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LACKAWAXEN TWP. — Jane Cole sat in the main hall of a rural Pike County fire department Monday and waited out a storm that ended three days before. Downed trees and snapped power lines from a lashing nor’easter cut electricity to the 73-year-old’s Lackawa

PITTSTON — Maria Chacko and her three children made it out unharmed when their Panama Street home caught fire on Sunday. The home, however, was destroyed. Chacko, her two sons, 16 and 14, and her 9-year-old daughter lost everything. Now the Chacko family’

ASHLEY — Police said a drunk man at Bentley’s Nightclub 1.0 charged at an officer and threw punches at him before the officer punched back. Ashley Police charged Nathaniel Bradford, 38, of Hanover Twp., with aggravated assault, simple assault and resistin

A Hanover Twp. man accused of having sex with two teenage boys after giving them alcohol, marijuana and a gun will spend up to 14 years in jail, a judge ruled Monday. Luzerne County Judge Michael Vough on Monday sentenced Alexander Walski Jr. to 84 to 168

SWOYERSVILLE — A veteran police officer was suspended, one councilman called another an “airhead” and borough ambulance officials questioned why council cut off its funding. Controversies dominated the monthly meeting of Swoyersville borough council on Mo

Police on Monday released the names of three Luzerne County licensed liquor establishments cited for allowing illegal gambling following a three-county “gaming raid” last fall. The state police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement executed search warrants

A 17-year-old boy may spend the next 16 years in state prison for shooting a man during a robbery last year in Wilkes-Barre. Idris Khairi, of Wilkes-Barre, will spend eight to 16 years in prison for the shooting, which occurred on Blackman Street on June

WILKES-BARRE — Mayor Tony George has made his picks for four new hires in the police department, although the administration is keeping a lid on their identities for now. The Wilkes-Barre Police Civil Service Commission submitted a ranked list of 32 appli

The incorrect date for the 10th annual Crestwood Hoops for Hope was published in a headline and news column on Monday. The Crestwood Hoops for Hope fundraiser will be held today, Tuesday, March 6, at the Crestwood High School gymnasium in Mountain Top. Do

Some progress has occurred in negotiations between municipal officials and the board of the Luzerne County SPCA over using tax dollars to help care for stray animals. The SPCA board has agreed to provide all 67 municipalities in Luzerne County with quarte

DALLAS — A field representative for state Sen. Lisa Baker, R-20, Lehman Twp., will be available for consultation Thursday. Tom Yoniski will be at the Wright Twp. Municipal Building, 321 S. Mountain Blvd., from 10 a.m. to noon and at the Forty Fort Borough

DALLAS — A staff member for U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, R-11, Hazleton, will be available to meet with constituents on March 19. A staff member will be on hand from 1 to 3 p.m. on March 19 at state Sen. Lisa Baker’s office in the Dallas Shopping Center, along

HAZLE TWP. — Rebecca Foose entered Hazleton Area High School with books for classes, books for her piano studio, with lunch, a water bottle and a challenge: “How to carry it all?” Foose, a sophomore, said Monday morning when a backpack ban began at the hi

Police charged a Nanticoke man with drug trafficking on Monday after officers allegedly found drugs and paraphernalia during a search at his home. Desmond Knott, 38, of 218 W. Ridge St., was arraigned Monday on felony counts of possession with intent to d

Old Forge and state police returned to Ghigiarelli’s restaurant Monday, the last place anyone saw Robert Baron more than 13 months ago. On Monday, investigators took another look at evidence gathered there, borough police Chief Jason Dubernas said. When a

WILKES-BARRE — All high school students in the Wilkes-Barre Area School District must now enter school through metal detectors. The metal detectors were already at the schools, but officials were using them randomly when students entered, Superintendent B

PITTSTON TWP. — A simple modernization, long common at most airports nationwide, should finally arrive at the local airport in April. In one overnight push, the Transportation Security Administration checkpoint will move to a location ahead of the Wilkes-

PITTSTON — A mother and three children are displaced after fire ravaged their Pittston home Sunday afternoon. The family escaped the fire at 156 Panama St. without injury, as did a dog, according to Pittston Fire Chief James Rooney. The single-family home

Eligible veterans who served on active duty in the Persian Gulf Theater of Operations from Aug. 2, 1990 to Aug. 31, 1991, have six months to collect a special one-time payment to honor their service and sacrifice. Applications for the Persian Gulf Conflic

Police in Luzerne County aren’t just carrying opioid reversal doses for addicts; they’re also carrying them for fellow first responders and anyone else who may accidentally come into contact with the drugs. Accidental exposure does happen, and first respo