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Watchilla to be Luzerne County’s new election director

Shelby Watchilla will be Luzerne County’s new election director, while Kristin Montgomery will oversee the assessor’s office, county Manager C. David Pedri announced Thursday. A county employee since 2014, Watchilla most recently held the position […]

Enthusiastic send-off as Dallas heads to Hershey

December 5, 2019

DALLAS — Members of the Dallas High School football team were saluted with a pep rally and escort by area firefighters, emergency personnel and DPW workers on Thursday as they prepared to head for Hershey […]

Watchilla to be Luzerne County’s new election director

December 5, 2019

Inmate charged with attacking other inmate at SCI-Retreat

December 5, 2019

NEWPORT TWP. — An inmate serving a sentence for a homicide in Berks County was charged with attacking another inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Retreat earlier this year. Francois Henderson, 37, allegedly assaulted […]

Kingston teen charged with soliciting sex

December 5, 2019

KINGSTON — An 18-year-old man was arraigned Thursday on charges he showed up at a location believing he was meeting a 13-year-old boy for sex, according to court records. Chance Joshua Alba, of Westmoreland Avenue, […]

Appellate court dismisses ‘entrapment’ claim raised by Wilkes-Barre man

December 5, 2019

A state appellate court upheld the sentence for a Wilkes-Barre man arrested by state drug agents in “Operation Outfoxed,” a $1 million narcotics ring busted in 2017. Charles Francis Plummer, 72, last known address as […]

SOS attorney rebuts WB-Area claims about state complaint on new high school

December 4, 2019

WILKES-BARRE — Attorney Kim Borland disputed the importance of a complaint against the school district’s new high school project filed with the state Department of Education, contending district Solicitor Ray Wendolowski was underplaying the potential […]

Should Luzerne County make insurance broker switch?

December 4, 2019

Picking Pittston-based Joyce Insurance Group as Luzerne County’s new insurance broker would save $10,000 on brokerage fees and reward a company headquartered in the county. The unknown: Would it perform as well as Bethlehem-based Brown […]