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Guilty plea, prison for man who killed father

WILKES-BARRE — Ulysses Denman was tearful Monday morning as he pleaded guilty, but mentally ill, to charges from the shooting death of his father. His emotional sentencing hearing underscored that the Denman family lost not […]

NY man charged in WB armed robberies

September 16, 2019

WILKES-BARRE — A Long Island man was taken into custody Monday following two armed robberies earlier in the day, city police said, in one case pistol-whipping a mother taking her child to school. Francisco Hernandez, […]

Kingston police refile child corruption charge against teacher

September 16, 2019

FORTY FORT — Kingston police on Monday re-filed a child corruption charge against a Luzerne Intermediate Unit teacher accused of telling a student to send nude pictures of herself to a boyfriend. It is the […]

Police: Man forged checks, assaulted girlfriend

September 16, 2019

WILKES-BARRE — A man wanted for stealing and forging checks was arrested after he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend with a piece of fence, according to court records. An arrest warrant was issued July 18 for […]

Guilty plea, prison for man who killed father

September 16, 2019

Pennsylvania’s new online absentee ballot application launches today

September 16, 2019

WILKES-BARRE — Pennsylvania voters today have a new option to apply online for their absentee ballot, Gov. Tom Wolf announced. The mobile-friendly application site is at — votesPA.com/ApplyAbsentee. Voters who apply will receive their absentee […]

Area native Butchko returns to region as aquatic director for WB YMCA

September 15, 2019

WILKES-BARRE — Andrea Butchko is back in her element. The 2009 Lake-Lehman graduate was a lifeguard in high school and college, before she moved to the New York City area after studying engineering at Syracuse […]

Dem presidential candidates call for Kavanaugh’s impeachment

September 15, 2019

WASHINGTON — Several Democratic presidential candidates on Sunday lined up to call for the impeachment of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in the face of a new, uninvestigated, allegation of sexual impropriety when he was […]