News from Berwick

Wed, 09/05/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — Council members here are asking bakers to come to their aid and provide sweet treats for the borough ice cream and cake social on Thursday.

The free annual event is part of...


Wed, 09/05/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Berwick woman stole a wallet from Dollar General on East Front Street on Aug. 2, which police found in a bag in the midst of items she had purchased, according to court papers....


 | By Susan Schwartz
Wed, 09/05/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A 27-year-old woman allegedly ran into her boyfriend with her vehicle, then punched a police officer before she was arrested.

The incident involving Michelle Marie Oboro, 27,...


Tue, 09/04/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Berwick man stole a PlayStation and a compressor from a friend who was at work, police said.

David Cleaver, 36, allegedly removed the items from the...


 | By The Press Enterprise Staff
Mon, 09/03/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Wapwallopen man who ran from police for trespassing at the Salvation Army tripped over an officer’s foot as he fled and was arrested, court papers say.

According to an...


 | By The Press Enterprise Staff
Sun, 09/02/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Nescopeck man broke into a home Saturday morning, jumped atop his ex-girlfriend on her bed, wrapped his hands around her throat and began choking her and threatening to kill her...


 | By GERI GIBBONS
Sun, 09/02/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — The last time Brenda Titus saw her son, Jeremy, in June, “he looked good. He looked healthy.”

Then the call came that he had overdosed and couldn’t be saved.

“It was...


Sun, 09/02/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Berwick man making threats at Aldi’s grocery store on Aug. 12 was in possession of heroin and drug paraphernalia, police said.

Nile Keck, 28, 126 Knob...


Sun, 09/02/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — James L. Hinckley, a supervisor with the James L. Hinckley Jr. Funeral Home in Berwick, recently qualified for recertification as a Certified Funeral Service...


 | By Julye Wemple
Sat, 09/01/2018 - 00:00

BERWICK — A woman cited for leaving her son’s service dog in a car during a heat wave took the complaint to court Friday, arguing police twisted the law to punish her.

“What I did was a...