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Parents Accused of Child Endangerment
Two people are behind bars in Bradford County accused of doing drugs while caring for their 11-month-old baby.
Troopers were called Tuesday morning to a home on Yale Road near Sayre.
Joseph and Amanda Vandyke of Sayre were arrested after police said they were under the influence of the designer drug known as bath salts.
The child was taken from the home and is being cared for by a grandparent....
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Bradford County Fire Crews Battle Blaze
Fire crews in Bradford County have spent most of their day and night Tuesday putting out the flames at a home.
The fire broke out around 11 a.m. Tuesday at the home in Herrick Township, north of Wyalusing.
Fire crews believed they had controlled the flames around 4:30 p.m. but they had to return an hour later after the fire rekindled.
The Red Cross says the family who lived at the home lost...
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Vandals Target Windows in Bradford County
Someone is going around shooting out car windows in the Towanda area of Bradford County.
More than 60 vehicles have been targeted and it doesn't look like the end is in site because no one has been caught.
Police believe there are at least 70 cases now and they think someone used a BB gun to cause all the trouble.
Now, the victims of the crimes are annoyed and angry.
"This one put a hole right...
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Making Christmas Better for Flood Victims
A group of children from Bradford County worked hard all year to make a better Christmas for some flood victims there.
On Sunday they got to see the efforts of their work.
The Wyalusing Area High School auditorium displays thousands of toys headed for needy children in the Christmas for Kids program.
“This does mean a lot to me. There are families whose parents can`t give them...
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Deadly Crash in Bradford County
In Bradford County, one person died when a car crossed the center line and collided head-on with a tractor trailer.
The car burst into flames.
It happened around 1:30 a.m. Sunday on Route 6 near Wysox.
State police have not released the name of the victim yet.
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Many Left Without Power After Snowstorm
The Wednesday night snowstorm left many without power in Bradford, Wyoming, and Susquehanna Counties.
The storm dumped up to a foot of wet, heavy snow in some areas of northeastern Pennsylvania, causing numerous trees and limbs to fall onto electric lines and creating widespread power outages across Claverack’s service territory.
At the height of the outage, more than 2,000 Claverack...
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Man Charged with Dumping 800 Gallons of...
State police arrested a man who worked at a Marcellus shale drilling site in Bradford County for dumping 800 gallons of dangerous materials.
Troopers said Josh Foster, 27, from Georgia admits he dumped the chemicals on state game lands in Warren Township.
State police said Foster worked for Talisman Energy at one of its drill sites near the dump location on Regan Hill Road. Troopers said...
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Milky Way Farms Reopens
Eight months ago fire all but destroyed a landmark restaurant and dairy shop in Bradford County.
This week, the place near Troy reopened. It's been months since customers could pick up a bottle of milk at Milky Way Farms near Troy.
In March, an accidental fire tore through the restaurant and bottling facility.
Since then the family-run business has been trying to make a comeback.
"We lost...
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Businesses Moving Back into Progress Plaza
In Bradford County crews are in the process of finding a contractor to repair a county office building that was flooded in Towanda.
Almost two months ago, the Progress Plaza Building in Towanda took on about five feet of water.
The Susquehanna River flooded the building, and left 13 businesses and agencies without a place to work. The contents of some of the offices were washed away.
"That would...
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Flooding Closes Some Bradford County Polling...
It is exactly one week until election day, November 8. That also marks two months since the historic flooding in our area. Flood damage in parts on Bradford County has caused some polling places to close for next week's election.
Elections officials decided to close three polling places in Bradford County after they found out those places just could not be clean and safe for voters in time for...
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Articles last updated at Feb 06, 2012 04:04:09am.
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