Berwick News

Stilp and Epstein discuss nuclear power, electric deregulation, alternative energy and challenging PPL's application for a license to construct a nuclear reactor at Bell Bend near Berwick, Pa., during a meeting with the Patriot-News editorial board.

U.S. Marshals have apprehended a dangerous Columbia County fugitive who was also wanted by police agencies in Luzerne County, the U.S. Marshals Service announced today.

Gov. Ed Rendell boards a Beechcraft Super KingAir 350 after flying into Erie on Tuesday as part of a multi-city, one-day tour to announce his proposal to balance the budget in part by temporarily raising the state income tax about one-half of one percent, which would add over $1.5 billion to the budget and eliminate the need to cut education ...

A rare copy of Benjamin Franklin's 'Poor Richard' almanac was auctioned in New York City last week.

The love of animals brought hundreds of motorcycle enthusiasts together Sunday to help raise money for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Luzerne County.

Halo Kaiser, 3, blocks her ears with her hand and a teddy bear while being pulled along in her wagon as the siren from the Reliance Fire Company's aerial platform blares while taking part in the Berwick Elks Pet and Toy Parade in Berwick, Pa., Thursday.

A rare copy of Benjamin Franklin's "Poor Richard" almanac has made somebody rich - selling at a New York City auction for more than half a million dollars.

Gordon Kallenberg wipes away a tear while describing his wife's worrying about her stolen diamond wedding ring just days before she died.

Michelle Colone, charged with the March 31 theft of a wedding ring from a 91-year-old Hummels Wharf patient at Geisinger Medical Center, could lose her physical therapist's license if convicted, a spokesman with the state's Physical Therapy License Board said Friday.

A fugitive armed with an AK-47 is on the run, and police need your help finding him.

A surgeon here is performing a procedure that helps get rid of painful, unsightly varicose veins.

Law may reduce number of earned-income tax collectors statewide from 560 to 69. The implementation of Act 32 in 2012 could change how Luzerne County residents pay their earned-income taxes or it could have no effect at all.

Two men are dead following a late Friday afternoon shooting at a Bloomsburg restaurant.

More than four dozen residents turned out Thursday for a public hearing over PPL Electric Utilities' siting application for the proposed Susquehanna-Roseland transmission line.

The Valley Township supervisors approved a subdivision plan Wednesday night for a $24 million reserve center that will consolidate three National Guard armories.

Seventy-five people from social service agencies and other offices got the chance to walk in someone else's shoes Thursday.

Phillipsburg print headlines Phillipsburg Emergency Squad to join Warren County 911 frequency >> Q. Do you look more favorably on big drug companies that offer free medication to people who've lost their jobs and health benefits? UPDATE: All lanes open again on I-78 12:55 p.m. ET >> Phillipsburg native killed in Luzerne County motorcycle crash; he ...

If you're a history buff, we've got something that will tweak your interest. A collection of original US almanacs from the early 1700's has been discovered in Berwick, Pennsylvania.

Mark Kneeream, CPA, and Peter A. Evanofski, CPA, have formed Kneeream & Evanofski.

A registered sex offender who moved to Cornwall five months ago has been charged with failing to immediately notify state police of his new address, borough police said yesterday.