News from Berwick

BERWICK — Today’s Walk for Warmth, an event to raise money to help pay people’s heating bills in emergencies, has been moved to the track behind Berwick High.

There was too much snow...

BERWICK — A man accused of beating up sleeping women two separate times in less than a month was released from prison with the blessing of one of his alleged victims.

However, Clayton...

BERWICK — Council members are hiring an outside consultant to find police officer candidates for two open positions.

Bill Gamble will do the job for about $10,000,...

BERWICK — The borough is paying $18,500 to former animal control officer Jinece Loughry and her attorney to settle her federal lawsuit for lost wages.

“I think she’s happy,” said lawyer...

BERWICK — A drunk driver clipped another man’s vehicle and yelled that his “mirror was over the line,” then kept going, police say.

But the other driver stayed on Peter Q. O’Donnell’s...

BERWICK — A girl’s Facebook page said she was 17, and her new boyfriend didn’t find out she was only 14 until he had sex with her, he told police.

Kyle James Rowe said he broke it off...

BERWICK — Two Berwick men accused of sharing and collecting kiddie porn are headed for trial, and they could both be locked up for decades.

Erick S. Myhre, 39, of 740 W. Front St., Apt...

BERWICK — A man is suing a neighbor for $9,533 for tree limbs he says fell off and caved in his shed roof.

Wayne Williams, 1674 Route 93, said Ronald Robery...

BERWICK — Police cited two men with harassment after a Jan. 10 confrontation at 110 N. Mulberry St. here.

David G. Monroe Jr., 39, who lives at that address, and...

BERWICK — Berwick’s Gabby Kishbaugh and Bri Floryshak both scored 13 points, and Taylor Montana and Reese Mensinger...

BERWICK — Borough Police responded to these calls from Jan. 18-24:

Jan. 18

•4:38 a.m. — 1400 block Freas Avenue, attempted entry

•7 a.m. — 200 block...

BERWICK — In a matter of eight hours, a Berwick woman’s outrage over a Super Bowl commercial gained enough support — some 42,000 signatures — to convince a company to pull its spot.

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BERWICK — Tyler Evans scored 25 points, and Berwick rallied to tie the game at halftime before overpowering Coughlin, 56-38, in boys basketball Tuesday night.

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BERWICK — Police say they captured the teen who stole $350 from the A-Plus Sunoco here last week, along with the man who helped him plan the robbery.

Robert Broadbent, 19, pulled the...

BERWICK — A woman has accused her children’s father of hitting the kids and once even locking one of them in a closet.

Joshua Guinther, 31, Berwick, also hurled insults at Kimberly Hamm...

BERWICK — The victim in an alleged beating says she’s partially to blame for the fights with boyfriend Clayton Drasher Jr., claiming she pushes his buttons and can “throw a punch faster than he...

BERWICK — Officers say they searched a mobile home for heroin here Monday, then waited until the alleged supplier arrived with even more of the drug.

In all, Berwick Police and state...

BERWICK — Sweat was running down a suspect’s face on a 30-degree night, but he told a policeman, “I’m not sweating. I’m tired of playing your reindeer games,” charges say.

Police had...

BERWICK — A drunken driver in an old Oldsmobile was racing a truck up Front Street at 80 mph when he smashed into a pole, charges say.

Anthony Nicholas DiPasquale of Berwick ended up in...

BERWICK — A pastor and his wife say they’re not angry at the alleged drunken driver who sent them both to the hospital with a long list of broken bones.

Pastor Larry Smith and his wife...