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Pennsylvania is ‘keystone’ to America’s 250th birthday celebration
WILKES-BARRE U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright said on July 4, 2026, the United States will celebrate its 250th anniversary.
America250PA hosts NEPA launch event
MOOSIC America250PA held its NEPA Launch Event Friday evening at PNC Field.
Two men charged after threatening store clerk with gun after cart breaks
HAZLE TWP. Two men from Hazleton were arrested after one threatened a Walmart clerk with a firearm when a motorized cart became disabled and the other man attempted to flee the store with the weapon
Oliver formally arraigned in Foster Township fatal shooting
WILKES-BARRE A Foster Township man accused in the fatal shooting of his girlfriend was formally arraigned Friday in Luzerne County Court.
Morgan running for re-election to Exeter Borough Council
EXETER John Morgan has announced his candidacy for re-election to Exeter Borough Council.
Nanticoke officer injured during ATV driver arrest
NANTICOKE A Nanticoke police officer injured when his right leg was pinned between two vehicles managed to arrest an alleged drunken driver of an ATV on Thursday.
Prosecutors withdraw rape case against Wilkes-Barre man
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County prosecutors withdrew rape related charges against a Wilkes-Barre man who was accused by a woman of sexually assaulting her in 2021.
‘Suspicious’ substance found at Lincoln Plaza was non-hazardous
WILKES-BARRE According to Wilkes-Barre Fire Chief Jay Delaney, a suspicious substance was delivered Friday morning to the administration office at the Lincoln Plaza on East Northampton Street.
Police respond to incident at Wyoming Valley Mall
WILKES-BARRE TWP. Township police are investigating a shooting outside the Wyoming Valley Mall near JC Penney and Royal House Buffet early Friday afternoon.
Bowl for Kids’ Sake event returning in April
WILKES-BARRE Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeastern Pennsylvania Friday announced the return of the popular Bowl for Kids Sake event.
Brown addresses Wilkes-Barre OT questions
WILKES-BARRE Responding to questions from City Council members and two city residents Thursday, Mayor George Brown explained why the city paid out $1.6 million in overtime in 2022 half of it going
Ex-Tipsy Turtle is now The Venue
PITTSTON TWP. The Venue, a catering-only facility, has opened in the former Tipsy Turtle building on the grounds of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport.
Wilkes-Barre man pleads guilty to fentanyl trafficking, firearm offenses
SCRANTON A Wilkes-Barre man pled guilty to federal charges of fentanyl distribution and carrying a firearm in relation to a drug-trafficking crime.
Jury acquits couple in Wilkes-Barre shooting
WILKES-BARRE A Luzerne County jury acquitted a Wilkes-Barre man and a woman in a shooting that injured a man on Lynch Lane in the city nearly two years ago.
Admitted pornographer sentenced for producing child sexual abuse materials he shared
WILKES-BARRE A Wilkes-Barre man who admitted to possessing and producing child sexual abuse materials when he took explicit pictures of a girl he shared online with others was sentenced Thursday.
Pittston man sentenced for possessing child sexual abuse materials
WILKES-BARRE When Paul Andrew Schell was arrested by Luzerne County detectives on allegations he searched, downloaded and shared child sexual abuse materials, he knew he had thrown his life away.
New Jersey man charged with attempted homicide in Pringle shooting
PRINGLE Police in Kingston arrested a man from New Jersey Thursday on attempted homicide charges in connection to a shooting that injured a man in Pringle earlier this month.
West Pittston woman killed on I-81
RICE TWP. State police at Wilkes-Barre identified Laura L. Yocius, 47, as the person who was killed when struck by a vehicle on Interstate 81 early Thursday morning.
Man, 19, charged in sexual relationship with minor
DALLAS An age difference of four years resulted in a 19-year-old man from Avoca being arraigned Thursday for having a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old girl.
Wilkes launching free textbook and course material program
WILKES-BARRE The high cost of college textbooks is practically a cliche, with annual grumbling about the single-use books that, according to educationdata.org, average $105 each.