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Last Updated: November 21, 2016 - 4:58pm

BERWICK — Heat tape wrapped around a water pipe shorted out, causing a fire in a Berwick Hospital building Monday afternoon, according to fire officials.

The office, which houses...

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Last Updated: November 17, 2016 - 4:29pm

MAHONING TWP. – A man out of jail for a medical procedure fled Geisinger Medical Center on Thursday morning, police said.

But by Thursday afternoon, Richard Blaine Fobare, 55, was...

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Last Updated: November 16, 2016 - 8:29pm

SALEM TWP. — The first of the gas turbines for the new natural gas plant here are scheduled to arrive as an oversize load overnight between Thursday and Friday morning, the project...

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Last Updated: November 16, 2016 - 5:40pm

SCOTT TWP. — The man shot in a standoff with police Sunday has died as a result of those gunshot wounds, police say.

Jonathan M. Young, 38, had barricaded himself in his...

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Last Updated: November 16, 2016 - 6:27pm

BENTON – A woman died in a fire here around noontime Wednesday, officials said.

Marlene Vance, who lived at 320 Fifth St. with her son, Ron Rooker and his family, was...

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Last Updated: November 14, 2016 - 11:06am

DANVILLE — The elderly driver of an SUV that was involved in a chain-reaction crash on Interstate 80 Wednesday has died.

Francis Slavinsky, 85, of Bloomsburg, succumbed to...

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Last Updated: November 13, 2016 - 11:26pm

SCOTT TWP. — A standoff between police and a troubled man ended with gunshots after the man attacked and injured an officer with an ax and a baseball bat Sunday, authorities said.
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Last Updated: November 10, 2016 - 4:28pm

SCOTT TWP. — Police believe that a Scott Township man found dead in his home early Wednesday may have died of a drug overdose.

Police are awaiting results of lab tests on...

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Last Updated: November 9, 2016 - 5:44pm

HEMLOCK TWP. — A broken-down van triggered a four-vehicle crash on Interstate 80 near Buckhorn that sent four people to the hospital, including an elderly couple that appeared to be...

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Last Updated: November 9, 2016 - 6:42am

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump claimed his place Wednesday as America's 45th president, an astonishing victory for the celebrity businessman and political novice who capitalized on...

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Last Updated: November 9, 2016 - 1:08am

2:42 a.m.

The mood is dark at Hillary Clinton's election night party.

Stony-faced supporters were crying and anxiously staring at the big screens showing election results....

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Last Updated: November 8, 2016 - 4:38pm

BLOOMSBURG — A South Centre Township woman trying to cast a ballot for a straight Republican ticket this morning says the machine instead switched her vote to the Democratic nominees....

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Last Updated: November 8, 2016 - 4:30pm

If Donald Trump is named as the 45th President of the United States tomorrow, Anna Love is headed north.

“I’m going to start looking into my options for getting Canadian...

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Last Updated: November 7, 2016 - 9:16pm

SALEM TWP. — One man was killed and another went to the hospital with what appeared to be minor injuries Monday following a violent head-on crash on Route 11 about 6 miles east of...

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