Woman charged with stabbing man in Wilkes-Barre
WILKES-BARRE City police arrested a woman from Plymouth on allegations she stabbed a man in the arm early Sunday morning.
Look Back: Nanticoke Dam constructed for the North Branch Canal
A job advertisement appeared in the Wyoming Herald newspaper in Wilkes-Barre on Aug. 7, 1829, seeking 200 stout, able-bodied laborers to construct the Nanticoke Dam.
No reports of serious flooding from Tropical Depression Henri
Except for several road closures due to ponding of storm water runoff, Luzerne County seemed to have escaped the wrath of Tropical Depression Henri Sunday night into Monday morning.
Former Exeter police officer, Leonard Galli, waives hearing in online sex sting
WILKES-BARRE Minutes before the start of a long awaited preliminary hearing for former Exeter police officer Leonard Galli on allegations he solicited a minor for sex, his attorney and an assistant
Lehman Township police charge man with molesting child
LEHMAN TWP. Township police Thursday charged Jeffrey Richard Caviston, 43, on allegations he fondled a child in 2014.
Kingston man sentenced as violent sexual predator
WILKES-BARRE A Kingston man whose mother said was bullied throughout his school years and diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders was sentenced Thursday to state prison as a violent sexual predator
Wilkes-Barre man sentenced for online sexting of minor
WILKES-BARRE A Wilkes-Barre man who admitted to soliciting a minor for sex was sentenced Thursday in Luzerne County Court.
Prosecutor: President judge targeted in threat letter
WILKES-BARRE Although a name does not appear in a threatening letter, Luzerne County Assistant District Attorney Brian A. Coleman said Thursday President Judge Michael T. Vough was the target.
Scranton man charged with discharging firearm inside occupied Pittston apartment
PITTSTON A man from Scranton was arraigned Wednesday on charges a firearm he was handling discharged a round that passed through a floor into an occupied room earlier this year.
Wilkes-Barre man sentenced for fourth DUI, flooding holding cell
WILKES-BARRE With supportive family members speaking on his behalf, Fernando Cupeles Bracero acknowledged he has a problem with alcohol.
Pizza baker sentenced for groping coworker
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County Judge David W. Lupas appeared to be leaning imposing a probationary sentence for Nicola Coppola, who admitted to groping a waitress where they worked at a Mountain Top pi
Dorrance Township man arraigned for alcohol related crash
WRIGHT TWP. A Dorrance Township man was arraigned Tuesday on evidence of drunken driving stemming from a crash that seriously injured a couple in December.
Ex-band director seeks new trial or reduced sentence
WILKES-BARRE Former Pittston Area band director Brendan J. Carter is seeking a new trial or a reduction of his lengthy prison sentence imposed after a Luzerne County jury convicted him of sexually a
Sugar Notch man accused of killing mother plans insanity defense
WILKES-BARRE A Sugar Notch man suffered an unspecified psychiatric episode when he fatally beat his mother inside their residence in December, according to court records.
Fast Lane service station robbed
HANOVER TWP. Township police are investigating a robbery at the Sunoco Fast Lane service station on Sans Souci Parkway.
Man charged with assaulting woman
WILKES-BARRE A Wilkes-Barre man was arraigned Monday on allegations he threatened a woman because she wouldn t have sex with him earlier this month.
“Dude in Forty Fort’ pleads guilty to absentee ballot violation
WILKES-BARRE A man from Forty Fort said he used poor judgement and regrets using his deceased mother s name on an application for an absentee ballot for the 2020 presidential election.
Seven Tubs trespasser charged with threatening officers with machete
PLAINS TWP. Township police arrested a man they alleged threatened several officers and a state park ranger with a machete when he refused to leave the Seven Tubs Nature Area over the weekend.
Vehicle struck in drive-by shooting
WILKES-BARRE TWP. A parked vehicle was struck by two spent rounds fired in a drive-by shooting Saturday night, township police said.