Three charged in LA-area bank robbery

WILKES-BARRE TWP. — Firefighters doused a fire that destroyed a shed and damaged a residence at 336 Center St. this afternoon, displacing one resident.

SUGAR NOTCH — Councilman Mario Fiorucci says a trespassing citation filed against him is nothing more than an attempt to make him look bad before today's primary election.

PLAINS TWP. — At a pre-election night meeting on Monday that barely managed a quorum, the Joint Operating Committee of the Wilkes-Barre Career & Technical Center handled a number of routine business matters and approved memorandums of understanding that added...

(AP) Country music performer Toby Keith says he grew up in the area near Oklahoma City that was hit by a devastating tornado.

EXETER — Borough residents are reminded citations will be issued for anyone who has not purchased a refuse sticker. The citation is in addition to the $250 fee for the sticker.

The St. Aloysius convent on Barney Street in Wilkes-Barre was demolished Monday to make way for an additional parking lot for Masses and religious education classes at the St. Aloysius worship site of St. Robert Bellarmine Parish. Diocese of Scranton spokesman Bill...

WILKES-BARRE – A city man investigators say helped wash a vehicle driven by his friend who caused a double-fatal crash in September was sentenced Monday.

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HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Corbett will learn within the next few weeks whether his federal lawsuit against the NCAA over the penalties handed down against Penn State will be allowed to continue, after a nearly two-hour hearing Monday in Harrisburg.

It may seem strange that a Mountain Top lawyer who just earned a partnership with a firm near his hometown would take a nine-month hiatus to Cuba.

EXETER — The county's only storm-water pump system not owned by Luzerne County is to get an overhaul this year to relieve some of the rental costs that started flowing in after the borough's pumps went down in 2006.

A summer bus program starts next month to get riders out of the valley and into the fresh air.

HANOVER TWP. — Township police are investigating a robbery at Sexy Kutz, a hair salon on Lee Park Avenue near Oxford Street on Sunday.Police said two weapons were displayed during the robbery that was reported at 5:15 p.m.

DALLAS TWP. — The Dallas School Board may have hit a major bump in the road to a new bus-transportation contract: G. Davis Inc., the Pike County company awarded a five-year contract at a May 6 meeting, is seeking a court injunction barring the board from...

LEMON TWP.Man dies after crashState police at Tunkhannock said a man died from injuries after he crashed his 2006 Chrysler PT Cruiser into a tree in Wyoming County early Monday morning.

WILKES-BARRE – Convicted murderer Harlow Cuadra appeared in Luzerne County Court on Monday for a hearing on a request to have a new trial in the January 2007 death of a Dallas Township man.

SCRANTON — Negotiations are under way to end a wrongful-termination lawsuit filed against Ashley by the borough's former police chief, David Cerski.

WASHINGTON — Crossroads GPS, the behemoth conservative advocacy group behind some of the most robust attacks against President Obama's administration, said Monday that it believes it is among the organizations subjected to special scrutiny by the Internal...

NEW YORKStudent's shooting criticized

ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. — It could be an anxious wait of up to two months for people in a small Florida city to find out who won the highest Powerball jackpot in history: an estimated $590.5 million.

WASHINGTON — New government figures underscore the staggering long-term consequences of military sexual assaults: More than 85,000 veterans were treated last year for injuries or illness linked to the abuse, and 4,000 sought disability benefits.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear a new case on the intersection of religion and government in a dispute over prayers used to open public meetings.

NEW YORK — Special K was once just a line of cereals. Today, it's a diet food empire.

Chesapeake names new CEOChesapeake Energy has named Anadarko Petroleum executive Robert Douglas Lawler as its new CEO.

WASHINGTON — Consumers will help keep economic growth on track this year, as new projections of their spending indicate it will offset the hit to the recovery from the federal government's automatic budget cuts, a panel of economists said Monday.

Yahoo Inc. confirmed Monday that it will pay $1.1 billion for the popular blogging service Tumblr, in a bold but risky move that CEO Marissa Mayer called a “game-changer” aimed at adding new and younger users to Yahoo's Web audience.

MOORE, Okla. — A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. At...

A total 175,844 Luzerne County voters —111,726 Democrats and 64,118 Republicans — are eligible to vote in today's municipal primaries.

WILKES-BARRE — Odds are the 129 Luzerne County Community College nursing students who are getting their diplomas on Thursday will find jobs much quicker than most other college graduates.

(AP) A Treasury official says the department told the White House twice that the IRS was preparing to make public its targeting of conservative political groups.

OKLAHOMA CITY — A mile-wide tornado chewing through the Oklahoma City area has reduced neighborhoods to rubble and left cars and trucks crumpled on the sides of highways.

(AP) Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew says he will begin tapping into two government employee retirement funds to buy more time before the U.S. Treasury is faced with the...

(AP) Fresh on the heels of its $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr, Yahoo says it is rebooting its languishing photo-sharing site Flickr with plans to make it "awesome"...

(AP) Billionaire Warren Buffett isn't just Berkshire Hathaway's chairman and CEO. He's also the chief salesman.

(AP) A judge has set bail at $25,000 for Boston Celtics basketball player Terrence Williams after he was arrested and accused of brandishing a gun around the mother of his...

(AP) Actor Sean Penn is urging the U.S. government to pressure Bolivia to free an American businessman jailed there since 2011.