updated: December 10, 2020 - 4:39pm

HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf announced a bevy of restrictions Thursday in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus. They include the following:

In-Person Dining and Alcohol...

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Last Updated: December 9, 2020 - 3:03pm

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced today that he tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday and is in isolation at home. 

The governor released the following statement:

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Last Updated: December 7, 2020 - 4:52pm

BLOOMSBURG — Police here are asking for the public’s help finding a missing 26-year-old woman.

Erica Shultz was last seen at her Railroad Street home on Friday, said Ptlm. Shawn...

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Last Updated: November 21, 2020 - 1:40pm

BERWICK — Lace up your sneakers, area runners; the Run for the Diamonds is on.

Members of the Berwick Marathon Association voted Saturday to go ahead with the 111th rendition of...

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Last Updated: November 6, 2020 - 6:59pm

GREENWOOD TWP. — A small car carrying three young men went airborne, crashed through a porch, grazed the house, and finally smashed down with such force, both a passenger and the car’s...

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Last Updated: October 29, 2020 - 2:50pm

Anyone who knows TV political humorist Samantha Bee’s virulent views on Donald Trump shouldn’t be surprised that the segment of her TBS Channel show “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee”...

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Last Updated: October 27, 2020 - 11:58am

NESCOPECK — Some PPL customers who went through a power outage on Monday may see power off again today as PPL does repairs to a power line, the company said.

Today's repairs...

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Last Updated: October 27, 2020 - 11:52am

DANVILLE — The teachers at Danville Area School District may strike as soon as Monday after negotiations broke down last night, a letter from the superintendent to parents states.

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Last Updated: October 17, 2020 - 10:54am

BERWICK — Tonight’s Wilkes-Barre at Berwick high school football game has been canceled due to COVID-19 concerns in the Wilkes-Barre school district.

The announcement was made...

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Last Updated: October 16, 2020 - 3:43pm

MILLVILLE — First responders rescued a pair of bulldogs from the second floor of a home here after a fire began while the residents were out Friday morning.

The blaze gutted an...

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Last Updated: October 15, 2020 - 10:40am

HARRISBURG — A concrete plan on how to combine Bloomsburg University with two other universities could be up for consideration by the State System Board of Governors as early as the...

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Last Updated: October 14, 2020 - 11:20am

BERWICK — The Berwick Hospital Center is being sold, Commonwealth Health System said in a surprise announcement Wednesday morning.

The hospital will now be independent,...

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Last Updated: October 12, 2020 - 2:51pm

BERWICK — Two teens — one only 16 years old — have been arrested in connection with early-morning gunfire here Sunday, police say.

No one was hurt in the gunplay, which took place...

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