Coroner: Fire victims positively identified
10 in Nescopeck blaze died of smoke inhalation
Police seek missing teen
10 dead as fire destroys Nescopeck home
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, officials say.
As of 11 a.m., police said that three people ranging 6 years old to 70 years old had been pulled from the building, with the expectation that more were inside.
Meanwhile, crews also used a piece of heavy equipment to tear down unstable parts of the home which had been left gutted.
Driver dead after crash; coroner says medical issue suspected
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 caused by a medical issue, not the accident.
Officials were withholding his name as they worked to contact his family.
The crash happened around 9:45 a.m. The man, who was the only occupant of the Honda CRV, was driving from Nescopeck toward Wapwallopen, said Tpr. Stephen Lehner.
Fire scalds Wise Foods factory
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 before 6 p.m. The factory was closed, with only a skeleton crew on site, said Brian Smith, who is part of the crew that maintains the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system for the plant.
Smith said he and Jim Cooper were on a special assignment inspecting a boiler that day. As they worked on the far side of the building, they saw black smoke.
Wrong-way crash kills two
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 crashed into a third car, said Police Chief Scott Price.
The drivers of the first two vehicles died, he said.
The third driver appeared to have suffered only minor or moderate injuries, the chief said. The young woman who had been at the wheel of the Mazda Miata was checked by ambulance personnel before leaving in tears.
The accident left the roadway closed for more than four hours.
Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade; states can ban abortion
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday stripped away women’s constitutional protections for abortion, a fundamental and deeply personal change for Americans' lives after nearly a half-century under Roe v. Wade. The court’s overturning of the landmark court ruling is likely to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states.
Crash on State Route 11 sends several to hospital
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 said it appeared that everyone will be all right. One of the drivers as well as passers-by jumped in to help.
The accident happened at 1:26 p.m. at the intersection of State Route 11 and Grovania Drive, closing the busy highway until about 2:45 p.m., according to dispatchers.
Knecht nominated for vacant county judge seat
Two robberies and a break-in overnight in Bloomsburg
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 public’s help in identifying suspects, in addition to warning residents to be extra careful, especially until police can determine whether victims were targeted or selected at random.
They are also asking for those with surveillance cameras that might have picked up the robbers or other relevant details to contact them.