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‘It was just absolute teamwork’
WILKES-BARRE South Fire Station was bustling with activity on Wednesday afternoon but for all the right reasons: Celebrating heroes and new life-saving equipment to help them do their jobs.
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
Roselle to serve as Luzerne County interim budget/finance head
Veteran Luzerne County employee Mary Roselle will serve as the county s acting budget/finance division head, county Manager Romilda Crocamo announced Wednesday.
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?
Luzerne County Council approves public relief plan with federal American Rescue funding
As part of a promised public relief program, Luzerne County Council agreed Tuesday to direct $5 million in federal American Rescue Plan funds to two programs administered by the Commission on Economic
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
Trump vows to keep talking
WINDHAM, N.H. Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday kept up his attacks on special counsel Jack Smith and vowed to continue talking about his criminal cases even as prosecutors sought a protectiv
Watercolors by Wengen on display at Abide Coffeehouse
WILKES-BARRE Work by a local artist who has earned national and international acclaim will be on display through August at Abide Coffeehouse.
Swetz named WB’s new finance officer
WILKES-BARRE Brian Swetz is moving from the county to the city.
WB Council work session brings talk of upgrades, restorations
WILKES-BARRE Many questions were raised about agenda items during Tuesday s City Council work session, including an increased insurance premium for the city and plans to begin restoration on the Nor
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.