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19th annual Plymouth Alive Kielbasa Festival set for today, Saturday
PLYMOUTH Alexis Eroh, President of Plymouth Alive, was busy Thursday morning making sure all the trash cans were in place for the 19th annual Kielbasa Festival.
Pittston man sentenced for attempted rape of elderly woman
WILKES-BARRE With repeated offenses of exposing himself to women and attempting to rape an elderly woman inside her home during a burglary, a Pittston man was deemed a violent sexual predator prior
Fetterman visits Heller Orchards in Wapwallopen
WAPWALLOPEN U.S. Sen. John Fetterman on Thursday toured Heller Orchards in Wapwallopen to gather information as he visits farms throughout Pennsylvania to hear farmers concerns, view their operatio
Pittston Township police charge man with recklessly firing handgun
PITTSTON TWP. A Wilkes-Barre man on break from his job at a plasma donation facility was charged with endangering three juveniles when he fired three rounds from a 9mm handgun Wednesday.
Tarselli re-sentenced to 52 years to life for 1992 execution-style fatal shooting
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County President Judge Michael T. Vough said he had a sleepless night pondering the re-sentence of Todd Rae Tarselli, who admitted to fatally shooting his friend Mark Bunchalk i
State Police seek help identifying man they say took ‘up-skirt’ video at casino
PLAINS TWP. Pennsylvania State Police assigned to the Mohegan Pennsylvania are asking for the public s help in identifying a man they allege took an inappropriate video inside the casino.
Kingston man arraigned on charges he initiated pursuit with state police
HAZLETON A Kingston man was apprehended Wednesday at his North Welles Avenue residence on an arrest warrant charging him with initiating a pursuit with state police at Hazleton last month.
Pozzessere’s WVW appointment draws protests; solicitor says he was cleared
KINGSTON Several people stood outside Wyoming Valley West Middle School prior to Wednesday s School Board meeting protesting the June appointment of Michael Pozzessere as high school assistant princ
Arena Authority sees insurance cost rising; considering cell tower
WILKES-BARRE TWP. With the cost of insurance going up, the Luzerne County Convention Center Authority on Wednesday authorized its staff to look into allowing Verizon to erect a cell phone tower on t
Suspect in fatal shooting serving sentence on firearm conviction
WILKES-BARRE Less than a month after allegedly being involved in the ambush fatal shooting of 22-year-old Elijah Rivers on Jan. 30, Kadeen Karon Carruth was charged with selling 10 fentanyl pills be
Bear Creek Cafe to close after 25 years
BEAR CREEK The owners of the Bear Creek Cafe on Wednesday announced that they are closing the restaurant/gift shop after 25 years.
‘I want to say I’m sorry,’ Tarselli says of 1992 fatal shooting
WILKES-BARRE More than 31 years after Mark Bunchalk was fatally shot inside a Hazleton Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant he managed as a 17-year-old, his family continues to ask why?
Suppression hearing held in Hazleton homicide case
WILKES-BARRE Tracking the cellular phone coordinates of Jafet De Jesus Rodriguez, investigators were led to a shed where they found a red Nike sweatshirt, black gloves and a black face mask conceale
Kingston man sentenced for sexually assaulting child
WILKES-BARRE A man from Kingston was given credit for 274 days time served at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility and was granted immediately parole when he was sentenced for sexually assaultin
Teen, 16, pleads guilty to robbing Wilkes-Barre store
WILKES-BARRE A 16-year-old boy charged as an adult for an armed robbery of a convenience store pled guilty to a related offense on Monday.
Judge finds competency restored for Nanticoke patricide suspect
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County Judge Joseph F. Sklarosky Jr. has scheduled a status conference for Nanticoke patricide suspect Kevin Novak who was deemed well enough to face his criminal homicide trial
Couple sentenced for ‘inhumane’ case of starving boy
WILKES-BARRE A mother and her boyfriend were sentenced to years in state prison for neglecting her 6-year-old son, who weighed 20 pounds in January 2021, when officials at Greater Nanticoke Area Sch
Norristown man charged in Salem Township fatal crash
SALEM TWP. A man from Norristown was arraigned Monday on vehicular homicide charges related to a fatal crash that claimed the life of a Sweet Valley man on Route 11 in December.
Dancing the day away
DALLAS Nick Luongo of The Luongo Brothers Band, opened Tuesday s summer picnic by saying something he usually never says at the start of an event.
Wilkes-Barre woman pleads guilty to fatal drug driving crash
WILKES-BARRE A Wilkes-Barre woman who Pennsylvania State Police say had cannabis in her system when she crashed her vehicle resulting in the death of Zyier Spruell pled guilty to related offenses Mo