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A grand jury that has been hearing testimony about sexual abuse by priests in six Catholic dioceses in Pennsylvania, including Allentown and Scranton, will soon conclude its work and issue a report this spring, according to two sources. The grand jury, wh

WEST PITTSTON — West Pittston is looking again at a way to protect the town from flooding. A $200,000 feasibility study will look at possibilities that could prevent disasters like the 2011 floods that came after Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee, wh

WILKES-BARRE — Local community groups are organizing a basketball tournament to help raise money for Narcan training and drug recovery efforts in Luzerne County. Erik Coolbaugh Foundation and United We Stand, Divided We Fall are planning a tournament from

WILKES-BARRE — Luzerne County Correctional Facility inmate Kassandra Lee Martin pleaded guilty to attacking corrections officers who searched her for drugs at the jail in December. The attack fractured a vertebra of one of the guards who was searching Mar

DORRANCE TWP. — A neighbor helped two people escape their burning residence in the Valley Stream mobile home park Tuesday morning. The fire, which broke out just after 10:30 a.m., quickly tore through the mobile home. Firefighters from at least six compan

The Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s board of directors approved investments in two Luzerne County companies. TierraNOVA LLC, Wilkes-Barre, which produces a safety software application, received $35,000. The company’s app, “

In celebration of 38 years on the air, Rock 107 brings the legendary band Warrant to the stage at Woodlands Inn & Resort, 1073 Highway 315, Plains Twp., tonight for its annual Birthday Bash concert. Since band members Erik Turner and Jerry Dixon founded W

WILKES-BARRE — City police are investigating a report that a man pulled a gun on another motorist in a case of road rage Monday night. Police say the victim, a 37 year-old Wilkes-Barre woman, reported she had been driving on Mundy Street about 7:40 p.m. w

Dear J.T. & Dale: I work for a company that missed its financial goals. How do you know when a company is getting ready to do layoffs? — DEBORA J.T.: The usual signs are when they start cutting benefits. For example, if they drastically cut employee train

HAZLETON — Solar power could be running lights after the sun goes down in the Humboldt Industrial Park in the near future. Greg Kurtz, operations director for CAN DO Inc., said the industrial and economic development organization is seeking a grant to cre

Luzerne County Correctional Facility — where four female inmates have died in the past year, with three of those deaths ruled suicides — might have a new health care provider soon. Or not. The situation should be clarified within the next month or two, ac

People throughout Northeast Pennsylvania celebrated Easter on Sunday with church services, egg hunts, family dinners and more.

Even when it looks like the end, it just might not be. That’s the message Parker Hill Church Pastor Mark Stuenzi hoped to convey Easter Sunday. Spiritual guides lent wisdom to parishioners of Christian churches around the region Sunday to help guide them

SCRANTON — In the eight years since her son died in a crash caused by a distracted driver, Eileen Woelkers Miller has become a ceaseless warrior in the fight for better highway safety laws. She’ll join the battle again this week in Harrisburg. On Tuesday,

There’s another local connection in the upcoming “Chappaquiddick” movie about the death of Forty Fort native Mary Jo Kopechne in Sen. Ted Kennedy’s car. The stunt double for actress Kate Mara — who plays Kopechne — is also from the Wyoming Valley. Heidi P

The state Department of Transportation announced the following upcoming road work projects: Interstate 81 Baseball is coming back: Please note there will be traffic issues at Davis Street, I-81 and Montage Mountain Road, Moosic, at the beginning and end o

At age 28, two video producing buffs came across a shocking story about a young woman from the Wyoming Valley who was left to die in a submerged car that was driven by a man from one of the most powerful families in the world. They felt the “Chappaquiddic

WEST HAZLETON — An early morning shooting resulted in a man being flown to a regional trauma center for treatment. Domingo Garcia Lopez, 44, shot a man inside a 5 W. Washington Ave. home on Easter, borough police allege. The victim is in critical conditio

WILKES-BARRE — A city man reported that someone attacked him with a snow shovel as he walked along a South Wilkes-Barre street on Saturday night, according to police. The attack happened shortly after 8 p.m. Saturday in the area of Wood and Sambourne Stre

Scientists unlocked a secret that links genetic mutation to lower risk for liver disease. A team of researchers with Geisinger Health System and the Regeneron Genetics Center recently published their research in the New England Journal of Medicine detaili