News from Berwick

BERWICK — First Keystone Community Bank has begun offering a special program to individuals affected by the ongoing government shutdown.

Any customers who are unpaid federal employees...

BERWICK — Police found a pair of tourniquets, multiple rubber bands and other heroin gear inside a car they pulled over driven by a woman with a suspended driver’s license, court papers say....

BERWICK — Commonwealth Health Berwick Hospital will open its doors to the public Jan. 24 for a community health fair from noon to 5 p.m.

Features include screenings, informational...

BERWICK — It’s not clear how the annual football banquet will be paid for now that the 12th Man booster club has been dissolved.

But one way or another, it will definitely take place,...

BERWICK — Police have released two surveillance photos of the robber who stole a large amount of cash from the Fulton Bank here.

The images show a man dressed in all black, wearing...

BERWICK — A Berwick man allegedly slapped another man’s head Jan. 2, resulting in a citation, according to court papers.

Steven Mercado, 23, of 102 Fairview Ave....

BERWICK — Rather than build a new concession stand with bathrooms for the venue used by the softball team, school directors are moving softball games to the newly-renovated turf field used by...

BERWICK — Prosecutors have dropped a child endangerment charge against a woman whose 5-year-old daughter was found wandering the streets of Berwick in August.

In the months since...

BERWICK — A man dressed in black handed a note to a teller at Fulton Bank on Tuesday saying he had a bomb and demanding money, police say.

The robber escaped with a large amount of cash...

BERWICK — A proposal that would have seen Berwick switch athletic conferences and set the stage for a longed-for match-up between football powerhouses Berwick and Southern is dead for now,...

BERWICK — A man was carrying 50 packets of heroin in his underwear during a disturbance on New Year’s Day in the 300 block of North Chestnut Street here, according to court documents.

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BERWICK — Commonwealth Health has joined the Jefferson Neuroscience Network in a collaboration that uses telemedicine technology to provide local patients with access to Jefferson Health’s...

BERWICK — A rural Shickshinny man led police on a high-speed chase in a stolen car here early Friday, before losing control and crashing into a tree at Seventh Avenue and Dickson Street, arrest...

BERWICK — No one was badly injured when a van pulled into the path of a Mazda SUV on Orange Street around 9:30 a.m. Friday morning, police say.

Amy Meade, 25, of Millville was headed...

BERWICK — People busted through a wall inside the attic of a duplex and were hanging out in the condemned side of the house, according to police.

One man found in the condemned property...

BERWICK — A Hazleton woman who was stopped for impeding the flow of traffic had marijuana and drug paraphernalia, according to court documents.

Rebecca Yunckes, 31,...

BERWICK — A man and woman face drug-related charges stemming from a Dec. 23 traffic stop, according to court documents.

Police pulled over a 2006 Subaru Legacy around 1:30 a.m. that...

BERWICK — Commonwealth Health is modifying its visitation guidelines during the cold and flu season, the system announced Tuesday.

In order to protect patients and prevent the spread of...

BERWICK — The attorney for a teacher charged with her second drunken driving offense implied her breath test may have been inaccurate because she chewed on her coat beforehand.

Ptlm....

BERWICK — A 28-year-old man was jailed Monday night after allegedly robbing his girlfriend in a bank parking lot — in view of both of the borough’s police detectives.

But the suspect,...