News from SCOTT TOWNSHIP

Published on October 5, 2022 - Page 4
SCOTT TWP. -- A woman whose compact SUV slid backwards into a watery ditch after driving onto a property off Tower Road was found to be driving drunk...
Published on October 3, 2022 - Page 1
SCOTT TWP. -- When Scott Township police attempted to stop a Ford Mustang on Lightstreet Road, officers could see the front seat occupants switching...
Published on September 30, 2022 - Page 5
SCOTT TWP. -- A Bloomsburg woman involved in a crash Aug. 26, was drunk, police said. When police asked Michele Nixon, 51, of 4330 Old Berwick Road...
Published on September 19, 2022 - Page 1
SCOTT TWP. -- A Bloomsburg woman, upset with her mother, took her parent's belongings from a storage unit and gave them to the Salvation Army, police...
Published on September 15, 2022 - Page 18
SCOTT TWP. — A small amount of marijuana and various items used to smoke it, such as rolling papers and metal grinders, were seized during a traffic...
Published on September 10, 2022 - Page 9
SCOTT TWP. — A Bloomsburg man was cited for public drunkenness at high intoxication levels three times within 48 hours, including one arrest for a...
Published on September 4, 2022 - Page 1
SCOTT TWP. — A woman was found dead of a suspected drug overdose and her husband is now wanted after running from an apartment Saturday morning,...
Published on September 4, 2022 - Page 5
SCOTT TWP. — Police said they were investigating the death of a woman on Duband Avenue when a bloody man approached them to report an assault...
Published on August 27, 2022 - Page 3
SCOTT TWP. — Three people were cited with underage possession of alcoholic beverages at Sheetz Market, district court papers say. Ian Yoder, 19, of...
Published on August 27, 2022 - Page 3
SCOTT TWP. — A Bloomsburg woman stopped by police Aug. 13 for a broken headlight was drunk, State Police said. Cameryn A. Evans, 22, Whitehall,...
Published on August 26, 2022 - Page 5
SCOTT TWP. — A woman stopped by police for driving in the center of the roadway April 15 was drunk, police said. Natalie Grace Lipko, 21, of...
Published on August 10, 2022 - Page 1
SCOTT TWP. — A district judge has issued the third ruling since March against a Berwick contractor who clients say bilked them out of thousands of...
Published on August 9, 2022 - Page 1
SCOTT TWP. — Significant improvements are planned for three township parks because officials sought and won additional government grant money after a...
Published on August 8, 2022 - Page 1
SCOTT TWP. — Several homeowners say they’ve been bilked by the same Berwick contractor. Three have sued contractor Rowland Harris, 64, Berwick,...
Published on August 6, 2022 - Page 5
SCOTT TWP. — Smoke summoned firefighters to Oliran Japanese Hibachi Steakhouse Friday around 11:30 a.m. when the restaurant’s air-conditioning unit...
Published on August 5, 2022 - Page 1
SCOTT TWP. — Officials plan to reopen Kocher Park next weekend with bilingual signs, trash bag stations and volunteers on hand to help if there are...
Published on August 1, 2022 - Page 1
SCOTT TWP. — A Berwick man who aroused the suspicion of Sheetz staff is facing several charges after police say he left suspected methamphetamine...
Published on July 30, 2022 - Page 4
SCOTT TWP — A husband and wife were caught on video stealing merchandise valued at nearly $250 from Renco Ace Hardware along Columbia Boulevard here...
Published on July 29, 2022 - Page 5
SCOTT TWP. — A man found intoxicated inside his father’s residence after breaking into the house here Wednesday morning was jailed on a charge of...
Published on July 24, 2022 - Page 1
SCOTT TWP. — A county commissioner has said the problems at Kocher Park could have seen swift improvement if park officials would have put out signs...
Published on July 23, 2022 - Page 3
SCOTT TWP. — A Berwick man found passed out in the parking lot of Sheetz here Dec. 2 had narcotics in his pockets, police said. Cody Michael...
Published on July 19, 2022 - Page 4
SCOTT TWP. — A gold vaporizer pen was the clue that prompted officers to search for illegal substances in a Subaru Forester that had been stopped for...
Published on July 17, 2022 - Page 3
SCOTT TWP — A purple velvet Crown Royal sack was the clue that prompted a police officer to search for drug paraphernalia in a truck stopped for an...
Published on July 16, 2022 - Page 4
SCOTT TWP. — State Police found several ounces of marijuana along with marijuana edibles and five dozen vape cartridges containing THC inside a car...
Published on July 12, 2022 - Page 1
SCOTT TWP. — Another weekend meant another unscheduled Sunday bash at Kocher Park that had volunteers once again picking up bags of trash in its...
Published on July 10, 2022 - Page 4
SCOTT TWP. — A Bloomsburg man stopped for a minor traffic violation here was found to be carrying three glass pipes, a syringe and a small bag...
Published on July 1, 2022 - Page 1
SCOTT TWP. — An accident on Interstate 80 spilled about 30 gallons of weed killer Thursday, but firefighters think they were able to stop it from...
Published on June 15, 2022 - Page 3
SCOTT TWP. — A Bloomsburg man riding in a vehicle that had been stopped for an invalid registration misidentified himself to police because he was...
Published on June 9, 2022 - Page 1
SCOTT TWP. — A slow-moving construction truck with a tail-end designed to absorb the impact of a crash did just that when a U-Haul box truck pulling...
Published on June 1, 2022 - Page 1
SCOTT TWP. — A driver turning around in a car dealership parking lot pulled onto Route 11 and smashed into another car, sending it spinning into one...
Published on May 19, 2022 - Page 1
SCOTT TWP. — Two motorcyclists have been charged in a road rage case in which a rider allegedly pulled a gun on a Nissan sedan with several women and...
Published on May 15, 2022 - Page 1
SCOTT TWP. — A Bloomsburg mother allegedly drove drunk when her year-old child was in the car with her and then passed out in a parking lot. A...
Published on April 28, 2022 - Page 5
SCOTT TWP. — State Police at Bloomsburg filed drunken driving charges against four people last week. All have court appearances scheduled before...
Published on April 26, 2022 - Page 1
SCOTT TWP. — Local drug offenders struggling with addiction will get a chance to avoid criminal charges and get help under a new statewide initiative...
Published on April 25, 2022 - Page 1
SCOTT TWP. — The Sheetz along Route 11 in Scott Township is one step closer to being demolished and rebuilt after the township’s planning commission...
Published on April 24, 2022 - Page 1
SCOTT TWP. — Officials will apply for $2.3 million in federal funding to engineer flood control in Bloomsburg, but where the money will be used...
Published on April 18, 2022 - Page 1
SCOTT TWP. — PNC Bank on Route 11 will beef up security this week after a Bloomsburg man allegedly threatened to come to the branch with guns, police...
Published on April 18, 2022 - Page 1
SCOTT TWP. — A new group is looking to put retirees with idle time to work volunteering for area nonprofits, centers and charity groups in Columbia...
Published on April 17, 2022 - Page 1
SCOTT TWP. — A Benton-area motorcycle passenger is accused of pointing a loaded gun at another motorist in a road rage incident here Friday night,...
Published on April 10, 2022 - Page 1
SCOTT TWP. — Bloomsburg High graduate Dave McCormick got some encouraging advice from a Trump on Saturday as he brought his U.S. Senate campaign to...
Published on April 10, 2022 - Page 1
SCOTT TWP. — A Berwick man left a U-Haul on the side of the road rather than returning it, and faces theft charges, police say. Joseph Lee Hunter,...
Published on April 8, 2022 - Page 4
SCOTT TWP. — A Pottsville man who was a passenger in a vehicle stopped for an expired registration fled from police because he had warrants out for...
Published on April 7, 2022 - Page 1
SCOTT TWP. — A Georgia man who allegedly ran two cars off the road, then used a machete to menace one driver and a rock to break the windshield of...
Published on April 3, 2022 - Page 1
(EDITOR'S NOTE: THIS BRIEF WAS PRINTED IN APRIL 14, 2022's EDITION: "SCOTT TWP. — A man who had been facing criminal mischief and harassment charges...
Published on March 30, 2022 - Page 1
SCOTT TWP. — A faulty exhaust and broken car window led to drug charges against four people, including two who were charged with felony drug...
Published on March 29, 2022 - Page 1
SCOTT TWP. —Parks here are slated for major upgrades that will bring a pickleball court to one, improve playground equipment at two others and...
Published on March 28, 2022 - Page 1
SCOTT TWP. — A Georgia man used a box truck to run two cars off local roads, then went on to menace the first driver with a machete and break the...
Published on March 27, 2022 - Page 3
SCOTT TWP. — Jessica Lynn McCollum, 40, and Hailey Paige McCollum, 18, were each cited with harassment as a result of a domestic dispute at 2700...
Published on March 24, 2022 - Page 3
SCOTT TWP. — A Bloomsburg man who admitted drinking prior to heading out to pick up his wife at work was charged with drunken driving after crashing...
Published on March 23, 2022 - Page 5
SCOTT TWP. — A Millville man who appeared drunk when he and his wife showed up for a dental appointment here last week was cited with public...