Unsafe structure razed in Ashley
ASHLEY A pile of debris is all that remains of 60-62 S. Main St. on Friday.
Police: Man stole money from deceased veteran’s account
PLAINS TWP. Township police charged Robert C. Hickey III with using a bank card belonging to a deceased veteran to withdraw $190 and also for a purchase at a store earlier this year.
Two accused of delivering fentanyl resulting in death
KINGSTON Two people arrested for delivering fentanyl resulting in an overdose death were among more than a dozen suspected drug peddlers picked up by law enforcement officers Thursday.
Hazleton man waives hearing in drug overdose death of wife
WILKES-BARRE A Hazleton man waived his right to a preliminary hearing Wednesday on allegations he provided a fatal dose of fentanyl to his wife.
Testy preliminary hearing in Hazleton fatal shooting case
WILKES-BARRE Two people were removed from a Luzerne County Courtroom, a perceived threat was made and a victim of a shooting called an attorney stupid during a contentious preliminary hearing for
Swoyersville woman charged with freezing 28 newborn kittens
PLAINS TWP. Humane officers with the SPCA of Luzerne County charged Susann Veronica Cheslick with placing 28 newborn kittens in a freezer.
Police: Suspect made false robbery call to thwart search
PITTSTON TWP. A Scranton man allegedly made a bogus 911 call about a robbery in an attempt to distract police from searching for him Monday.
Police nab man allegedly burglarizing former church
WILKES-BARRE City police say they arrested Raymond A. Wyberski III burglarizing the former First United Methodist Church on North Franklin Street.
Look Back: Plumbtown was home to historian
Startled by a train whistle, two horses pulling a wagon of logs began to gallop down a hill in Plumbtown endangering the coachman on April 28, 1879.
Suit filed against dump truck operator, U-Haul in I-81 crash
WILKES-BARRE A Hazleton couple has filed a civil lawsuit in Luzerne County Court against a trucking company and a commercial vehicle rental business stemming from a crash that involved a state polic
Jury finds Stallings guilty of raping child
WILKES-BARRE A Luzerne County jury Friday found Barrkim Stallings guilty of raping and sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl.
Luzerne County jury returns aggravated assault acquittal after 11 minutes
WILKES-BARRE A Luzerne County jury deliberated for 11 minutes before returning a verdict of not guilty for a Hazleton man accused of threatening another man with a knife.
Defendant in child rape case: DNA on victim ‘not mine’
WILKES-BARRE With each question directed at him, Barrkim Stallings turned to the Luzerne County jury to answer.
Ashley man charged with fleeing police, spat on officer
WILKES-BARRE City police charged an Ashley man on allegations he initiated a pursuit and later spat on an officer inside police headquarters Tuesday.
Prosecutor shows pictures of half-naked man in girl’s bed
WILKES-BARRE After being raped and sexually assaulted, a teenage girl testified her alleged attacker, Barkimm Tyreak Stallings, apologized before assaulting her again.
Police: Man recorded up woman’s dress inside store
WILKES-BARRE TWP. Surveillance cameras inside Walmart Supercenter recorded a man kneeling next to a woman secretly using his cell phone to record up her dress, according to court records.
‘She was in very poor health’
WILKES-BARRE A licensed Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center testified Wednesday she never experienced the severity and level of injuries a 4-year-old girl sustai
Military grave markers stolen from cemetery
FAIRMOUNT TWP. An estimated 100 brass military designation markers were reported stolen from Mossville Cemetery on Mossville Road, state police at Shickshinny reported.
Prosecutor tells jury about brutal rape of 12-year-old girl
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County Assistant District Attorney Susan Luckenbill did not waste any time addressing a Luzerne County jury Tuesday, the first day of Barrkim Tyreaf Stallings trial before Judg