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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

WILKES-BARRE — Convicted double murderer Kenneth Carl Crawford III now has a glimmer of hope. After serving nearly 18 years of a mandatory life sentence, Crawford, 34, was re-sentenced Monday to 52 years to life in prison — a term that makes him eligible

WILKES-BARRE — Authorities on Monday announced a woman captured at Mohegan Sun Pocono last week has been charged with first-degree murder. Elizabeth Ann Chinn, 32, of South Point, Ohio, is charged with murdering Timothy Pahl, 67, during a burglary of his

Jeffrey Gretz has never been so busy. The owner of First Class Auto Glass Inc. in Scranton said windshields are cracking far more than usual, a conundrum likely caused by an abundance of anti-skid material spread this winter as road crews battled a seemin

WILKES-BARRE — A New York man accused in two Hazleton aggravated assault cases pleaded guilty Monday. Christopher A. DeJesus, 22, of Woodhaven, pleaded guilty to three felony counts of aggravated assault before Luzerne County Judge Michael T. Vough. Prose

Pennsylvania’s newest industry comes with a learning curve. More than 7,000 people now carry medical marijuana ID cards to treat illness with cannabis, and thousands more seek them. However, it remains a legal conundrum when it comes to federal law, and i

Three Luzerne County organizations will receive grants totaling $20,000 from Williams Companies, the company building the Atlantic Sunrise pipeline in Northeast Pennsylvania. They are: n WVIA Public Media, which is getting $4,000 to support educational pr