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DUI checkpoint set in Pennsylvania
EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — State police announced DUI checkpoints will be placed across various roadways in Pennsylvania for Memorial Day weekend. According to Pennsylvania State Police, sobriety checkpoints and roving patrols aim to deter drinking and driving. Police say they are operating with a “zero-tolerance enforcement policy.” Police say checkpoints and roving patrols will be placed […]
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.,...
Susquehanna University baseball coach no longer with team after officer assaulted
SELINSGROVE, Pa. (WHTM) – A Susquehanna University volunteer assistant baseball coach is no longer with the team after allegedly assaulting a police officer at the baseball field. According to charges filed by Pennsylvania State Police in Selinsgrove, Troopers responded to the Susquehanna University baseball field around 7:30 p.m. May 7 to assist a Selinsgrove Borough […]
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...
An officer and a graduate: New Bucknell alumnus inspires department, aims to educate
The day after Bucknell University’s commencement, Colbey Russell walked across campus for a training session. The birds were chirping, the sun was shining, and Russell, the deputy director of public safety, is a new Bucknell graduate. He stopped at the Malesardi Quad, where he received his diploma less than...
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