No charges to be filed in Thanksgiving Day blast
SUGAR NOTCH Hanover Township police on Friday confirmed an explosion heard across the Wyoming Valley on Thanksgiving morning happened in Sugar Notch, where borough police later said no charges would
Police: Man engaged in sexual relationship with relative
DUPONT A man with a history of fleeing law enforcement was arraigned Wednesday on allegations he eluded capture by Dupont police and had sexual relations with a relative.
Kingston police charge man with firing gun into neighbor’s house
KINGSTON Police in Kingston charged a man on allegations he discharged rounds from a 9mm that struck a neighbor s residence Tuesday.
Best present this holiday season: ‘unopened airbag’
HANOVER TWP. While Thanksgiving is the unofficial kickoff to the holiday season through New Year s, it is also a time when law enforcement officers encounter more impaired drivers on the roadways.
Freeland man sentenced for endangering infant
WILKES-BARRE A father from Freeland accused of endangering his two-month old son who was revived by Freeland police was sentenced in Luzerne County Court Tuesday.
Suit filed against Hanover Township Zoning Board over school bus depot
WILKES-BARRE As pledged, an attorney representing 16 aggrieved township residents in the Preston section of Hanover Township filed a civil lawsuit against the Hanover Township Zoning Board he clai
Larksville man sentenced for sexually assaulting child
WILKES-BARRE A Larksville man did not contest a report by the state s Sexual Offender Assessment Board that he met the criteria as a violent sexual predator Tuesday.
Plymouth man sentenced on rape related convictions
WILKES-BARRE A Plymouth man convicted in a non-jury trial of sexually assaulting a woman who recanted the allegations was sentenced to up to 20 years in state prison Tuesday.
Woman charged with drug driving, side-swiped tractor trailer
RICE TWP. A woman from Syracuse, N.Y., thought she was traveling on the New York State Thruway after she initiated a several mile pursuit on Interstate 81 that began in Jenkins Township and ended in
Cost to replace yield sign in the hundreds
SUGAR NOTCH Replacing a knocked down yield sign at the entrance ramp to state Route 29 southbound cost $550, according to a project site activity report from the Department of Transportation.
Wilkes-Barre man, 42, charged with concealing missing girl, 17
WILKES-BARRE A 17-year-old girl reported missing in Pittston was found when city police stopped a vehicle for excessive window tint Sunday night.
Look Back: South lawn of courthouse once held tennis courts, playground and green house
Soon after the 1909 opening of the Luzerne County Courthouse on North River Street in Wilkes-Barre, the city s park commission began deliberating ideas to develop the land along the Susquehanna River
Woman, 79, dies in I-81 crash
PLAINS TWP. A woman from Wyoming County died as a result of a vehicle crash in the southbound lanes of Interstate 81 on Wednesday.
Plains Township police charge man with violently shaking infant
PLAINS TWP. Plains Township police and Luzerne County detectives arrested Jacob Emmanuel Campbell on allegations he violently shook a 2-month-old boy causing serious injuries to the infant s brain,
Convicted in fatal shooting, defendant says sentence ‘not justice’
WILKES-BARRE Calling his sentence of 20 to 40 years in state prison not justice, Dazon Wykie Turner believes he had no choice but defend himself when he fatally shot Carlos Taffanelly.
Santana sentenced for stabbing ex-girlfriend inside hotel
WILKES-BARRE A Wilkes-Barre man who admitted he intended to kill his ex-girlfriend by stabbing her at least three times inside a Wilkes-Barre Township hotel was sentenced to up to 22 years in state
Warrior Run man pleads guilty to child rape
WILKES-BARRE A man from Warrior Run accused of sexually assaulting two girls pled guilty to related offenses.
Woman pleads guilty to child endangerment involving 4-year-old girl
WILKES-BARRE A woman admitted to endangering the welfare of a 4-year-old girl who sustained a serious head injury that required emergency surgery.
Mercado re-sentenced for 2018 murder
WILKES-BARRE Convicted murderer Reynaldo Mercado was re-sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without parole for the 2018 killing of Fred Boote during a home robbery in Wilkes-Barre.