Critics point out irregularities in Luzerne County's various boards
They point to a recent exchange at the Convention Center Authority in which one board member called another a "piece of ," and that the target of that language was threatened with ejection from the...
View ArticleTwo seeking Democratic nod for open Mundy seat
Tuesday's primary election for the 120th state House District will be the first since 1988 without Phyllis Mundy's name on the ballot.
View ArticlePolice reports for Monday, May 19
A man from Kingston was arraigned Sunday on charges he terrorized neighbors with a handgun during a domestic disturbance on John Street.
View ArticleCipriani wins Democratic nod in 120th race
Eileen Cipriani stood by the side of her mentor and former boss as she greeted supporters at her victory celebration Tuesday night at the Swoyersville American Legion, basking in the glory of victory.
View ArticleFlood Protection Authority chastised after woman attacked on levee
The Luzerne County Flood Protection Authority board on Wednesday authorized a payment of $1,500 for an appraisal on a 1.87-acre parcel of land across Water Street from the county Emergency Management...
View ArticleExeter man accused of selling drugs to informant
Jesus Briganti, 52, of 500 Schooley Ave., faces two counts of possession with intent to deliver, criminal use of a communication facility, intent to possess a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia.
View ArticleDallas man accused of stealing wire from Harveys Lake property
Police arrested a Dallas man after he allegedly cut through a fence and stole spools of wire from a Harveys Lake property.
View ArticleProsecutors criticize hit-run suspect's insanity defense
Prosecutors on Thursday slammed hit-and-run suspect Megan Panowicz for continuing to pursue an insanity defense and attempting to delay her trial for a 2008 fatal crash.
View ArticleLots of travel expected into, out of and through York County for Memorial Day...
Harrison Russin stopped Friday afternoon at the Pennsylvania Welcome Center along Interstate 83 in southern York County on his drive home to Kingston, Pa., for Memorial Day weekend.
View ArticleEdwardsville man faces drug charges
Police arrested an Edwardsville man after he allegedly tried to sell cocaine to another man inside a sport utility vehicle.
View ArticleAntique auto club's 53rd annual show to be held 'back on the...
The Northeast PA Region Antique Automobile Club of America will host its 53rd annual car show and flea market on Sunday at the new location, the Wyoming Valley Airport, Wyoming Avenue, Forty Fort.
View ArticleJustice for Gabanna: Dog shot to death by Kingston, Pennsylvania police
Another dog is dead, killed by a Pennsylvania police officer. The family has set up a Facebook page in memory of their slain pet.
View Article'Our Town Forty Fort' premieres Wednesday
The live show will run from 8 to 10 tonight and will immediately be rebroadcast from 10 p.m. to midnight.
View ArticleVeterans speak about VA backlog; Casey pushes legislation
DOUGHERTY Veteran Thomas Dougherty talks with reporters following a press conference with US Senator Robert Casey Tuesday, May 27 2014 at Kingston VFW Post 283 Kingston Pa.
View ArticleKidnapping suspect waives hearing
Charges against a homeless man accused of robbing a woman at knifepoint and dragging her into the woods along the Kingston levee system where he threatened to kill her were bound over to court Wednesday.
View ArticleSummer nights, bazaar lights
ANDREW KRECH / THE CITIZENS' VOICE Zachary Kelminski winds up to catapult a rubber frog onto a lilypad during the 2013 St. Faustina's Parish Festival in Nanticoke.
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A Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority inspector deemed the property at 219-221 Gilligan St., next to Patronick's house, unfit for habitation in 2003, the last time the authority sent a bill to that...
View ArticleSocrates Cafe Discussion Group to meet at Hoyt
Socrates Cafe Discussion Group will hold a meeting and discussion forum in the reading room of the Hoyt Library, 284 Wyoming Ave., Kingston, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
View ArticleCommunity digest
Plymouth High School, Class of 1965, will meet at 6 p.m. Monday at Happy Pizza, Plymouth, to discuss the 50th class reunion.
View ArticlePolachek, Casey
Brooke Ann Polachek and Joseph Willard Casey were united in marriage on Aug. 10, 2013, at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, Swoyersville, by the Rev.
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