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Police seized guns, money and drugs from a Hazleton home Monday morning after people jumped from a second-story window to escape officers, court papers say. Hazleton police said they were initially dispatched to a second-floor apartment inside 127 E. Mapl

The 72nd annual Back Mountain Memorial Library auction will be held next month and organizers held a kickoff dinner to gear up for the event Monday. The dinner, held at Apple Tree Terrace in Dallas, featured a basket raffle, silent auction and a mini auct

WILKES-BARRE — A Wilkes-Barre man accused of gunning a man down at the Sherman Hills apartments pleaded guilty Monday to a count of third-degree murder. Dominic Jaquariuspa Ray, 25, was in court for what was supposed to be a pre-trial conference ahead of

June 7: NEPA Procurement Technical Assistance Center Government Contracting Showcase, 8 a.m.-1:15 p.m., Kalahari Resorts & Conventions, 250 Kalahari Boulevard, Pocono Manor, offering plenary sessions on government contracting and opportunities to network

IN A CRISIS Local caseworkers for Helpline are available 24 hours a day to refer callers to resources available for those with drug and alcohol problems. Call 570-829-1341 or visit www.helpline-nepa.info. The state has a similar program, “PA Get Help Now.

ABB Optical Group Glenn Senese, who formerly held the east sales director role, will move to the new position of director of new business development. In his new role, Senese will focus on developing new business for the company, including maximizing lab

Eye care practice opens new location Precision Eye Group recently opened a new location at 3319 Lake Ariel Highway, Honesdale. The new facility is a 6,000-square-foot, modern eye care clinic with more than double the exam rooms of the current location, st

Grieving families of some drug overdose victims are finding solace in the fact that surging deaths from the opioid epidemic have led to a record number of organ donations around the country. The Gift of Life Donor Program — which organizes all donations i

A woman who lost her daughter in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012 will speak about school safety and awareness June 11 in Wilkes-Barre. “A Parent’s Perspective” is scheduled at 9 a.m. at the F.M. Kirby Center, with registration beginning

Lackawanna College student and Air Force veteran Travis Heller is on target to change the optics game when it comes to shooting. With his company, IFF Optics, he’s developing advanced scope technology that uses computers on the front of guns to inform the

Following alternating bouts with drug abuse and recovery, Eric Bowman’s relapse in March 2017 killed him, but brought new life to someone he never met. After the Hunlock Creek man died of a heroin overdose, one of his kidneys was transplanted in a dying m

Trucking company officials in Northeast Pennsylvania say they are being impacted by a shortage of truck drivers and it’s slowing growth. Transportation and logistics provider A. Duie Pyle has projected a need for nearly 100 additional professional drivers

SCRANTON — The bow in 1-year-old Brynnlee Turner’s hair matched the writing on her shirt as she made her way around the warning track at PNC Field on Saturday morning. “Purple’s for Dad, White’s for Mom, Us and this cancer just can’t get along,” the purpl

U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta on Friday introduced legislation requiring the departments of Homeland Security and Education to establish security standards and guidelines that schools can use to best protect their students and teachers. Barletta, R-11, Hazleton,

DALLAS ­— Over 100 people assembled with members of the Misericordia University community Saturday to witness the rededication of its historic archway during Alumni Weekend. Surrounded by alumni, campus staff and students, Misericordia University Presiden

The Diocese of Scranton received a state grand jury report that outlines how it and five other Roman Catholic dioceses across Pennsylvania handled decades of sexual abuse allegations against priests. In an email, Diocese of Scranton spokesman Bill Genello

WILKES-BARRE — Quality-of-life violations dropped nearly 40 percent from last year in the same city neighborhoods, data shows. Code and health inspectors spent one day in each of the last five weeks walking through the same city neighborhoods they did beg

DALLAS TWP. — Martin Barry has seen the dead trees in Dallas Twp. They’re ash trees, infected by an invasive insect and a potential danger to travelers on the township’s roads. Township officials first noticed the problem last year. Over the winter and in

State military officials are trying to track down photos of two Luzerne County soldiers killed during the Vietnam War as part of a project to show the faces of all Pennsylvanians killed during the war. Officials are looking for photos of Private 1st Class