News from Berwick

BERWICK — A Berwick woman accused of leaving her three children to fend for themselves at home while she took a fourth to school waived her right to a hearing and will now face endangerment...

BERWICK — Berwick’s Brooke Stout knocked in Sammy Starr for the game’s only run, and Moriah Lynn scattered five hits, as the Bulldogs’...

BERWICK — When a wanted 19-year-old from Berwick was captured, he had 38 heroin bags stuffed in his pocket, charges say.

William Cordell Emmett was with a 17-year-old girl who had four...

BERWICK — A woman said she let her child’s father sleep on her couch when he was kicked out of rehab, but that didn’t justify his breaking into the home later.

Meanwhile, defendant...

BERWICK — Shea Petty drove in two runs for Berwick, which capitalized on seven West Scranton errors to win, 10-0, in five innings in the District 2 Class AAA softball playoffs...

BERWICK — A woman whose boyfriend allegedly overdosed in her bedroom is hoping to get into rehabilitation, her attorney told a judge Monday.

Shannon Schrader, 25, then...

BERWICK — Join Penn State Master Gardener John Gallagher for a free program on Intensive (Square Foot) Gardening, ideal for raised beds, at the McBride Memorial Library, 500...

BERWICK — Three people accused of forcing their way into a house to snatch a child in a custody dispute were turned away from the courtroom Monday when they tried to use a single lawyer to...

BERWICK — The borough repeatedly told local historians that if they ever got a Stuart tank, they’d be welcome to display it at the site of the former Flatiron.

But Columbia County...

BERWICK — A man accused of cooking meth in a friend’s trailer saw most of his charges dismissed after a key witness recanted his statement on the stand here Friday.

Jack Vincent...

BERWICK — Borough Police responded to the following calls from May 3-9:

May 3

•12:47 a.m. — Freas Avenue and Cemetery Road, assist Briar Creek Township Police...

BERWICK — Alexsandra Motroni, M.D., will present a free lecture, “Weight Loss Management/Healthy Lifestyles,” at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 21, at the Berwick YMCA, 231 W. Third St...

BERWICK — A business owner is facing drug and gun offenses after he went to claim about $13,000 of crystal meth mistakenly delivered to the sewer authority office, charges say.

Aric N....

BERWICK — A couple put a padlock on their bedroom door to prevent their drug-addicted son from stealing their medication, police said.

But Henry Louis Traugh III, 21, still managed to...

BERWICK — A woman arrested after her boyfriend overdosed on heroin was brought to district court Tuesday, but will have to return because she didn’t have an attorney.

Shannon...

BERWICK — A 19-year-old accused with two others in a spending spree with a stolen bank card and a police chase through Nescopeck does not believe the charges will stick.

“I’ll get the...

BERWICK — Berwick has suspended all football operations pending a wide-ranging investigation into a player transfer and other alleged wrongdoings by head coach George Curry.

The...

BERWICK — Sammy Starr went 1 for 3 with a home run for Berwick in a 2-1 win over Wyoming Valley West in high school softball Tuesday.

Kylene Welsh ...

BERWICK — A man ordered to stay out of the house where he had just been involved in a domestic dispute told officers the woman there had just finished cooking methamphetamine.

Now both...

BERWICK — Police say a mother left her three small children home unsupervised, but she says she thought two other adults in the house were watching the children.

A neighbor, Cecelia O’...