News from Berwick

BERWICK — A Berwick woman said she had been taking a nap when her 2-year-old daughter left home and was found wandering barefoot on the street, police say.

Jess McDonough, 29, has been...

BERWICK — A Berwick woman who was caught placing more than 20 cans of food in her purse without paying for them is facing retail theft charges.

Brandie Robinson, 42,...

BERWICK — Here’s what’s coming up at McBride Memorial Library, 500 Market St.

Kids can hear seaworthy tales of pirates at 1:30 p.m. Monday, and both 1:30 and 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.

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BERWICK — Kayla Wadley had been deployed in Africa for seven months as a technical sergeant with the United States Air Force.

But on Monday, she took up a different title — Berwick...

BERWICK — A Berwick man who sped up as police tried to stop him for an irregular registration light Sept. 23 had a piece of a meth pipe, officers said.

Brian Fowler,...

BERWICK — Defender Fire Company is officially dead and buried.

A court order dated Sept. 10 and signed by Judge Gary Norton said the company’s last assets had been liquidated and that...

BERWICK —Berwick Industrial Development Association recently promoted Stacy Whitmire to the role of finance director, according to a press release.

In that position,...

BERWICK — With a lot of donations and a little help from firefighters, a Berwick Girl Scout troop staged its first Bras Across the Bridge on Saturday afternoon.

Following a pickup...

BERWICK — After police officers spotted a man inside Cole’s Hardware, the man hid, dialed 9-1-1 and asked an operator for help, saying he was locked inside the West Second Street store, charges...

BERWICK — School directors tabled the usually-routine matter of approving new substitute teachers during their meeting Monday without discussion.

The list included Ann DeMelfi...

BERWICK — A man with two active arrest warrants was arrested after police conducted a traffic stop for a cracked windshield on the car he was riding in, court papers say.

Jorge...

BERWICK — A Nescopeck woman was found to be driving while drunk after she was pulled over for an inoperable registration plate light here, court papers say.

Jill R. Slusser,...

BERWICK — A Bloomsburg man stopped for illegal tinting of his car windows was in possession of marijuana and a vaping device, police said.

Trevor McHenry, 20, of 488...

BERWICK — The Halloween Spooky Basement at McBride Memorial Library set for Oct. 28 has been canceled.

Remodeling work there won’t be finished in time, said Library Director...

BERWICK — A Berwick man who tried running away from a police officer to avoid arrest pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in district court this week.

Marvin Lee Comstock,...

BERWICK — A Shickshinny man who nearly hit a parked car and then veered across the center lane of the roadway, went on to call the police officer arresting him names and refused to provide a...

BERWICK — A Mifflinville man who was pulled over for failing to stop at a stop sign then failing to use an appropriate turn signal had 50 bags of suspected heroin/fentanyl and meth in his...

BERWICK — The first round of registration for the Berwick Boys Youth Basketball League will be held from 6-7:30 p.m. Oct. 29 and 9-11 a.m. Nov. 2 in the Berwick varsity gym lobby.

The...

BERWICK — Berwick on the Move, the communitywide fitness effort, has issued its first two challenges.

Participants have until midnight Thursday to photograph themselves at five of the...

BERWICK — Police have arrested one of two brothers they say beat a woman so brutally, she still remains unconscious and in critical condition a week after the attack.

Michael Allen...