Last Updated: July 17, 2013 - 10:37pm
BERWICK -- A woman suffered a life-threatening cut in a stabbing Wednesday night at her home, police say.
They say Siesha Lane, 28, stabbed Jamillah Hutt, 24, of 540 Green St., in the left...
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Last Updated: July 17, 2013 - 10:36pm
BLOOMSBURG -- Mechanic Ron Whispell was convicted Wednesday on seven of nine crimes involving deceptive business practices.
Prosecutors say he converted two wrecked cars into one, then...
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Last Updated: July 16, 2013 - 7:09pm
BERWICK -- A passer-by who smelled something bad from a Front Street apartment called police, who found two pots of methamphetamine being made and evacuated the building late Monday night,...
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Last Updated: July 16, 2013 - 11:51am
UPPER AUGUSTA TWP. -- Three people were hurt and a Mount Carmel teenager was killed when she lost control of her car early this morning, police say.
The driver, 18-year-old Marcelle R....
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Last Updated: July 15, 2013 - 8:11pm
ROARING CREEK TWP. - Police found a large pot-growing operation at a rural home Monday with plants ranging in size from seedling to more than 5 feet tall, they say.
Officers arrested...
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Last Updated: July 15, 2013 - 3:40pm
BRIAR CREEK TWP. -- A Berwick man on the run after allegedly shooting at his ex-girlfriend and pistol-whipping her new boyfriend has been captured.
Steven Eugene Houser, 50, of 23 Lights...
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Last Updated: July 15, 2013 - 10:49pm
MAHONING TWP. -- Construction crews working in Geisinger Medical Center's Bush Pavilion accidentally started a fire that drew firefighting crews from as far away as Bloomsburg Monday.
The...
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Last Updated: July 14, 2013 - 1:33pm
A head-on wreck that left at least one dead and two critically injured has closed down part of Route 54 just outside Elysburg today, sources say.
The accident, which left both vehicles...
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Last Updated: July 11, 2013 - 7:14pm
ORANGEVILLE -- An out-of-control tri-axle dump truck hauling machinery failed to stop at the end of Route 93 here, smashing through a concrete barrier and into yards around 4:30 p.m.
The...
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Last Updated: July 10, 2013 - 6:42pm
BERWICK -- Police raided a suspected drug house overnight, and collared three women and a man, they say.
And the arrests did not end there. A fifth person was captured trying to steal from...
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Last Updated: July 9, 2013 - 11:10am
NESCOPECK TWP. - A crash on River Road here sent three men to the hospital and had fire and medic crews looking for a fourth victim early Tuesday morning, officials say.
The crash happened...
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Last Updated: July 8, 2013 - 4:21pm
SOUTH CENTRE TWP. -- A two-hour standoff with a suicidal man on the Mifflinville bridge ended with a police officer tackling the man as he tried to walk into his nearby home.
Wayne Shiffer...
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Last Updated: July 5, 2013 - 4:39pm
HUNTINGTON TWP. -- A driver was apparently flung from his convertible as the car flipped Friday afternoon and landed upside-down.
Rescuers found Kevin G. Whipple, 56, of 794 Waterton Road...
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Last Updated: July 4, 2013 - 8:16pm
ROSS TWP. -- Two firefighters were taken to the hospital suffering from the heat Thursday while fighting a fire that may have started through spontaneous combustion.
Michael Howell was out...
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