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OLD FORGE — Nearly 16 months after Old Forge restaurateur Robert Baron disappeared, police activity in the borough Wednesday suggests a wider probe. Lackawanna County detectives and Old Forge police returned to Ghigiarelli’s restaurant to do some “additio

Luzerne County will not sell county-owned land to Wilkes-Barre for the city’s long-planned extension of Coal Street. County council on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution that states the county human services building and the parking lots around it,

HARRISBURG — A Luzerne County doctor who came across a prescription in his name that he never wrote kicked off a months-long investigation that resulted in 10 people being charged with running a “pill mill,” according to the state Attorney General’s Offic

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WILKES-BARRE TWP. — The estranged boyfriend of Cindy Lou Ashton brutally stabbed her in the throat during a break-up and then fled the state before attempting suicide at his New Jersey apartment, according to court documents released Wednesday. The suspec

Eventually, the school colors will fade, but the memories will live on. When news broke Tuesday night that the Wilkes-Barre Area school board voted to merge the Coughlin, Meyers and GAR athletic programs, the response on social media was far ranging. It w

Editor’s note: This story ran in the Jan. 21, 2018 edition of The Citizens’ Voice. It details the athletic merger that took place last year within the Erie School District. The Erie School District was facing a financial crisis and was almost $12 million

WILKES-BARRE — City officials have chosen a contractor for the first phase of the Solomon Creek flood wall replacement project, and they expect construction will begin next month. Popple Construction, based in Laflin, was the lowest responsible bidder for

PLAINS TWP. — Police swarmed the Alternative Learning Center on Wednesday morning after getting a report of a “riot” involving more than two dozen people. State troopers joined local police and firefighters descending on the school at 33 W. Carey St. arou

PITTSTON TWP. — The second highest number of passengers on record boarded planes at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport in April compared to the same month in previous years, according to airport executive director Carl Beardsley Jr. Beardsley

WILKES-BARRE — Two South Wilkes-Barre groups have teamed up again to host free movie nights this summer and want city council to relax some regulations.Representatives of the South Wilkes-Barre Residents’ Association and South Wilkes-Barre Skyhawks Soccer

Four generations of Gazeys came together for the 100th birthday of Anna Gazey on Wednesday at Little Flower Manor in Wilkes-Barre.

Tobyhanna man faces drug charges WILKES-BARRE — A Tobyhanna man was arrested on firearm and other charges after a traffic stop Monday. Police said an officer on patrol observed a vehicle operated by Keith Jackson, 50, commit a traffic violation at 7:22 p.

SCRANTON — A federal grand jury has indicted two men accused of robbing a Plains Twp. bank at gunpoint last week. Gerald Paul Pambianco, 29, of Plains Twp., and Derek Lee Spaide, 26, of Hanover Twp., are now facing federal charges of conspiring to commit

WILKES-BARRE — It’s too late for this year, but some Luzerne County residents and officials hope the county will take part in spraying to kill gypsy moth caterpillars starting in 2019. County council on Tuesday heard Mountain Top residents describe how ba

The governing board of the West Side Career and Technology Center has scheduled a hearing to determine if a carpentry teacher should be fired for sending “an excessive number of inappropriate text messages” to a student, according to a copy of the hearing

Despite a forecast of rain each day of the Fine Arts Fiesta in Wilkes-Barre, organizers say the weather held off for the most part to make this year’s event a big success. “We had excellent crowds on Thursday and Friday,” Executive Director Brian Benedett

WILKES-BARRE — A Plymouth man accused of shooting a man in the face during a robbery pleaded guilty Monday to aggravated assault charges and was immediately sentenced to serve up to 10 years in prison. Azijamere Le Carmichael, 19, pleaded guilty to two co

ASHLEY — Police responding to the stabbing that left a borough man dead found his girlfriend performing CPR on a lifeless body with a single stab wound to the chest, according to court documents released Monday. Brian Breymeier, 31, was found dead in his

A fireworks display to honor the troops will be held Saturday at the Luzerne County Recreational Fields in Forty Fort. The 12th annual Memorial Day weekend show is sponsored by May Brands LLC, a franchise of Dunkin Brands, and is being set off by Majestic