Last Updated: March 19, 2013 - 8:01pm
HUNTINGTON TWP. -- A man escaped his burning home in his pajamas and stocking feet early Tuesday afternoon, moments after he turned on his propane-fired furnace and black smoke belched from...
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Last Updated: March 19, 2013 - 3:21pm
SOUTH CENTRE TWP. -- A truck driver told police he blacked out at the wheel on Route 11 here on Tuesday, causing his truck to veer off the road and crash onto the railroad tracks alongside...
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Last Updated: March 19, 2013 - 10:50am
Many area schools have announced a delay in school opening times this morning, due to icy roads. Northwest Area has closed for the day, according to the list at wnep.com. Here is the local...
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Last Updated: March 18, 2013 - 3:44pm
BERWICK -- A man stabbed a woman in an alley near LaSalle Street on Sunday night, police say.
Now Berwick police are looking for the man, described as a white male in his early 20s between...
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Last Updated: March 18, 2013 - 3:51pm
BERWICK -- A man stabbed a woman in an alley near LaSalle Street on Sunday night, police say.
Now they're looking for the man, described as a white male in his early 20s between 5-foot-6...
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Last Updated: March 18, 2013 - 3:58pm
BLOOMSBURG -- Police are searching for a Bloomsburg University student wanted in an alleged armed robbery late Sunday night.
Authorities say two assailants with a handgun were involved in...
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Last Updated: March 18, 2013 - 3:36pm
All area school districts are shutting down early today. Here's the local list, culled from listings at wnep.com and whlmam.com.
* Benton Area: Noon
* Berwick Area: Secondary, noon;...
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Last Updated: March 18, 2013 - 12:32pm
BLOOMSBURG -- A man begged not to be shot as he was robbed at gunpoint on the street here Sunday night, charges say.
Victim Jeffrey Rush told police he was pistol whipped and repeatedly...
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Last Updated: March 17, 2013 - 3:04pm
BERWICK -- Fire ripped through a trailer in Berwick about 5:30 a.m. Sunday, but smoke alarms alerted the sleeping family inside, fire officials said.
Flames destroyed the mobile home at...
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Last Updated: March 15, 2013 - 8:42pm
BRIAR CREEK TWP. -- A 23-year-old man died in a fiery crash when the car he was driving veered off the road and hit a tree early Friday.
Police identified the victim as Curtis Tyrrell, 42...
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Last Updated: March 15, 2013 - 5:04am
LIGHTSTREET -- Denny's restaurant was evacuated Thursday night after a haze of smoke filled the kitchen area, firefighters said.
Crews were still using thermal-imaging cameras as of 9:50 p...
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Last Updated: March 14, 2013 - 3:52pm
BLOOMSBURG -- A man charged with delivering the punch that led to another man's brain trauma says he took the swing in self defense.
Justin Santore was walking down Center Street at 2:30 a...
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Last Updated: March 13, 2013 - 6:03pm
MAHONING TWP. -- Betty Yoder, a resident of Grandview Health Homes, said she was beset with grief in 2009 when her husband and primary caregiver died. That same year, she also lost a leg...
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Last Updated: March 13, 2013 - 3:24pm
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio has been elected pope. He is the first pontiff from Americas.
Bergoglio has chosen the name Pope Francis.
Cardinals elected the new...
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