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Last Updated: April 7, 2022 - 11:39am

BRIAR CREEK TWP—At least three dogs and four cats died after a fire heavily damaged a home Thursday morning.

Relatives say Jessica Karns had left the house at 33 Valley Road for a...

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Last Updated: April 1, 2022 - 4:15pm

BLOOMSBURG— A social media post featuring a gun and a threat to local schools kept more than 60 students out of classes Friday in Benton and caused police to increase their presence in...

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Last Updated: March 30, 2022 - 2:50pm

MIFFLINVILLE — An armed man was fatally shot by a police officer during a Tuesday night standoff at an apartment complex here, authorities confirmed.

Vance Wavell Brown, 35,...

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Last Updated: February 18, 2022 - 10:51am

BERWICK — Fire heavily damaged a two-story family home here for a second time in one year as its owners were remodeling from extensive damages caused in the previous blaze, neighbors and...

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Last Updated: February 2, 2022 - 6:01pm

SHICKSHINNY — Four people died in a fire Wednesday morning here.

Michael Shoemaker Sr. said his wife, Georgette; mother-in-law, Jean Jones; son Michael Shoemaker Jr., 15; and...

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Last Updated: January 25, 2022 - 1:20pm

Danville Police are asking for help identifying suspects after a burglary at the Samaritan mission between 1  and 5 a.m. today.

Carin Wharton, the organization’s executive...

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Last Updated: January 21, 2022 - 6:43pm

A truck pulling a trailer filled with crates of live monkeys crashed at State Route 54 and Interstate 80 on Friday afternoon, letting loose several of the simians, officials and...

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Last Updated: December 21, 2021 - 4:43pm

Evy Lysk said she has always tried her best to care for homeless or unwanted cats dropped off or abandoned at her rural Benton home over the years.

“I always try to do the right...

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Last Updated: December 15, 2021 - 6:38pm

BERWICK — Police have arrested the mother who said her infant died while left alone in an apartment with a 2-year-old last...

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Last Updated: December 1, 2021 - 8:02pm

BERWICK — A mother with a history of substance abuse and mental health issues absconded with her two small children, but turned them over to a relative amid a multi-state search for them...

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Last Updated: November 29, 2021 - 5:19pm

Firefighters pulled an unconscious woman and four kittens from a trailer early Monday after using a watering can to douse a fire on the front porch of a Briar Creek Manor home.

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Last Updated: November 21, 2021 - 12:28pm

GREENWOOD TWP. — A predawn fire gutted a historic general store in the Greenwood Valley, chasing several adults and three children who now live there out into the cold.

Owner Bob...

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Last Updated: October 22, 2021 - 3:24pm

RUSH TWP. — A rail expansion at the Boyd Station soybean processing facility is in full swing and should be completed by February, company officials say.

In January of this year,...

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Last Updated: October 21, 2021 - 2:47pm

FRANKLIN TWP— Traffic forms a gridlock around Southern Columbia Area School District during morning dropoffs and afternoon pickups at the schools, and officials hope to meet with PennDOT...

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