News from Berwick

BERWICK — Schools recently filed truancy complaints against parents or guardians, alleging students in their custody have missed days of school.

The Berwick school district...

BERWICK — Landlord Malene Carr of Bloomsburg is seeking $12,000 from against Aaron Carr for damage and unpaid rent at 380 Knob Mountain Road, Berwick.

BERWICK — Police here are planning to buy a new police dog, in part with money donated by the school district for that purpose 11 years ago, when the last police dog died.

Police Chief...

BERWICK — The owner of a house slated to be demolished by the borough came to council recently asking for a reprieve, but was turned down.

Teddy Boone, of 1125 Good Ave., said he was...

BERWICK — Police say that a borough man choked his neighbor because the younger man had been speeding down nearby streets.

But Christopher Shoemaker, 38, 227 Hughes St., second floor,...

BERWICK — Police cited Robert James Youlls, 52, of 1501 Second Ave., Berwick, Oct. 30, alleging he forced open the front door at the home of Sheri Lynn Bingaman...

BERWICK — Here are Berwick High School honor roll students for the first marking period:

Distinguished Honors

• Ninth grade — Jayden Alexson-...

BERWICK — A man allegedly “stomped” a woman during a fight, leaving her with two cracked ribs, court papers say.

Berwick Police were dispatched to 401 Chestnut St. around 7:40 a.m. Oct...

BERWICK — The lawyer for a man facing rape and sexual assault charges against a mentally disabled teen argued police found little evidence of a crime in a search of the man’s home.

But...

BERWICK — A wanted man was arrested after he yelled at police when he happened to pass them at a traffic stop, court papers say.

Officers Steven Torres, Joshua Lowery and Jeremy Mulders...

BERWICK — A local woman is collecting new bedsheets and pillow cases to be given to sexual assault survivors whose sheets are taken as evidence.

Robin Massina came to...

BERWICK — Police say a man who claimed to have hit a deer just before he was pulled over for having an inoperative headlight was drunk.

Sgt. Scott Sienkiewicz said he...

BERWICK — Police called to a home here by an alarmed mother found her son naked and high on heroin, charges state.

Randy R. Cool, 34, was showing signs of heroin and meth use when...

BERWICK — Police say they pulled over a man they recognized as driving without a license and found drugs in his vehicle.

Officers Jeremy Mulders and Joshua...

BERWICK — Pennsylvania American Water has begun restoration work on several streets here.

It is the final phase of a $1.1 million investment project to install more than 5,120 feet of...

BERWICK — A tow truck driver allegedly found a box of narcotics in the back of a car he towed for police.

Michael Jamal Campbell, 27, of Plains refused to let police...

BERWICK — Police charged a driver who failed to signal a left turn with drug crimes, along with a passenger, court papers say.

Officers Steven Torres and ...

BERWICK — A Berwick man stopped by police for an expired registration was in possession of heroin and drug paraphernalia, police said.

Bradley Lewis Kaiser, 35, of...

BERWICK — A 37-year-old woman was arrested after a drug test by parole officers showed narcotics in her system, police said.

State parole officers called Detective Greg Martin...

BERWICK — A new contest could bring an aspiring entrepreneur looking to start a business here a $20,000 prize package.

Berwick: The Next Step is sponsoring the Business Pitch...