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Last Updated: January 21, 2016 - 2:22pm

SOUTH CENTRE TWP. — Middle and high school students in Millville could be learning in the classrooms of Central Columbia by the fall of 2017, under a proposal recently floated by Central...

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Last Updated: January 21, 2016 - 1:29pm

MAHONING TWP. — Two men pleaded guilty to killing six deer out of season Thursday and must pay more than $19,000 in combined fines and restitution to the state.

Kevin J. Smeltzer...

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Last Updated: January 25, 2016 - 5:33am

UPDATED STORY: Police: Sleeping woman raped

BLOOMSBURG —...

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Last Updated: January 21, 2016 - 10:13am

Read the latest stories on Steven Whitenight's disappearance:

• From Thursday's paper: ...

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Last Updated: January 18, 2016 - 12:20pm

SALEM TWP. — Two fires in subfreezing weather along Route 11 near Shickshinny kept dozens of firefighters from across lower Luzerne County busy battling flames and icing conditions early...

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Last Updated: January 17, 2016 - 6:20pm

BLOOMSBURG — Two gunmen robbed a pair of college students at their apartment across the street from a church late Saturday, police said.

Armed with handguns, the robbers ordered...

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Last Updated: January 17, 2016 - 5:02pm

Two robbers with handguns robbed an apartment on East Third Street late Saturday, police said.

The suspects entered the victims' apartment and demanded money. After taking several...

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Last Updated: January 15, 2016 - 5:27pm

BRIAR CREEK TWP. — Scam artists have hit this township, pretending to be calling for the U.S. Treasury, police say.

Officer Jared Noss said police here have received reports from...

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Last Updated: January 15, 2016 - 4:22pm

SCOTT TWP. — An Orangeville man reeking of alcohol flipped his car Friday, then cursed at the rescuers who came to his aid.

Witnesses told police Dane E. Albertson, 50, of 3...

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Last Updated: January 15, 2016 - 12:52pm

ORANGE TWP. — A rural Millville man is lucky to be alive after managing to free himself from a truck that rolled down a steep embankment off Route 487 into a Fishing Creek that was...

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Last Updated: January 15, 2016 - 7:58pm

BLOOMSBURG — Steven Whitenight hasn't been found yet, despite an ongoing search of the river banks by family, friends and fire personnel, police and relatives say.

However, there...

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Last Updated: January 14, 2016 - 5:42pm

BERWICK — Police here raided two suspected heroin dens around 5 p.m. today.

Several people were taken into custody and are currently being held at the Berwick Police Station....

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Last Updated: January 14, 2016 - 3:15pm

BLOOMSBURG — Police are looking for a Bloomsburg man who appears to have gone missing as he was preparing newspapers for delivery early Thursday morning, his girlfriend says.

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Last Updated: January 14, 2016 - 1:27pm

BENTON — It appears next week’s threatened teacher strike may have been averted in the Benton school district, and students should plan on a full week of classes.

The school...

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