Fanned by winds, brush fire devastates Wilkes-Barre business
WILKES-BARRE Heavy black smoke could be seen for miles Monday afternoon as gusty winds turned a small brush fire into a raging inferno that consumed a city salvage business.
Brush fire spreads into building at Bielecki Scrap Yard in Wilkes-Barre
WILKES-BARRE Gusty winds caused a small brush fire to quickly spread to the main building at Bielecki Scrap and Recycling Center that turned into a raging inferno Monday.
Police: Alleged drunken driver floods toilet, throws water in holding cell
WILKES-BARRE Placed in a holding cell at city police headquarters on a warrant and allegations of drunken driving, Fernando Cupeles Bracero intentionally flooded a toilet with his socks and tossed t
West Pittston man, 19, charged with fleeing state police
WILKES-BARRE State police at Wilkes-Barre charged a 19-year-old man with initiating a pursuit that began in Wilkes-Barre and ended when a trooper terminated the chase near the Monroe County line ear
Fire forced evacuation of Wilkes-Barre downtown apartments
WILKES-BARRE A fire at Genetti Apartments in the former Redington Hotel section forced the evacuation of nearly 80 tenants early Monday morning.
Look Back: Matheson Motor Club Company manufactured vehicles in Forty Fort
Advertisements began appearing in local newspapers in early 1906 seeking housing accommodations for employees relocating from Michigan to the Wyoming Valley.
Husband waives hearing on charges he killed wife
NANTICOKE A Plymouth man accused of bludgeoning his wife to death with a fireplace poker in a rage of jealousy earlier this year waived his right to a preliminary hearing Friday.
Prison sentence corrected for convicted child rapist
WILKES-BARRE With a stroke of a pen, a convicted child rapist will get out of prison about nine months earlier than expected.
Selenski challenges his defense lawyers during appellate hearing
WILKES-BARRE Convicted double killer Hugo Selenski was on board with his defense strategy during his 2015 capital murder trial, one of his two defense lawyers testified Friday.
Argument leads to drug possession arrest
KINGSTON A Kingston officer who stopped a couple for arguing while walking arrested a man after allegedly finding heroin packets and methamphetamine in a wallet.
Two arrested following domestic assault involving power drill
WILKES-BARRE A television wall bracket, a humidifier, a fan and a power drill were used as weapons during a domestic disturbance that resulted in the arrests of two people early Thursday morning, po
Edwardsville woman charged after sick dog found covered with fleas, maggots
EDWARDSVILLE A woman was jailed on multiple animal cruelty charges after a microchip identified her as the owner of a sick dog left abandoned in a wooded area near Hilltop Apartments in September.
Fire quickly extinguished inside Edwardsville residence
EDWARDSVILLE Edwardsville firefighters quickly extinguished a fire inside 140 Green St. Wednesday afternoon. Firefighters responded to the residence on reports of a domestic dispute with a fire that
Wilkes-Barre man jailed after second vehicle theft offense
KINGSTON A Wilkes-Barre man jailed after his arrest earlier this week for initiating a pursuit while driving a stolen vehicle was arraigned Wednesday on charges he stole a vehicle last year.
Duryea police charged Pittston man with exposing himself to girl
DURYEA Borough police charged Thomas C. Booth, 55, after a girl reported he exposed himself to her twice several years ago.
Nanticoke man facing charges in Duryea, Scranton for wrecking stolen vehicle
DURYEA A Nanticoke man was charged by Duryea police on allegations he crashed a stolen vehicle and took off on foot to avoid capture.
Child pornography charges refiled against Exeter man
WILKES-BARRE TWP. Four days after child pornography charges were dismissed against Michael Dale Lyons, state police Bureau of Criminal Investigations refiled the case against him Monday.
Nanticoke man sentenced to 8 years on federal drug trafficking charge
SCRANTON A Nanticoke man was sentenced to spend 8 years in a federal prison on charges he distributed fentanyl.
Model trains stolen from storage unit
HAZLE TWP. State police at Hazleton reported 100 collectible model trains valued at $10,000 and 30 Magpul magazines were stolen from a storage unit on Susquehanna Boulevard. The theft was discovered
Hydrants inspected near fatal Kingston fire scene
KINGSTON Reasons why hydrants were found frozen by Kingston Forty Fort firefighters at the scene of a fatal fire on Eley Street last month remain unknown, officials said.