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Wilkes-Barre has filed a suit in Luzerne County court, seeking to stop the county redevelopment authority from distributing nearly $3 million left over from a 20-year-old tax increment financing plan to the county, Wilkes-Barre Twp. and Wilkes-Barre Area

NEWPORT TWP. — A prisoner at State Correctional Institution at Retreat has been charged for exposing himself to a female staff member, state police at Shickshinny said. Lamont Pough, 45, is charged with one count of indecent exposure, police said. Police

WILKES-BARRE — U.S. Marshals on Tuesday captured a man in the city who was wanted for murder stemming from an Easter Sunday shooting at a strip club in New Jersey. Sharif Robinson, 27, of Jersey City, was captured without incident at a home at the corner

WILKES-BARRE — A Hazle Twp. man convicted of attempted murder for blasting a man in the face with a shotgun to settle a dispute about a woman was sentenced Tuesday to serve up to 40 years in prison. George Joseph Salata, 60, was convicted at trial in Febr

FAIRVIEW TWP. — A group of roughly 50 Crestwood School District residents met Tuesday night to organize opposition to attempts to furlough teachers, eliminate education courses and reconfigure elementary schools. Because of a projected budget shortfall, s

JACKSON TWP. — A State Correctional Institution Dallas inmate was arraigned Tuesday on charges that he smuggled drugs into the prison via a kiss from his girlfriend. Fernando Luis Rios, 36, is accused of accepting two packages of Suboxone and synthetic ma

NEWPORT TWP. — A prisoner at State Correctional Institution at Retreat repeatedly slashed another inmate in the face with a razor blade in an outburst during a chess match, state police at Shickshinny said. Tyrail Penick Clark, 21, is charged with simple

WILKES-BARRE — Golfers likely won’t see fees changed at Hollenback Golf Course until next year. An ordinance to adjust fees at the city-owned course — the third such ordinance proposed this year — is on the agenda for a first-reading vote at Thursday’s co

A story on page A3 on April 4 that reported the arrest of Donald Cromer, 43, on methamphetamine-trafficking charges requires clarification. According to Outlaws Motorcycle Club attorney Christopher B. Slusser, Cromer’s membership in the organization was t

WILKES-BARRE — A 28-year-old Wilkes-Barre man will spend eight years in federal prison for drug dealing, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District said Tuesday. U.S. District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo sentenced Jaquan Henderson for selling cr

WILKES-BARRE — A city man is facing robbery charges alleging he ripped his girlfriend’s cellphone away from her and refused to give it back. John Kimbrough, 45, of 442 S. River St., is accused of taking Tanya Titus’ cellphone during a dispute at 121 Old R

WILKES-BARRE TWP. — About 100 supporters of the arts gathered on Sunday to raise funds for the Fine Arts Fiesta in Wilkes-Barre, which is less than six weeks away. The organizers of the event, at Breaker Brewing Company in Wilkes-Barre Twp., called it a “

Odyssey of the Mind teams from across the area posted strong showings at the state finals Saturday at the Pocono Mountain School District’s East Campus. Competing in one of five different events — with three for each event determined by the highest grade

An attorney for Lackawanna County filed a motion seeking to dismiss the county from a federal lawsuit filed by the wife of a man killed walking down Montage Mountain Road in 2013. Scranton attorney Benjamin A. Nicolosi Jr. argues Courtney Sanders cannot p

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