News from Berwick

BERWICK — The 110th annual Run for the Diamonds will be held Nov. 28 at 10:30 a.m. in Berwick.

Race packet pickup and post-registration will be accepted at the Elks Lodge on Nov. 27...

BERWICK — A Berwick man upset with his father because he wouldn’t buy him cigarettes emptied bookshelves onto the floor and overturned furniture, police said. His action left his father...

BERWICK — A homeless man waved a marijuana roach in front of police when they stopped him on a bicycle on Oct. 1, police said. He then allegedly fled on his bicycle.

He has pleaded...

BERWICK — Trick-or-treating is going on today as scheduled in Berwick, Salem Township and Nescopeck borough, officials there say.

In Bloomsburg and Scott Township, the town and township...

BERWICK — The new superintendent here is a familiar face in the district — Wendy Kupsky, who has been assistant to the superintendent for the last three years.

Kupsky will take on her...

BERWICK — Police pulled over a car for illegally tinted windows and found a driver with a suspended license, a hypodermic needle and other drug gear, court papers say.

Berwick Police...

BERWICK — About 80 years ago, a woman born in Berwick was one of the biggest voices in radio.

Betty Winkler, born in Berwick in 1914, was one of the highest paid women in radio during...

BERWICK — A man wanted by police allegedly had crystal meth and a meth pipe on him when police confronted him at the Berwick Dunkin’ Donuts just before 7 p.m. on Sept. 6.

Berwick Police...

BERWICK — Camille Pinterich had 14 service points and 23 digs, and Berwick beat Pittston 3-2 in the semifinals to advance to the District 2 Class 3A girls volleyball...

BERWICK — A man pulled over for driving erratically refused to submit to a blood test because he had marijuana and methadone in his system, court papers say.

“Methadone and marijuana...

BERWICK — A driver pulled over by police told an officer, “You know who I am,” when officers asked him for identification.

When driver Robert Q. Brown, 34, allegedly...

BERWICK — A Berwick man who got into a fight with his brother after a weekend of arguing is now facing assault charges, police said.

At about noon Sept. 23, Rayshaun Stepney...

BERWICK — A woman allegedly shot up a mixture of heroin and fentanyl inside a restroom at the McBride Memorial Library the afternoon of Oct. 3, court papers say.

Berwick Police were...

BERWICK — A woman forced her way into a house here and tried to shove suspected methamphetamine into a victim’s mouth, court papers say.

Colleen Alyse King, 30, who is listed as...

BERWICK — A Bloomsburg woman who entered Boyer’s Market on East Third Street at about 6:30 p.m. Oct. 8 even though she was prohibited from doing so told police she had forgotten, according to...

BERWICK — A Berwick man stopped because his bicycle didn’t have a rear reflector or any front lighting had a warrant out for his arrest and 20 glassine bags of heroin, police said.

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BERWICK — School directors here are on the verge of voting for a new superintendent after an unusually secretive process for the district, documents show.

Documents reviewed by the...

BERWICK — Berwick was led in large by six players — Cecilia Isenberg, Alexis Hunsinger, Morgan Nevel, Glorimar Guzman and Camille Pinterich — in a 3-2 win...

BERWICK — Officers pulled a man over for erratic driving here and found him high on marijuana, court papers say.

Police observed Patrick B. McWilliams, 52, of 135 Freewill Road,...

BERWICK — The woman found tied up and beaten beyond recognition in her trailer here has died, and the second of two brothers has been charged in what is now a murder case.

Meanwhile,...