News

HAZLE TWP — A 44-year-old West Hazleton man accused of shooting his daughter’s boyfriend Easter Sunday morning will face all charges against him, including a new offense, in Luzerne County Court. West Hazleton police say the April 1 shooting happened duri

WILKES-BARRE — City Mayor Tony George has decided to eliminate the position of a police commander whose leadership was criticized in a report recently authored by the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association. The mayor plans to shift Commander Ron Foy ba

DURYEA — A Scranton woman is facing drug-trafficking charges after police say she was caught with a mobile methamphetamine lab during a traffic stop Friday. Nicole Marie Salerno, 26, is accused of cooking meth in a pickup police pulled over in the 200 blo

TUNKHANNOCK — For the first time, Wyoming County Historical Society’s West Wing will be open to the public as part of the group’s 27th open house event Sunday. For years after the historical society opened in the old Harrison Street School in 1986, the ro

EXETER — U.S. Rep Matt Cartwright, D-17, Moosic will host an information session about applying to U.S. service academies. The event will take place from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Wyoming Area Secondary School, 252 Memorial St., Exeter. It is open to all i

Party on the Patio returns this summer to Mohegan Sun Pocono, but it’s looking a little different this season. The Plains Twp. casino announced its annual, 13-week concert series, which begins Thursday, June 7, where guests can enjoy live music from a var

The United Way of Wyoming Valley held its 26th annual Day of Caring on Thursday. More than 900 volunteers from 70 local businesses and organizations helped out at 62 locations across the Wyoming Valley.

The Diocese of Scranton, along with two other Roman Catholic dioceses in the state, won’t stand in the way of a grand jury report expected to detail decades of sex abuse by members of the clergy. “The Diocese of Scranton continues to cooperate fully with

Pennsylvania House Republicans are looking to strip committee assignments from a state representative accused of abusing state Rep. Tarah Toohil and another woman. They’re also looking to relocate Rep. Nick Miccarelli’s desk on the House floor so that he

An attorney for convicted cop killer Eric Matthew Frein said he believes Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court will agree state police illegally elicited a confession from his client, but that may not be enough to win a new trial. William Ruzzo said the justices f

WILKES-BARRE — Thank the lackadaisical pace of fishing for helping to give birth to the artwork that earned best of show honors at this year’s Fine Arts Fiesta. Wilkes-Barre resident Matthew Howell picked up wood carving after whittling a figure of a man’

The Northwest Ranger Foundation is looking for runners willing to hit the trail for a good cause. The third annual Ranger Run will be held Saturday on the Susquehanna Warrior Trail starting at the town park in Shickshinny. In addition to runners wishing t

PLAINS TWP. — Two robbers who held up a bank Wednesday afternoon committed the heist after burglarizing two homes, but failed to get any money, according to charges filed in court. Gerald Paul Pambianco, 29, of Plains Twp., and Derek Lee Spaide, 26, of Ha

The Martz Group will begin offering daily service to and from Allentown starting June 18. The Wilkes-Barre based company added the Allentown Bus Terminal to its daily service to Philadelphia to fill a need for transportation to and from the region. “Custo

WILKES-BARRE — As excitement builds for Saturday’s royal wedding, workers at a Wilkes-Barre business have been busy printing life-size cardboard cutouts of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle 16 hours a day, seven days a week. Wet Paint Printing + Design on Ho

Gypsy moth caterpillars are coming back this spring, and the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is spraying an insecticide from helicopters and planes to kill them. The caterpillars eat the leaves from trees, and in previous years they have

Wilkes-Barre police Commander Ron Foy became a cop after one of his best friends was killed 32 years ago in the line of duty in Avoca. Foy was on hand earlier this week in Washington, D.C., as that friend, Richard Janczewski, and other slain law enforceme

Natural gas prices will hold steady this summer for UGI Penn Natural Gas customers and likely drop by almost 3 percent just in time for the home heating season. The utility company announced Thursday that the purchased gas cost rates won’t change June 1,

A story published Thursday about a school bus driver charged with driving under the influence misidentified the magistrate who arraigned the driver. It was Magisterial District Judge Rick Cronauer. It is our policy to correct errors promptly in the sectio

WILKES-BARRE — Kathy and Michael Lasher have been visiting the Fine Arts Fiesta in downtown Wilkes-Barre for years. They enjoy the variety of artwork, and sometimes they even get to see Michael’s own work on the festival’s temporary walls. This was one of