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November 20, 2009

Former guard charged with selling painkillers

A former Luzerne County correctional officer who was sentenced last month for stealing a pair of women’s underwear has been charged with selling prescription painkillers.

November 20, 2009

Indoor pot-growing operation investigated

NANTICOKE – A multi-state investigation is under way into a large-scale indoor marijuana-growing operation.

November 20, 2009

Man faces charges in alleged assault of cops

WILKES-BARRE – A Swoyersville man was arrested Thursday night on charges he assaulted two city police officers.

November 20, 2009

Feds, state police probe indoor pot operation

NANTICOKE – A multi-state investigation is under way into a large scale indoor marijuana growing operation.

November 19, 2009

A look into world of police

FORTY FORT – A daughter of a longtime police chief, Mia Rinaldi has already learned there is a lot more to police work than a trooper sitting on the interstate with a radar gun.

November 19, 2009

Wilkes U student stabbed

WILKES-BARRE – A Wilkes University student was stabbed in an alleyway near his dormitory Thursday afternoon.

November 19, 2009

Police investigate stabbing near Wilkes University

WILKES-BARRE – A Wilkes University student was reportedly stabbed in an alleyway near his dormitory Thursday afternoon.

November 18, 2009

Fleeing from police produces more charges

PITTSTON – A city man who was rescued from a ravine after a Tuesday night foot chase has been charged.

November 17, 2009

Extension to face a vote

WILKES-BARRE – City Council will vote Thursday on whether to grant a contract time extension for the building of the Intermodal Transportation Center.

November 17, 2009

Chase, rescues precede arrest

PITTSTON – Three police officers and a man who was a fugitive from justice had to be rescued from a 30-foot embankment after a brief chase Tuesday evening.