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Police investigate dozens of shots fired at Sherman Hills
WILKES-BARRE City police are investigating shots fired in the Sherman Hills housing complex Wednesday evening, where upwards of 40 spent shell casings littered the area and stray bullets struck neig
Search warrant served at hospital after claims staff member choked 14-year-old patient
KINGSTON Kingston police served a search warrant at First Hospital for video surveillance related to an investigation that a staff member may have choked a 14-year-old boy in December.
Pension board approves annual audit of Wilkes-Barre’s five plans
WILKES-BARRE The board overseeing the city s five pension plans approved hiring the Pittsburgh-based accounting firm MaherDuessel for the 2021 audit.
Man, 27, charged with slapping 2-year-old boy in face
WILKES-BARRE City police charged a man from Philadelphia with slapping a 2-year-old boy who suffered a bruised face last year.
56 cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Luzerne County on Wednesday; 8 deaths
WILKES-BARRE The latest Department of Health report on Wednesday showed Luzerne County with 56 new cases of COVID-19 and eight new deaths. The county s death count is at 1,294.
Wyoming Area extends bus contract, takes next step in superintendent change
EXETER The Wyoming Area School Board extended the bus contract with Pace Transportation for five years pending approval by the district solicitor. The new contract will run 2023-4 through 2027-8. Th
LCCC Board of Trustees OKs 2022-26 strategic plan
NANTICOKE The Luzerne County Community College Board of Trustees approved the strategic plan for 2022-26 and a revised mission statement that emphasizes student success and contributions to the comm
McCarthy Tire Service to acquire LS Truck Tire Repair, Inc.
WILKES-BARRE McCarthy Tire Service, a family-owned company and the fifth largest independent commercial tire dealer in the United States, has signed an agreement with LS Truck Tire Repair, Inc., to
WNEP parent company TEGNA to be acquired by Standard General for $5.4B
TEGNA Inc., the parent company of WNEP-TV is to be acquired by another firm for over $5 billion.
Creek cleanup to begin in Wilkes-Barre
WILKES-BARRE Starting with Solomon Creek, the city will soon begin clearing debris left from the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida last September.
Firefighters battle blaze at four-unit apartment building in Hanover Township
HANOVER TWP. Six adults and two children escaped unharmed when a fire tore through a four-unit apartment building at 103-105 Regal Street late Tuesday morning.
Bolus aiding truck blockade in Washinton D.C.
Businessman Bob Bolus is taking a leadership role in the plan to shut down the Capital Beltway this week.
Fire forces tenants from Sherman Hills apartment building
WILKES-BARRE City firefighters quickly extinguished a blaze that forced the evacuation of nearly 50 tenants from an apartment building at Sherman Hills on Tuesday.
Scavo begins serving sentence at FCI Fort Dix
WILKES-BARRE Frank Scavo is now Inmate No. 36458-509.
97 cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Luzerne County on Tuesday
WILKES-BARRE The latest Department of Health report on Tuesday showed Luzerne County with 97 new cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths. The county s death count is at 1,286.
Cause of fire that destroyed education center at The Lands at Hillside Farms ruled an accident
JACKSON TWP. A fire that destroyed the education center at The Lands at Hillside Farms early Tuesday morning was ruled an accident.
Luzerne County Manager Search Committee recommending three finalists to council
Three Luzerne County manager applicants will be forwarded to county council for its consideration, the manager search committee decided Monday.
Gerrity’s celebrating its essential employees
SCRANTON Gerrity s Supermarkets will be honoring its essential heroes with Super Market Employee Day on Tuesday.
Hughestown police allege woman hid 83 bags of crack cocaine in body cavity
HUGHESTOWN A woman from Carbondale hid 83 packaged bags of suspected crack cocaine in a body cavity and another 10 bags inside her bra during a traffic stop for a faulty license plate light late Sat
Back Mountain Chamber to host annual awards ceremony on March 10
DALLAS The Back Mountain Chamber will host its annual awards ceremony and cocktail party from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 10, in Insalaco Hall at Misericordia University in Dallas.