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Dallas Township police captured South Dakota rape suspect
DALLAS TWP. Township police arrested a Wilkes-Barre man on domestic abuse charges later discovering he was wanted on an arrest warrant charging him with felony rape in South Dakota.
Rep. Kaufer named to PHEAA Board of Directors
KINGSTON State Rep. Aaron Kaufer,R-Kingston, announced that he was recently appointed to the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency Board of Directors.
Appeal may delay homicide trial
WILKES-BARRE Jury selection is scheduled Friday in the homicide trial of Milton Clark, accused in the death of his nephew who died two weeks after being stabbed in the heart nearly four years ago.
Death investigation at LCCF
WILKES-BARRE An autopsy on the body of an inmate at Luzerne County Correctional Facility revealed she took her own life.
Classified documents at Pence’s home, too, his lawyer says
NEW YORK (AP) Documents with classified markings were discovered in former Vice President Mike Pence s Indiana home last week, his lawyer told the National Archives in a letter the latest in a str
I-81 northbound to tonight from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.
Interstate 81 northbound will be closed tonight, Jan. 24, from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. to remove beams from the Suscon Road Bridge.
Plains Township man arraigned on charges he fired gun at ex-girlfriend
PRINGLE A man from Plains Township was arraigned Tuesday on allegations he fired a shot at an ex-girlfriend who was behind a bathroom door.
‘Everything Everywhere’ tops Oscar nominations with 11
NEW YORK (AP) The multiverse-skipping sci-fi indie hit Everything Everywhere All at Once led nominations to the 95th Academy Awards as Hollywood heaped honors on big-screen spectacles like Top Gu
Meuser names Marabell field director for 9th District’s northern tier
DALLAS U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser this week announced that he has added Mike Marabell to his 9th Congressional District team.
Wilkes-Barre Township police seek suspects in organized retail theft ring
WILKES-BARRE TWP. Township police are seeking the public s assistance in an attempt to identify two men suspected to be in an organized retail theft ring.
Foster Township homicide trial continued
WILKES-BARRE A Luzerne County judge Monday continued the homicide trial of Roberto Torner and David Alzugaray, accused in the fatal shooting a man in Foster Township.
Meuser tours small businesses in Tunkhannock
TUNKHANNOCK U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser said last week he was impressed by the owners of the heritage businesses, which have been in Tunkhannock for decades.
Allied Services Meade Street Skilled Nursing recognized for excellence
WILKES-BARRE In a recent national review of nursing homes, Allied Services Meade Street Skilled Nursing in Wilkes-Barre was singled out for excellence in patient care.
Local legislators talk about ‘going forward’ with Gov. Shapiro
WILKES-BARRE State Rep.Eddie Day Pashinski said Monday from the first time he heard Josh Shapiro speak on the House Floor in 2007, he knew he was destined for a higher political calling.
Boy, 16, charged as an adult in armed home invasion
WILKES-BARRE A 16-year-old boy was charged as an adult for his alleged role in an armed home invasion where a man was pistol whipped Saturday.
Knox Mine Disaster victims remembered on tragedy’s 64th anniversary
JENKINS TWP. Sixty-four years ago Sunday, 12 men working like any other day were killed, trapped beneath the earth after one of the area s worst mining disasters.
Appellate court denies appeal of state inmate who wanted television back
A television was the bargaining chip as the reason why a state inmate pled guilty to sucker punching a corrections officer inside the State Correctional Institution at Dallas.
Meuser: 3 bills would return fiscal responsibility to federal government
WILKES-BARRE U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser this week introduced a three-bill legislative package intended to bring fiscal responsibility back to the federal government.
Meuser participates in Congressional Listening Session at Pa. Farm Show
HARRISBURG Speaking at the Pennsylvania Farm Show this week, U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser said the farmers and producers in Pennsylvania are at the heart of providing food for families across the Commonweal
