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President Jimmy Carter and his wife Roselynn, will visit Wyoming Borough on Tuesday May 28.
View ArticleHonor veterans at this year's West Side parade
"And I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free. And I won't forget the men who died, who gave that right to me." - Lee Greenwood American Legion Post 395 and VFW Post 283, both of...
View ArticleThe week ahead
The Pond, through Friday. Photography exhibition featuring images by Mike Burnside and Philip Dente.
View ArticleThis week's meetings 5/27/13
Luzerne County Transportation Authority board, work session at 3 p.m., followed by regular meeting 4 p.m., 315 Northampton St., Kingston.
View ArticleLaw firm '100 percent confident' they've identified hit-and-run driver
Attorneys representing the estate of hit-and-run victim Jean Darsky say they have identified the driver who fatally struck the woman on Mother's Day.
View ArticleYoung artists celebrate region with 'Coal Crackers' exhibition
When seeking contributions for an art exhibit celebrating his Luzerne County home, Daniel Davidowitz asked participants to keep three themes in mind.
View ArticleKingston police chief submits retirement letter, source says
Mayor James Haggerty said he could not discuss anything about Keiper because of an on-going internal review of police procedures involving private security details.
View ArticleFormer United Hebrew Institute building is sold
A real estate holding company with ties to the administrator of a special-education elementary school in Luzerne has purchased the former United Hebrew Institute building in Kingston for $475,000....
View ArticleSuspect in jewelry store robbery pleads guilty
A New York City man pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to his role in a 2008 armed robbery of a Wilkes-Barre jewelry store.
View ArticleWhat's Happening June 1-2, 2013
The Stewarts' 6th Annual Festival in the Park - June 1- June 2nd at the beautiful Lazybrook Park in Tunkhannock Twp.
View ArticleKingston teen allegedly high on marijuana during crash
COURTESY OF WBRE EYEWITNESS NEWS Police say Tyler S. Troth, right, had no alcohol in his system but he had used marijuana when he crashed a car into Del Balso Ford in Kingston.
View ArticleMemorial held for mother of Newtown shooter
More than a hundred family and friends gathered at a church in a small New Hampshire town Saturday to remember the woman whose son massacred 20 first-graders and six educators in a Connecticut...
View ArticleKingston mayor: Police chief offers to resign
Kingston's police chief has offered to resign amidst an investigation into his department, said Mayor James Haggerty after Monday's council meeting.
View ArticleTrial for hit-and-run suspect postponed
Jury selection in the 27-year-old's drawn-out case was supposed to begin Monday, but Senior Judge Carson Brown continued the trial until a later date.
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At Monday's meeting of Luzerne County's board of elections, a county councilman, Hazleton Area School Board member and others asked the board to fix the flawed primary elections for Hazleton Area...
View ArticleFrom the Producers Pod: June 5, 2013 Edition
Hi It's Jayne Ann Bugda from the "Producer Pod" Here's what we are working on for Eyewitness News for June 5, 2013.
View ArticleMayor: Kingston police violated policy with security detail pay
An investigation into whether Kingston police violated municipal policy by allowing off-duty officers to be paid for working private security details turned up at least 160 policy violations, according...
View ArticleInternal Investigation: Kingston PD Administrators "Willfully" Ignored Policy.
In 2008. Kingston Police Officers were paid cash to provide security at sporting events, and at Wyoming Valley West Middle School dances.
View ArticleForty Fort council holds executive session; Mayoral candidate objects to...
Borough council held an emergency executive session early Friday morning that its president said was to discuss "personnel," refusing to give a specific answer to why the session was scheduled.
View ArticleOne Man Injured in Kingston Rollover
Kingston, Luzerne County- Emergency responders had to cut the roof off this Nissan pick up truck Friday morning to free the driver pinned underneath.
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