Berwick News

Michael Coates says several other prisoners have threatened him because of the charges against him - raping a 2-year-old. "I wasn't really bothered with it," claims Coates, housed in the protective-custody quarters of the Columbia County Prison.

Authorities targeted 16 people in the sweep, using a battery of warrants stemming from sting operations throughout the year.

One of the two Bloomsburg University workers charged in carpet thefts on campus was allowed to enter a special probation program for first-time offenders on Friday.

A young employee accused of stealing more than $8,500 of goods and cash from Kmart saw the charges withdrawn after his parents showed up with a blank check for the store.

Two men who saw a suspect escorted away by police took advantage of his absence and broke into his trailer, troopers said.

Living in boxes for a couple hours allows dozens of King's students to understand more fully the life of the downtrodden.

Showing off the ultrasound for a daughter she'll name "Freedom," an eight-months-pregnant Kaci Francioni says this will be her last time in Columbia County Prison.

Each of the 101 investors in this year's Adopt-an-Acre program lost $3 due to a stressed tomato crop caused by blight and heavy amounts of rain.

The Northeast Pennsylvania Homeless Alliance , working with Agape, is sponsoring a public forum at 6:30 p.m., Thursday in the auditorium of Bloomsburg Area High School to call attention to the local problem of homelessness.

A family is mourning the loss of their loved one who died from H1N1, or swine, flu.

Still, she says, the borough keeps citing her. "No matter what I say, no matter what I do, I'm always going to be in the wrong," she says.

More money is coming to fund the project to fix up the LaSalle Street neighborhood.

A Nescopeck woman driving a Lexus sheared a utility pole, hit a parked car and flipped twice in the air Sunday along Route 11 near Park Road, witnesses said.

District Judge Richard Cashman, who spent 22 years on the bench in Berwick, is retiring Dec.

In Columbia County a charity golf tournament held to benefit some disabled co-workers now has the organizer of the event facing criminal charges.

Jim Timbrell would push for fewer regulations on property and talk the town up to put it in a positive light.

Size Does Matter: This machine and fabricating shop found a way to efficiently process off-road and civil construction component parts that were too large for standard machining centers.

Brian Roger Fish, the music teacher accused of fondling a 14-year-old, could lose his pension if convicted, according to a state official.

A woman from Luzerne County was killed Monday morning in a two-vehicle crash. Police in Salem Township said Rosemary Kline, 63, of Shickshinny was headed north on Route 11 near Berwick when her car collided with a southbound pick-up truck.

Officials at the Berwick Area School District unveiled a new security system Wednesday to better protect 3,000 students.