Superior Court denies appeal in 2001 fatal shooting conviction
Believing a recent medical diagnosis of epilepsy makes him deserving of a new trial for an execution style shooting in 2001, the Pennsylvania Superior Court last week denied the latest appeal by convi
Woman, 18, charged with stabbing boyfriend
WILKES-BARRE City police arrested Yanesis Cortez, 18, on allegations she stabbed her boyfriend during an argument about him staying with a friend in New York.
Carbondale man sentenced for sexually assaulting woman in Kingston
WILKES-BARRE A Carbondale man was sentenced in Luzerne County Court Friday on charges he sexually assaulted a woman in Kingston.
Police: Color of underwear leads to man being caught for pulling fire alarms
PLAINS TWP. A Nanticoke man set off the fire alarm and extinguishers after fighting with a girlfriend inside Woodspring Suites on Friday, according to court records.
Exeter man sentenced for child pornography
WILKES-BARRE Private counseling for an addiction to child pornography after being arrested was not a factor when Michael Dale Lyons was sentenced by Luzerne County Judge David W. Lupas on Monday.
McDonald guilty of voluntary manslaughter in 2018 Plymouth shooting
WILKES-BARRE A Luzerne County jury Thursday found Kyon McDonald guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of Tierese Owens outside a Plymouth bar in 2018.
Jurors released for the night in Plymouth homicide trial
WILKES-BARRE Jurors debating the fate of homicide suspect Kyon McDonald spent more than six hours behind closed doors Wednesday, finally being released for the night around 11 p.m., with deliberatio
Closing arguments scheduled today in McDonald homicide trial
WILKES-BARRE Prosecutors and defense attorneys for homicide suspect Kyon McDonald are scheduled to give their closing arguments before a Luzerne County jury before they begin deliberations today.
Pedestrian killed when struck by vehicle in Hazle Township
HAZLE TWP. State police at Hazleton said a 34-year-old man died as a result of being struck by a vehicle at Harwood Road and Playground Court on Tuesday.
Jamison appeals lengthy prison sentence in 2017 homicide
WILKES-BARRE A New York City man who admitted to a fatal shooting at a kindergarten graduation party recently filed an appeal challenging his lengthy prison sentence.
Laflin man charged with DUI in crash involving ATV, toddler
LAFLIN State police at Wilkes-Barre charged Brian James Little, 38, with drunken driving and child endangerment alleging he was intoxicated when he crashed an all-terrain vehicle while holding a 15-
Hanover Township police charge mother after child nearly drowns
HANOVER TWP. A woman from Kingston was intoxicated when her 4-year-old daughter nearly drowned after falling into the Susquehanna River, according to charges filed Tuesday.
Shots fired and car chase in Wilkes-Barre
WILKES-BARRE City police are investigating a shooting in the area of Staton and Hazle streets Monday night.
McDonald testifies, ‘He threatened my life’ in homicide trial
WILKES-BARRE Attorneys for homicide suspect Kyon McDonald rested their defense after calling three witnesses including their client Monday, setting up closing arguments later this week before a Luze
Look Back: Woman died in 1914 Presto Lunch fire
The Presto Lunch at 48 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, was closed for three weeks for renovations and expansion of the dinning room in early 1914.
Homicide testimony: 2.8 seconds between first and second shot
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County prosecutors have rested their case in the homicide trial of Kyon McDonald.
Homicide trial: Phone call warned of shooting
WILKES-BARRE A phone call from a blocked number was placed to the bartender at Robbie Nick s Sports Bar in Plymouth warning that a shooting was about to happen.
Attorneys clash during homicide trial
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County prosecutors and defense attorneys for homicide suspect Kyon McDonald engaged in a heated face-off Thursday, prompting a warning from Judge David W. Lupas.
2 charged in ‘disturbing’ abduction, sexual assault of girl
WILKES-BARRE A teenage girl abducted and sexually assaulted by two men over the weekend was able to call for help after taking a phone hidden in a refrigerator of a Plains Township hotel room where