Wilkes-Barre police investigating gunfire on Hazle, Brown streets
WILKES-BARRE A residence on Hazle Street was struck by gunfire and a vehicle on Brown Street was struck by a round over the weekend.
Two officers injured while arresting man in Exeter
EXETER Two police officers were injured while arresting a man at the scene of a domestic disturbance on Saturday.
Woman charged with abandoning child, 4, Halloween night
WEST PITTSTON Borough police charged a woman they say abandoned a 4-year-old girl while trick-or-treating Halloween night.
Two people arrested after allegedly delivering crack cocaine
HANOVER TWP. Township police along with the state Office of Attorney General s Bureau of Narcotic Investigations and Luzerne County Drug Task Force arrested two people after they allegedly delivered
Look Back: Blaze destroyed Stanton colliery in 1932
Glen Alden Coal Company shut down the Stanton No. 7 Colliery in May 1932 to modernize the breaker in preparation of coal output from the Hollenback, Empire and Stanton mines.
Walking out of beer store, man arrested on allegations he solicited ‘teen’ girl for sex
KINGSTON It was a 26-year-old man s real experience of the 1984 film Nightmare on Elm Street on Halloween Eve.
Attorney seeks dismissal of firearm offense in homicide case
WILKES-BARRE An attorney for Tremaine Jamison, charged with an open count of criminal homicide for a fatal shooting at a kindergarten graduation party, is seeking to abolish a firearm offense.
Wilkes-Barre woman’s lawsuit alleges M&Ms tasted like feces
WILKES-BARRE A woman from Wilkes-Barre alleges she unknowingly ate several moldy M&Ms that left her with a fecal aftertaste, according to a civil suit filed in Luzerne County Court.
Man sentenced on aggravated assault charge
WILKES-BARRE A man from Waymart who admitted to taking part in assaulting a man during a home invasion on Franklin Street in Wilkes-Barre last year was sentenced in Luzerne County Court earlier this
Bear Creek Township man charged with scamming business with bad checks
WILKES-BARRE TWP. Township police charged a man they allege scammed a check cashing business of more than $4,000 in September.
Firearms, ecstasy tablets found during traffic stop
BUTLER TWP. A traffic stop of a Jeep Commander for having an invalid license plate landed a Freeland man in jail on drug trafficking and firearm offenses early Thursday morning.
UPDATE: Harveys Lake police say missing woman found
HARVEYS LAKE Borough police say Blake Sult was found after she was reported missing earlier Thursday.
Kingston Township police charge inmate with burglary
KINGSTON TWP. An inmate in a state prison was arraigned Thursday on charges he burglarized a house in 2019.
Arrest warrant issued for juvenile, 17, charged as an adult in armed sneaker theft
WILKES-BARRE An arrest warrant was issued for a juvenile charged as an adult for his alleged role in an armed robbery of two pairs of high-priced sneakers last week.
Police: Woman took off during traffic stop, charged with drunken driving
PLAINS TWP. A woman from Plains Township charged with drunken driving was confrontational with township police officers, refusing to identify herself and speeding away during the traffic stop early
Look Back: Nuangola police chief fatally shot by prisoner in 1912
Trainmen debarking a stopped train at the Nuangola station of the Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton railway heard the cries of police chief Samuel Stair at about 7 p.m. on Oct. 11, 1912.
‘Bone Daddy’ jailed on drug offenses
KINGSTON A man wanted by Wilkes-Barre Township police on a drug trafficking offense was also charged by Kingston police with possessing an illegal drug.
Hazleton man arrested on felony drug trafficking offenses
HAZLETON A joint investigation involving federal, state and municipal authorities resulted in the arrest of Daniel John Allegretto, 40, on felony drug trafficking offenses on Thursday.
Man sought for theft in Hanover Township
HANOVER TWP. Township police released surveillance pictures of a man they say removed construction equipment from a property on Graham Avenue sometime late Thursday night into Friday morning.
Hanover Township police detain man in middle of busy intersection
HANOVER TWP. Cellphone footage shows two township police officers standing in the middle of a busy intersection talking to a man who, Police Chief Al Walker believes, wanted to die by suicide by cop