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WILKES-BARRE — Inside the Great Escape Flotation Center in downtown Wilkes-Barre, customers can relax in a flotation tank with nearly 1,000 pounds of epsom salts mixed with a shallow amount of water. Owner Brad Wells said the flotation pod creates a buoya

NANTICOKE — A city man wanted on sex assault charges was captured Friday after he and others informed a convenience store clerk they would be back in an hour to rob the place, according to police. Police on Tuesday charged Dylan Charles Monelli, 22, of 17

KINGSTON TWP. — Many people might not want to live right next door to their boss. Michael Moravec loved it. Moravec, the current police chief in Kingston Twp., was a patrolman when he moved next to his boss, Paul Sabol. Sabol, who died Thursday at the age

WILKES-BARRE — The alleged crime was caught on video, but it’s anything but clear what exactly happened when a Solomon-Plains Elementary/Junior High School teacher grabbed a student earlier this year. Video of the altercation played during a preliminary h

PLAINS TWP. — A detour scheduled to be put in place next week will increase the travel time to Wilkes-Barre General Hospital and nearby locations for some. A major access point to Wilkes-Barre and Plains Twp. from the Back Mountain — the Exit 3 off-ramp f

Performers from Marvel Universe LIVE! Age of Heroes spoke to students at Heights Murray Elementary School in Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday about the importance of physical fitness. The superheroes took the students through a workout segment and taught them so

BEAR CREEK TWP. — Two elderly New Jersey residents were killed when the vehicle they were riding in Tuesday afternoon flipped and crashed along the Pennsylvania Turnpike’s Northeast Extension, according to state police. Gyula Molnar, 81, and Ileana Molnar

JERMYN — Hospital personnel see it on a near daily basis: A drug overdose victim is revived, then bolts from the emergency room without talking to anyone about treatment options. An innovative program under development by the Scranton Counseling Center ho

ASHLEY — Officers with guns drawn swarmed a borough apartment building Wednesday afternoon after someone reported a woman was kidnapped at gunpoint in Wilkes-Barre, police said. Police searched a car outside a double-block apartment at 13 Hazleton St. and

PHILADELPHIA — Marijuana has long been labeled a “gateway drug,” or one that leads unsuspecting, casual users to a life strung out on hard drugs. What if, instead, it’s an “exit drug?” A body of research is growing that shows when states allow cannabis, d

DALLAS TWP. — It’s finally hot outside, but Abby Patrick is thinking of ice. Patrick is the president of The Kiwanis Club of Dallas PA. The group hopes to donate a temporary ice rink to Dallas Twp. for the next winter. The rink could be set up in Dallas T

DALLAS — A Back Mountain man is facing child pornography charges after admitting to posting a graphic picture of an infant’s bottom on Facebook in an effort to express his feelings about President Donald Trump, according to charges filed Wednesday. Peter

SCRANTON — A Wilkes-Barre Twp. man hired to haul mail has pleaded guilty to stealing thousands of dollars’ worth of valuables, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Joseph Stefanski, 37, will be sentenced at a later date after pleading guilty to the si

WILKES-BARRE TWP. — A Hanover Twp. woman who used a stolen credit was found in possession of heroin and drug paraphernalia, according to police. Trisha Marie Savage, 28, used a stolen card when she tried to buy $73 worth of merchandise at Kohl’s around 11

WILKES-BARRE — It appears city officials have a good handle on spending through the first quarter of 2018, and some revenue is higher than expected. According to monthly financial reports, just about every category of accumulating expenses — including ove

PHILADELPHIA — When Eugene DePasquale looks for new ways to tighten state prison spending, he sees one glaring inefficiency. “One issue kept coming back that made the most sense that could help us make the most progress and solve a huge financial problem

HANOVER TWP. — Firefighters went fishing Wednesday, and they got a big one. Water rescue crews from Germania Hose Company and the Hanover Twp. Fire Department went to the Breslau boat launch Wednesday afternoon for a report of a truck in the Susquehanna R

WILKES-BARRE — A city man is facing robbery and assault charges after police say he threw a woman to the ground and robbed her of cash, cards and a cellphone earlier this year. Jarrett T. Edmonds, 35, of 197 S. Hancock St., is accused of attacking the wom

U.S. Rep. Tom Marino sued an elderly woman and her son for defamation, alleging they distributed an email that falsely accuses him of taking a drug industry kickback and having a “big hand” in spreading heroin and opioids at the heart of an addiction epid

PITTSTON — Pittston officials unveiled plans Monday for a different kind of bridal and party planning expo. Pittston Mayor Michael Lombardo joined Michelle Mikitish, executive vice president of the Greater Pittston Chamber of Commerce, at the Pittston Mem