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...
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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....
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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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