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Last Updated: August 3, 2013 - 8:12pm
MIFFLIN TWP. -- Police say they found a one-pot meth lab hidden under a trailer home here after a domestic dispute. A man living there is now wanted on felony drug charges. Read the... READ MORE »

Last Updated: August 2, 2013 - 3:11pm
BLOOMSBURG -- An inmate tried scraping his way out of Columbia County prison with a piece of metal broken off his bunk, authorities said. Kevin Smith, 24, cut away at the edges of a... READ MORE »

Last Updated: July 31, 2013 - 6:17pm
MILLVILLE - A breast cancer survivor from the Benton area was killed Wednesday morning when she pulled out into the path of a utility truck just north of the borough on Route 42, officials... READ MORE »

Last Updated: July 26, 2013 - 4:51pm
SOUTH CENTRE TWP. -- A tractor trailer hauling the remains of a flood-destroyed home tipped over on the interstate on-ramp, spilling several tons of debris on the road. David Dea, 33, of... READ MORE »

Last Updated: July 25, 2013 - 8:11pm
HUNLOCK CREEK -- A smoky fire killed a man inside his longtime home here Thursday afternoon. Family members of Kent Brace spotted smoke coming from his Hartman Road home around 3:30 p.m... READ MORE »

Last Updated: July 25, 2013 - 4:49pm
DANVILLE -- A local man already serving 25 years in federal prison for making child pornography and raping a toddler is facing new charges for raping an 8-year-old boy in 2007, court papers... READ MORE »

Last Updated: July 24, 2013 - 8:18pm
ROQUE BLUFFS, Maine (AP) -- A Catawissa native living in Maine had fortunately been rescued when she and a friend visiting from Sunbury got lost hiking here Tuesday. But the two were killed... READ MORE »

Last Updated: July 24, 2013 - 12:08pm
SHICKSHINNY -- Eleven dogs died early Wednesday in a fire that gutted a double home owned by a woman who breeds Chihuahuas. Derek Smith, wife Kim and their two-year-old son Tristyn were... READ MORE »

Last Updated: July 23, 2013 - 6:56pm
MILLVILLE -- Longtime Police Chief Ted Stout has been forced to give up his guns and move to desk duty amid a State Police investigation and a court order claiming he beat his girlfriend.... READ MORE »

Last Updated: July 23, 2013 - 2:16pm
DERRY TWP. -- A woman arrested late Monday night for allegedly running a clandestine drug lab told a reporter, "This is the face of meth." Allison Marie Swisher, 48, of 107 Mexico Road,... READ MORE »

Last Updated: July 21, 2013 - 3:09pm
ALMEDIA - A man fatally stabbed his friend during a fight at a home on Old Berwick Road late Saturday night, State Police say. They say Brett Woodside, 26, of 3928 Old Berwick Road was... READ MORE »

Last Updated: July 18, 2013 - 1:55pm
BERWICK -- A comment on Facebook sparked tensions that snowballed between two women, leading one to "snap" and stab the other woman with a kitchen knife last night, police say. Siesha Lane... READ MORE »

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... READ MORE »

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... READ MORE »

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