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Last Updated: August 27, 2022 - 11:50am

BERWICK — Two teens were sent to local hospitals after an altercation at Crispin Field during Friday night’s game...

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Last Updated: August 23, 2022 - 6:23pm

CATAWISSA TWP. — A hit-and-run trucker smashed the supports that connected sidewalls to the roof on one of Columbia County’s historic covered bridges Tuesday morning, after ignoring...

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Last Updated: August 14, 2022 - 5:07pm

BERWICK — A 24-year-old man has confessed to driving through a crowd at a fundraiser in Berwick for victims of a fatal fire, then driving across the bridge and murdering his mother,...

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Last Updated: August 14, 2022 - 1:33am

UPDATE 1:33 a.m.: The person who died in when the car plowed into a crowd in Berwick was a 50-year-old woman from Wilkes-Barre, according to Columbia County Coroner Jeremy Reese. State...

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Last Updated: August 10, 2022 - 12:54pm

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UPDATE, 4:45 P.M.

NESCOPECK— Recovery crews have pulled 10 bodies from the wreckage of  a home at 733 First St., Nescopeck, where a fire broke out early Friday,...

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Last Updated: July 22, 2022 - 3:01pm

NESCOPECK TWP. — A 72-year-old man was found dead Friday morning after his SUV crashed into a tree.

Luzerne County Coroner Francis Hacken said the death of the man appeared to be...

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Last Updated: July 10, 2022 - 8:26pm

BERWICK — A trash fire spread up the wall of the Wise Foods factory Sunday, but a pair of workers held the flames at bay until firefighters arrived.

The fire was reported shortly...

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Last Updated: July 9, 2022 - 9:24pm

BLOOMSBURG — Two people died Saturday afternoon apparently after a car sped the wrong way down State Route 11 and slammed into another vehicle, police said.
Then the wrong-way car...

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Last Updated: June 24, 2022 - 6:41pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday stripped away women’s constitutional protections for...

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Last Updated: June 17, 2022 - 5:11pm

MONTOUR TWP. — Two children were among several people rushed to the hospital Friday after two vans collided almost head-on on State Route 11, witnesses said.

However, one witness...

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Last Updated: June 14, 2022 - 11:51am

Last Updated: June 11, 2022 - 1:25pm

BLOOMSBURG — Police here are investigating two robberies and a car break-in early Saturday morning — it's not yet clear if they were related.

And officers are asking for the...

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Last Updated: June 1, 2022 - 7:04pm

ORANGE TWP. — A tractor-trailer attempting to turn around in the parking lot at Hess Market here Wednesday morning snapped two utility poles and knocked out power to the busy convenience...

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