$60-$65k stolen during Hazle Township burglary
HAZLE TWP. State police at Hazleton released information Monday about a residential burglary earlier this month in Hazle Township in which a safe containing $60,000 to $65,000 was stolen.
Officer injured during fight inside WBPD headquarters
WILKES-BARRE A city officer was hospitalized over the weekend for injuries sustained in a fight with an inmate on Saturday.
Two reports of gunfire in Wilkes-Barre
WILKES-BARRE Shell casings were recovered from two city neighborhoods after reports of gunfire, city police said.
Look Back: Lee Driving Park attracted crowds in Hanover Township
Nearly 90 years before horse racing became a staple in Plains Township in 1965, many residents from the Wyoming Valley and across Northeastern Pennsylvania were entertained by horse racing at Lee Driv
Prosecutors plan to use homicide suspect’s ‘flight’ as self-guilt evidence
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County prosecutors plan to use Tremaine Jamison s flight to show evidence of self-guilt during his upcoming criminal homicide trial.
Trial scheduled for son accused in father’s death
WILKES-BARRE A son charged with killing his father whose body has not been found is scheduled to face a Luzerne County jury in May.
Detectives investigating shooting in Pittston
PITTSTON Luzerne County detectives and city police were busy Friday investigating a police-related shooting in the area of Butler and Defoe streets.
Greater Pittston area district judge announces campaign for higher judicial seat
The magisterial district seat based in Pittston has been somewhat of a stepping stone for higher judicial office.
Hanover Township man charged second time with stalking
HANOVER TWP. A man from Hanover Township used lyrics from a Black Sabbath song and made references to federal elected officials to stalk and harass three owners of a construction business where he w
Nanticoke teen, 17, charged as an adult on numerous firearm, robbery offenses in Hazleton
HAZLETON City police Wednesday added drug possession charges against a 17-year-old boy from Nanticoke, who was charged as an adult last week on felony assault and robbery offenses.
Warrior Run man charged with DUI, aggravated assault
HANOVER TWP. Township police charged Roberto Herrera, 32, of Warrior Run, with drunken driving after a vehicle crash on Dundee Road and aggravated assault for actions inside a hospital emergency roo
Two men arrested after alleged home invasion, wild pursuit through Wilkes-Barre
WILKES-BARRE Two men were arrested and another escaped during a pursuit with police following an armed home invasion where shots were fired on Tuesday.
Two wanted by authorities captured by Plains Township police
PLAINS TWP. A man from Shickshinny accused of disguising himself as a department store employee when he allegedly stole items was captured by township police Tuesday.
Police: Woman slipped out of handcuffs, kicked officer
WILKES-BARRE City police say a woman detained while they were investigating a fight on West Chestnut Street slipped out of handcuffs and assaulted officers early Saturday morning.
Stabbing at night club in Wilkes-Barre
WILKES-BARRE A man was stabbed twice during a fight at La Villa night club early Saturday morning, city police said.
Look Back: Alfred H. Coon built the first railroad in valley, expanded street car service in the mid-1860s
When commissioners of the Lackawanna and Bloomsburg Railroad Company met inside the Helme Tavern on Wyoming Avenue in Kingston on May 22, 1852, to discuss the first railroad line into the Wyoming Vall
First female police officer hired in Kingston Township
KINGSTON TWP. Township Police Chief Michael A. Moravec called newly hired Courtney Hontz an asset.
Woman charged with hiding fugitive, endangering children
WILKES-BARRE A woman was arraigned on charges she hid a man wanted by authorities and endangered two children when syringes were found in their play area, according to court records.