News from Berwick

BERWICK — State police say they found two sawed-off shotguns and a stolen handgun in a shed at Pennsylvania Aluminum where a man had slept overnight.

Police took two men into custody on...

BERWICK — The following civil complaints were filed in the office of District Judge Richard W. Knecht.

Such claims are often settled soon after being filed.

• A...

BERWICK — Two school directors say they’re worried the community July 4 fireworks display is too dangerous to continue at Crispin Field. But the volunteer who organizes the show says if it can’...

BERWICK — A woman accused of fronting the money for her son’s drug deal agreed to forgo a preliminary hearing on the charges and will face them in Columbia County court.

Heather Melissa...

BERWICK — A driver pulled over for a broken license plate light allegedly began crying and telling police he had used methamphetamine recently.

Jason Michael Lynn, 37...

BERWICK — Defender Fire Company stopped answering calls forever at the end of 2016. But a new monument at a brother fire company will make sure it isn’t forgotten.

The monument includes...

BERWICK — There are two free grocery pickups coming up in the Berwick area.

• The Berwick YMCA, 231 W. Third St., is handing out boxes of food Monday from 3-5 p.m. There are no income...

BERWICK — A man accused of leading police on a slow-speed chase almost lost his chance to see his felony charge withdrawn when he wandered away from a preliminary hearing Monday before signing...

BERWICK — Council members here gave out $1.45 million in federal COVID relief money Monday night, helping to pay for everything from new computer software for the street department to $500,000...

BERWICK — The borough police department saw applicants for two officer positions more than quadruple after it offered to send candidates through the police academy and accept applications from...

BERWICK — A Nescopeck woman is charged with selling fentanyl after police said they used a confidential informant for a controlled drug deal at her apartment.

Angie Atkinson, 36, of 54...

BERWICK — Berwick Area Little League (B.A.L.L.) will have final fall baseball sign-ups today from 4-5:30 p.m. and Sunday from 5-7 p.m. at the Ber-Vaughn Park concession stand.

Any...

BERWICK — Police say three Berwick men were nabbed in a borough drug investigation after one was stopped with nearly 500 packets of heroin and fentanyl, according to court documents.

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BERWICK — A woman accused of being part of a drug ring took her young daughter along on a drug run, charges say.

Saydie Rae Auchter, 27, who was last known to live at 224 Line St.,...

BERWICK — Downtown Berwick businesses were posting signs with a common theme on Wednesday: “Closed, no power.”

The lack of electricity lasted more than eight hours. It was attributed...

BERWICK — The Berwick Senior Citizens Center thrift store is making a comeback.

Four months after organizers announced the store was closing permanently, volunteers say they plan to...

BERWICK — A mother called police after allegedly hearing her son talk about the drugs he left behind at his old residence.

Now Cody Michael Klinger, 29, faces drug charges after police...

BERWICK — A state Attorney General’s office agent went undercover as a drug dealer during a six-month investigation to find people selling heroin, fentanyl, methamphetamine and guns in Columbia...

BERWICK — In 1985, a car accident crushed Mike Miller’s hopes of becoming a major league baseball player.

So the man some said was one of the best pitchers to ever play in Berwick...

BERWICK — Agents with the Office of the Attorney General used confidential informants in Bloomsburg and Berwick to arrange to buy $7,600 worth of fentanyl from a drug dealer in Philadelphia,...