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City Council to discuss agenda items at work session Tuesday night
WILKES-BARRE Wilkes-Barre City Council will meet in work session Tuesday night to review the agenda for Thursday night s regular session.
Look Back: Brother poisoned for sister’s marriage in 1887
In the tiny lumber town of Duryea, a young Jennie Dale wanted to marry her sweetheart, Thomas Hamlin, in January 1887.
PennDOT highway safety survey available through Feb. 28
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is seeking public input on traffic safety and driving behaviors through its online survey found at www.PennDOT.pa.gov/Safety.
Correction
In a story published Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. in the Times Leader, on Mayor George Brown s State of the City report, it should have stated that the Mayor has hired 11 new police officers.
Brown delivers ‘State of the City’ address
WILKES-BARRE Mayor George Brown laid it all out at Friday s meeting of the Downtown Wilkes-Barre Business Association, calling it his State of the City report.
Black Diamond Trail challenge kicks off despite frigid temps
Hikers hit the D&L Black Diamond Trail on Saturday to kick off a Winter Challenge with the goal of logging 30 miles of hiking, biking, walking or snowshoeing during the month of February.
NEPA Home and Garden Show continues today at Arena
WILKES-BARRE TWP. Name That Pollinator read the sign on the wheel spun by Christie Piano on Saturday.
Beyond the Byline: Super Bowl soon; super memories flashback
WILKES-BARRE It s been five years since the Philly Special play that spurred the Eagles to their Super Bowl LII victory at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
Beyond the Byline: Pauline will never lose hope in finding Phylicia
I drove down to Hunlock Township the other day, just to see if anything has changed.
Rice Twp. house fire was electrical; no internal damage
Firefighters from the Mountain Top Hose Company and other neighboring departments were called to Twins Lane in Rice Township on Saturday for what was reported as a working electrical fire.
Mayor Brown announces new development, 2nd special needs playground
WILKES-BARRE At Friday s meeting of the Downtown Wilkes-Barre Business Association at City Hall, Mayor George Brown offered a comprehensive report of, as he said, many good things going on in the c
Police: Man shoots cellular phone buyer in planned robbery
PLAINS TWP. Township police arrested a man they alleged shot another man in the chest during a sale of a used cellular phone Thursday night.
Fire incinerates Plymouth Township home
PLYMOUTH TWP. A home at the top of Temperance Hill in Plymouth Township was destroyed in a fire Friday morning.
Pa. House Speaker comes to Wilkes-Barre to listen
WILKES-BARRE Christa Caceres recounted her own sexual abuse as a youngster at the hands of a monster, suffering almost daily attacks.
Wyoming Area Board candidates: Morgan, DeAngelo and Foy
Two men and one woman are seeking appointed to fill the vacancy on the Wyoming Area School Board: Ryan Foy, Nick DeAngelo and Patricia Morgan.
Gouldsboro man sentenced for sexually assaulting girl in Duryea
WILKES-BARRE A man from Gouldsboro who admitted to sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in Duryea was sentenced to state prison Thursday.
Father-to-be charged with disrupting birth
PLAINS TWP. A Wilkes-Barre man recording his girlfriend giving birth refused to leave the delivery room and fought with nurses and security at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center Thursday mornin
CEO names Warabak as its new executive director
WILKES-BARRE The Commission on Economic Opportunity (CEO) Thursday named Jennifer Warabak of Avoca as its new executive director.
Pizza Hut opens at 750 Wyoming Ave. in Kingston
KINGSTON The new Pizza Hut has opened in Kingston.
Police: Evicted tenant set fire to mattress
WILKES-BARRE City police arrested a man they allege set fire to a Dana Street residence where he was evicted several months ago.