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Teen charged with shooting 15-year-old in Shamokin
SHAMOKIN, NORTHUMBERLAND CO. (WOLF) — Police in Northumberland County are searching for a teenager they say shot a 15-year-old in the chest on Tuesday. According to the Coal Township Police Department, an arrest warrant has been issued for Aiden J. Scott, 15, of Shamokin. On Tuesday around 2:15 p.m.,...
DNA links man to unsolved beating and stabbing death of Pa. widow in 1989: DA
A 65-year-old Ohio man who formerly lived in Northumberland County has been charged with felony homicide in a decades-old Lehigh County cold case, authorities announced Thursday. Michael J. Breisch was arrested this week in Ohio and extradited back to Pennsylvania after new DNA technology connected him to the 1989 crime,...
A World War II monument in Mifflinburg has been restored, thanks to community donations
MIFFLINBURG, Pa. — Mifflinburg Community Park is home to the Union County World War II Honor Roll. The monument lists the names of the 2,260 people from Union County who served in the war. When Newswatch 16 showed you the monument last December, it was in need of a...
DA tells jurors in Pa. homicide trial: ‘You can’t respond to non-deadly force with deadly force’
SUNBURY—”You can’t respond to non-deadly force with deadly force,” the Northumberland County district attorney told jurors at the start of the trial for a man charged in a 2022 fatal shooting inside a Sunbury convenience store. A short time later Wednesday, jurors saw videos that captured...
Greenwood track and field dominates recent meets
Despite what the team believed was going to be a challenging season, Greenwood track and field became powerful and dominated its duals, tri-meets and even invitationals. On April 18, The Wildcats traveled to face the Bulldogs of Big Spring and the Rockets from James Buchanan at Big Spring. Here, senior McKenna Weller stamped her name as a school record holder in the long jump event with a distance of 17′5.5′'.
Dense fog advisory for part of Pennsylvania Thursday morning
On Thursday at 6:04 a.m. the National Weather Service issued a dense fog advisory in effect until 9 a.m. for Northern Clinton, Northern Centre, Southern Centre, Northern Lycoming, Southern Clinton and Southern Lycoming as well as Blair, Huntingdon, Bedford, Fulton, Tioga, Sullivan, Union and Snyder counties. The weather service states,...
Lewisburg native returns to run pizza shop with a unique twist
Lewisburg, Pa. — A Lewisburg native has returned to the area to help run a pizza shop with a unique menu that offers more than just traditional pizza shop fare. Benjamin Zimmerer, 43, is back in Lewisburg after spending close to 18 years working as a master chef in Dallas, Texas. In April, he stepped in to help with food operations at Pi Pizza. The pizza shop, located at 316 Market Street, is in the place of the former Pizza Phi restaurant. Pizza Phi closed...
Rutter's breaks ground on new 'prototype' store in Northumberland County
MILTON, Pa. — Rutter’s on Tuesday announced the groundbreaking for a new, 13,500-square-foot "prototype" store in Northumberland County. The new store will be located on Industrial Park Road off Route 147 in Milton, the company said. It will open by the end of the year. "The brand-new Rutter’s...
Police activity reported in Northumberland County
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police are reportedly investigating an incident in Northumberland County Tuesday night. According to our crew on the scene, state police, along with Shamokin and Coal Township Police are investigating a police incident. 28/28 News talked with eyewitnesses who say they saw police taking someone into their police cruiser. We are still […]
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