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BERWICK — A lawyer tried but failed Monday to win dismissal of a drunken driving charge for his client, whose license is suspended because of a previous DUI in which he struck and killed a...

BERWICK — The Ber-Vaughn pool is offering adaptive swim times and swimming lessons, as well as a chance to become a deputy lifeguard, to people with handicaps this summer.

“It’s...

BERWICK — It took “substantial force” for police to arrest a man who they caught breaking into Bob’s Philly Style Subs early Thursday, charges say.

By the end of officers’ scuffle with...

BERWICK — Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said he plans to take on large pharmaceutical companies for their role in the opioid epidemic sweeping the state.

“They are...

BERWICK — A partnership between the attorney general’s office and Berwick that led to the arrests of 475 people on narcotics charges abruptly ended at the beginning of this year, the police...

BERWICK — A Berwick man is accused of brutally kicking his girlfriend after a fight last month.

Dorothy McGovern told police she and Robert K. Staab...

BERWICK — McBride Memorial Library is marking the unofficial punny Star Wars holiday Thursday, May the 4th — as in, “May the 4th be with you.”

Teens can bring their choices of light-...

BERWICK — For four years, Dorothy Koscelnick has been letting garbage pile up in the yard of her Brittain Street home, court papers say. And for just as long, the codes office has been citing...

BERWICK — When police served an arrest warrant for Perry Daniel Harmon, 26, of Berwick, April 19 at 341 Pearl St., they found a Crown Royal bag in his sweatshirt pocket...

BERWICK — A couple accused of selling cigarettes tax-free will face the charges in county court.

Roxanne D. and Blaise William Olah, both 53, of 3808 Ridge Road,...

BERWICK — A new bus will provide $1 round-trip rides to and from Ber-Vaughn pool this summer, but adults can also use it to get around town, organizers say.

Berwick Area United Way is...

BERWICK — This summer, bowling balls once again may thunder down the alleys of the Berwick Elks Club.

For two years, volunteers have been restoring the six lanes. They’re hoping teens...

BERWICK — Berwick High School honor roll students for the third marking period follow:

Distinguished Honors

• Ninth grade — Antonio Baratta,...

BERWICK — A 45-year-old man choked and beat his girlfriend, then hit a wheelchair-bound man in the face when the other man tried to intervene, police said.

Mark Stout, 45, of 406 E....

BERWICK — A Berwick man appears to be the first local person charged under a new law making it a crime to strangle someone.

Scott Andrew Ohl, 45, of 1023 Spring Garden Ave., was...

BERWICK — The commission tasked with hiring new officers for the short-staffed police department found itself with a critical personnel shortage briefly when two out of three members resigned...

BERWICK — A drunk driver who killed a bicyclist five years ago is back in court after he was allegedly caught driving drunk again — the third time he has had an alcohol-related charge since the...

BERWICK — Borough Police responded to the following calls from April 16-22.

April 16

• 12:56 a.m. — 300 block West Third Street, burglar alarm

• 7:33...

BERWICK — Berwick’s Gabe Oliver had 10 kills and five digs, and the Bulldogs were swept by Holy Redeemer, 25-12, 25-22, 25-10 in boys volleyball Tuesday.

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BERWICK — A burglary victim used GPS tracking software to locate her stolen phone and help direct police to the pair of juveniles and a 24-year-old who allegedly conspired to break into her...