Towanda

The community in Towanda is pulling together to remember the toddler who was killed in a house fire this past weekend. 2-year-old John Yoder III was killed when his family’s home on the 100 block of North 4th Street in Towanda broke out in flames just before midnight Friday night. Yoder’s parents, Amber and...
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A Friday night fire has claimed the life of a toddler in Towanda. It happened just before midnight Friday at a home on North Fourth Street. That’s across from Morrow Elementary School. State police say two adults and a child were able to get out of the home, but a two-year-old boy was trapped...
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A Towanda man accused of trying to hire a hit man to kill three psychics will stand trial in Wyoming County Court. 32-year-old Craven Vaughn stands accused of three counts of criminal solicitation and attempted homicide. At this week’s preliminary hearing, Pennsylvania State Police testified that in December, Vaughn tried to hire an undercover...
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An employee of a Pennsylvania hospital is accused of stealing and using hospital medication. Pennsylvania State Police say the Personal Care Home of Memorial Hospital in Towanda filed a complaint after narcotics went missing. State police launched an investigation, and say that 25-year old Heather Raezer, of Towanda had been stealing drugs from April...
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A local county courthouse was evacuated after receiving bomb threats Thursday, all because a man wanted to spend time with his family for the holidays. According to Pennsylvania State Police, the Bradford County Courthouse in Towanda received two suspicious phone calls Thursday. The caller said that bombs were inside the courthouse. The Bradford County...
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A Bradford County woman is facing numerous charges after driving a school bus filled with children off an embankment and then fleeing the scene. According to State Police at Towanda, on November 12th, 47-year-old Penny Gorens of Dushore was driving a Wyalusing School bus, with about 40 passengers, at what police called an unsafe...
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One man is dead and another is in the hospital after their car struck a tree Friday. Pennsylvania State Police said that around 4:30 Friday afternoon, 20-year-old Tyler Molyneux of Canton lost control of his Chevy Cobalt and hit a tree head on in LeRoy Township–which is between Towanda and Mansfield. Neither Molyneux, or...
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