Wilkes-Barre Township police searching for suspect who passed counterfeit cash
WILKES-BARRE TWP. Township police released a picture of a man they say passed counterfeit cash at Dollar General on Thursday.
Route 115 reopened after fatal crash
BUCK TWP. State police at Wyoming are investigating a fatal vehicle crash that closed state Route 115 for several hours Friday.
Sugarloaf man waives hearing in I-81 hit-run fatal
A man from Sugarloaf Township charged with fleeing the scene after striking a construction worker who died on Interstate-81 waived his right to a preliminary hearing Friday.
DA Salavantis: Fatal shooting of 10-year-old boy caused by accidental discharge
Luzerne County District Attorney Stefanie Salavantis said a firearm was accidentally discharged when a round struck and killed a 10-year-old boy inside an Edwardsville residence earlier this week.
Mother, boyfriend charged with starving 6-year-old boy
NANTICOKE A mother and her paramour were charged Thursday with neglecting her 6-year-old son, who weighed 20 pounds in January 2020 when officials at Greater Nanticoke Area School District notified
Fire damages Kingston double block home
KINGSTON Firefighters from both sides of the Susquehanna River battled a blaze that damaged a four unit apartment building on Penn Street Thursday.
Salem Township man charged with restraining woman
SALEM TWP. Township police arrested a man they allegedly observed grabbing a woman and holding her on the ground after he forced her to report a rape on Tuesday.
Police: Handcuffed man damaged prisoner transport vehicle
WILKES-BARRE A man from Plains Township arrested on allegations he assaulted a woman on Carey Avenue damaged the interior of a prisoner transport vehicle on Sunday, according to court records.
Victims in Wilkes-Barre fatal shooting identified
WILKES-BARRE Detectives with city police and Luzerne County have obtained an arrest warrant charging a man with fatally shooting two men and injuring another outside a lounge on South Main Street in
Victims of Wilkes-Barre fatal shooting identified
WILKES-BARRE City police and Luzerne County detectives continue to investigate the shooting that claimed the lives of two men on South Main Street over the weekend.
DA Salavantis: Snow dispute behind double murder-suicide
PLAINS TWP. A husband and wife fatally shot by their neighbor who then took his own life Monday had prior disputes, according to Luzerne County District Attorney Stefanie Salavantis.
Police: 3 dead in Plains Township murder-suicide
PLAINS TWP. A neighbor dispute about shoveling snow may have resulted in a double murder-suicide in the first block of West Bergh Street Monday morning.
Look Back: 1894 explosion killed four railroad laborers in Laurel Run
Nearly 300 laborers consisting of Hungarians, Slovakians and Polanders were encamped in make-shift shanties between Laurel Run and Fairview Township in 1894.
Three men arrested in separate Wilkes-Barre drug sweeps
WILKES-BARRE Four men were arrested in separate drug sweeps in the city Thursday resulting in the seizure of four firearms, nearly 3,600 packets of heroin and fentanyl, 132 MDMA pills and four cellu
Pittston man charged on allegations he shot at police officers
PITTSTON A man who authorities allege fired shots at a city police officer last week was arrested at a motel in East Stroudsburg on Thursday.
Convicted murderer, 16, appeals 40-year prison sentence
WILKES-BARRE Convicted murderer Louisa Reyes will likely wait a year or so at the State Correctional Institution at Muncy in Lycoming County before the state Superior Court rules on her appeal.
Nanticoke man surrenders on warrant, charged with defecating inside Public Square business
UPDATE Jan. 29, 2021
Police: Man searching for ‘weed’ climbs fire escape
PITTSTON City police arrested a man they say climbed a fire escape to a residence searching for weed twice this week.
Former youth sports coach charged with child sex offenses
A former youth football and baseball coach was arraigned on charges he sexually assaulted two girls at locations in Edwardsville and Ashley.
Larksville man charged with domestic assault, child endangerment
PRINGLE Kingston police arrested a Larksville man after he allegedly went on a drunken rage by strangling a woman and shoving her while holding onto their 1-year-old infant late Monday night.