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

FAIRVIEW TWP. — After hearing concerns from a business owner, supervisors tabled a vote on an ordinance requiring certain structures in the township to have a lock box installed for fire safety purposes. The action came following a public hearing Tuesday

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WILKES-BARRE — Luzerne County Council on Tuesday will vote on a proposed collective bargaining agreement with county court-related employees who are represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. The agreement would apply

ASHLEY — Two borough police officers were hurt in a two-vehicle crash in Ashley early Sunday morning, according to police. Officer Joshua Smith and Sgt. Joseph McGlynn were traveling north on South Main Street in an unmarked police vehicle at about 5 a.m.

A Belgian man never forgot seeing an American B-24 bomber succumb to enemy fire and crash in a field near his family’s farm on Christmas Day 1944. Viktor Yansenne was 6 at the time but can still see the parachutes of two crewmen who bailed as the warplane

DETROIT — Bargain prices on 2- and 3-year-old vehicles fueled record sales of used cars, trucks and SUVs last year, a trend that is expected to continue because people can save thousands of dollars over buying new. Used vehicle sales hit 39.2 million vehi

Melissa Meyers, principal at Heights Murray Elementary School in Wilkes-Barre, kissed a pig at a school pep rally Friday. The kiss happened because students met the goal of reading 3,000 books, Meyers said. Students ended up reading 3,189 books, Meyers sa

HANOVER TWP. — A Wilkes-Barre man is facing strangulation charges after police say he used an electrical cord to choke his ex-girlfriend while she laid in bed with her baby. Luis Daniel Rosa, 23, of 84 Lehigh St., is also accused of poking his ex with a s

JENKINS TWP. — A township man accused of choking and threatening his girlfriend during a domestic dispute Friday morning attacked police and had to be subdued with a Taser along with four officers before he was captured, according to police. Police say An

Angela Liddle, president and CEO of Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance, will be the guest on this weekend’s edition of Newsmakers. Liddle, who joins hosts Jayne Ann Bugda and Andy Mehalshick, will discuss her organization, which educates, informs and le

Four abandoned coal industry sites in Luzerne County will see new life under a Department of Environmental Protection program. The DEP’s Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation will spend $25 million to fund mine reclamation work in 12 abandoned mine lands a

WILKES-BARRE — The former Nanticoke man accused of brutally beating and stabbing a 97-year-old woman with a screwdriver as she slept in her bed on Thanksgiving will stand trial on murder charges, but the extent of his ex-girlfriend’s involvement in the ca

Groups representing truckers and other motorists asked a federal judge on Monday to halt the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission’s payments to PennDOT for transportation projects around the state while the court decides their claims that turnpike tolls are u

A 35-year-old man from Tunkhannock could face as many as 7½ years in prison after pleading guilty Friday in Wyoming County Court to terroristic threats and reckless endangerment for forcing a 30-year-old woman from Factoryville to go with him in February

PLAINS TWP. — One person went to the hospital, but no one was seriously injured after an SUV crashed into Jay-Dee SneakerKing, 1 S. Main St., on Friday afternoon. An older man was driving south on Main Street when he lost control of his white Ford Excursi

WILKES-BARRE — A report critical of city police department leadership paints a picture of a stagnant organization impaired by “management missteps” and a dysfunctional directives system. Assessors with the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association describ

State police took aerial photographs of the Dallas School District campus from helicopters Thursday. State police offered the service during a recent meeting about improving school safety, and the aerial photographs will be distributed to local police, Su

A company that operates an adult pornographic video website filed federal copyright infringement lawsuits against nine area residents Friday, including four people from Luzerne, Lackawanna and Wayne counties. Malibu Media Inc. of Westlake Village, Califor

WILKES-BARRE — Wilkes University has purchased Dr. John “Jack” Consalvo’s property at 182 S. Franklin St. for $600,000, according to a property transfer in Luzerne County Recorder of Deeds office. Wilkes University spokeswoman Gabrielle D’Amico said an op