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A 29-year-old Pittston man was sentenced to 28 to 84 months in state prison for sending nude photos of himself and sexually explicit messages to a 13-year-old and a 14-year-old female. President Judge Russell Shurtleff asked Bruce J. Carey, of Morgan Lane

Prosecutors have filed criminal charges against a juvenile in connection with the threat that caused a lockdown at Wyoming Area Secondary Center last week, the Luzerne County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday. The suspect’s name and age were not rel

Wyoming Area School District officials are defending the district’s response to the discovery of a threatening message found Thursday morning inside a secondary center restroom. The discovery of the message led to a lockdown of students and staff for more

A Dorrance Twp. charity that sued a Plainfield Twp. sign maker for using the phrase “PSP Strong” in a fundraising campaign for a wounded officer has agreed to drop its $50,000 claim for damages. As part of the agreement, however, the PSP Strong Associatio

JENKINS TWP. — Pittston Area School District already does a lot to keep its schools safe, and more safety plans are in the works. The crowd at Tuesday’s school board saw a presentation from Joseph DeLucca, a director at the Luzerne Intermediate Unit, abou

PITTSTON TWP. — Police are investigating a theft from the Advanced Arms gun store, 755 S. Township Boulevard, Pittston Twp. Multiple people forced their way inside the store around 11:30 p.m. and took several firearms before leaving in a light-colored SUV

State Rep. Aaron Kaufer’s small games of chance seminar has been rescheduled to April 3 due to the impending weather. The meeting now will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. April 3, at the Wyoming Hose Company, 70 E. Third St., Wyoming. Liquor Enforcement Officer

WILKES-BARRE — The Wilkes-Barre Fire Department has a limited number of free smoke alarms available from WNEP TV’s Operation SAVE-A-LIFE, the city announced Tuesday. The smoke detectors can be picked up at Fire Headquarters, 20-22 E. Ross St., and at Holl

Republican voters will have multiple candidates to choose from for nominations for the three congressional seats that touch part of Northeast Pennsylvania in the May 15 primary election. Democrats will have choices for two seats. Each of the new districts

LEHMAN TWP. — U.S. House Democrats allege the owner of a Wilkes-Barre pipe-fitting business is a “key individual” connecting the National Rifle Association with a Russian gun group and may be a central figure in the investigation into Russian election med

A popular deli in Luzerne County is moving to a new location. KJ’s Pickle Barrel at 506 Main St. in Edwardsville will open its new location in early April at 355 Market St. in Kingston next to Rita’s Italian Ice, said Dino Riviello, who co-owns the deli w

WILKES-BARRE — South Franklin Street will be closed from Anheiser Lane to Market Street from 6:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday to accommodate ongoing renovations at the Citizens Bank building, the city announced Tuesday. Franklin Street from Northampton Street

The PNC Bank branch at 650 Main St. in Avoca will close Friday, June 15, at 3 p.m., according to a bank spokeswoman. Its closing follows an announcement that M&T Bank will close its branch on 44 W. Market St. in downtown Wilkes-Barre on June 15 and that P

Geisinger Health System recently exposed hundreds of email addresses of those who participated in a survey about customer satisfaction. The mass email, which thanked customers participating and gave overall survey results, listed the email addresses of al

The Wilkes-Barre Area School District has released preliminary renderings of its new consolidated high school in Plains Twp. On March 5, the school board agreed to buy 78 acres between Maffett and Main streets for the new school. The land purchase from Pa

WILKES-BARRE — A dispute that has divided the city of Wilkes-Barre and Luzerne County for years could play out in the courts soon. The dispute centers around funding for the proposed extension of Coal Street across Wilkes-Barre Boulevard to Union Street i

The attorney for a former Lackawanna County Prison guard forcefully denied Tuesday that his client had a sexual relationship with a female work-release inmate nearly a decade ago. Moments before that denial, the judge sent the case against his client, Jef

WILKES-BARRE — Members of a team proposing a $30 million to $40 million development at the site of the former Hotel Sterling revealed specifics of the project on Tuesday. Plans for the project, which has been dubbed “Gateway Center,” include upscale condo

A rumored special meeting of the Crestwood School Board on Thursday morning does not exist “at the moment.” “At the moment, there is no meeting scheduled,” a secretary to district Superintendent Joseph Gorham said Monday afternoon. There has been no indic

A state dog warden says he has identified and contacted the owner of two dogs that killed one dog and wounded another in a South Wilkes-Barre park on Sunday. Dog warden Jim Spencer did not identify the man whose German shepherds attacked a boxer and a toy