Hanover Township woman sentenced for drug trafficking
SCRANTON A Hanover Township woman was sentenced Thursday to more than 10 years in federal prison on a drug trafficking offense.
Franklin Township man sentenced on firearm, drug trafficking offenses
SCRANTON A Franklin Township man was sentenced to federal prison this week on firearm and drug trafficking offenses.
Cleanup begins after record rain storm
HANOVER TWP. Soccer players for Hanover Area Youth Soccer and for the junior varsity high school team will have to find another place to practice as the normally dry Sugar Notch Run topped its banks
Solomon Creek swells, causing voluntary evacuations, road closures
HANOVER TWP. Heavy rain at rates of more than one inch per hour caused Solomon Creek to rise from one-foot Tuesday afternoon to near 8-feet 24 hours later, causing concerns in Ashley, Hanover Townsh
Judge denies Jamison’s request to withdraw murder guilty plea
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County Judge Joseph F. Sklarosky Jr. said it bluntly: You don t get to take a run of the commonwealth s case and read the jury.
More child rape charges filed against Lehman Township man
LEHMAN TWP. Police in Lehman Township filed additional child sex assault charges against John James Martin, 44, after a third alleged victim came forward.
Flood gates closed at Riverfront Park
WILKES-BARRE Flood gates were closed at the two portals at Riverfront Park on Monday in anticipation of heavy rain and its impact on the Susquehanna River from remnants of Hurricane Ida.
Look Back: Two inmates escaped from SCI-Dallas in 1999
Several hours after sunrise on Aug. 16, 1999, officials inside the State Correctional Institution at Dallas in Jackson Township discovered two inmates - Michael McCloskey and Anthony W. Yang - had esc
Life sentence for Edwardsville man convicted of child pornography
WILKES-BARRE In what attorneys believe to be the first in Pennsylvania, an Edwardsville man convicted by a Luzerne County jury of possessing child pornography was sentenced Friday to spend the rest
Judge denies Selenski relief
WILKES-BARRE Any hope convicted double murderer Hugo Selenski has for a new trial will have to be with state appellate courts.
Stolen property charge dismissed against two men
WILKES-BARRE Receiving stolen property charges were dismissed against two men accused of driving a stolen 2021 Toyota Rav4 on the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
Hazleton man charged with straw purchases of firearms
KINGSTON A Hazleton man was jailed without bail on allegations of straw purchases of approximately 40 firearms he gave to others.
Hanover Township man had ‘premonition’ detectives were coming
HANOVER TWP. Soon after Eric A. Bailey was locked out of his online file storage account, he had a feeling investigators were on their way.
Manslaughter charge filed in Wilkes-Barre fatal shooting
WILKES-BARRE City police obtained an arrest warrant charging 22-year-old Ziare W. Mouzone with involuntary manslaughter in a shooting that claimed the life of his cousin earlier this year.
University student charged with sexually assaulting teenage girl
DALLAS TWP. A student at Wilkes University was charged Tuesday on allegations he sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl earlier this year.
‘No-show’ defendant apprehended by state police
WILKES-BARRE A man wanted for failing to appear for his sentencing hearing in Luzerne County Court on a child sex offense was apprehended by state police at Pocono.
Man arrested on domestic violence, animal cruelty charges
EDWARDSVILLE Borough police arrested a man they say abused a dog during a domestic dispute with a girlfriend last week.
Man shot in buttocks outside Kingston tavern
KINGSTON A Plymouth man has been arrested and charged in connection with an early morning shooting outside a local bar that left one man hospitalized.
Warrant issued for no-show defendant at sentencing hearing
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County Judge Joseph F. Sklarosky Jr. issued a capias warrant for a Philadelphia County man when he failed to appear for his sentencing hearing on a child sex offense Monday.
Wilkes-Barre man charged with gun threats, initiating pursuit
PLAINS TWP. A man from Wilkes-Barre was arrested on separate complaints alleging he threatened a man with a firearm over a monetary debt and initiating a pursuit with police through two municipaliti