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DA: Wildlife officer cleared in Blue Chip dog shooting

WILKES-BARRE — The shooting death of a dog at Blue Chip Farm Animal Refuge earlier this year was not a criminal action, according to the Luzerne County District Attorney’s Office on Thursday. The shooting death […]

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Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate remains at 3.9 percent

September 20, 2019

WILKES-BARRE — Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate was unchanged from July at 3.9 percent — one-tenth of a percentage point above the record low that was held from April through June. The national rate, at 3.7 percent, […]

Arena lease for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins signed, terms disclosed

September 19, 2019

WILKES-BARRE TWP. — There is no place like home to generate revenue under the terms of the lease signed late Tuesday to keep the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins hockey team at the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey […]

WVW grad hunts for drug lord’s millions on Discovery show

September 19, 2019

WILKES-BARRE — Former Wyoming Valley West and King’s College basketball standout Chris Feistl recently completed a six-episode series for Discovery Channel where he and a former Drug Enforcement Agency colleague searched for the legendary buried […]

Forty Fort airport transforms into iconic ‘gin joint’ for ‘An Evening in CASAblanca’

September 19, 2019

FORTY FORT — With tunes by Fats Waller and Louie Armstrong playing and gin flowing freely, donors supporting CASA of Luzerne County said, “Here’s looking at you, kids,” turning a hangar at the Wyoming Valley […]

Stormwater fee defaulters urged to pay

September 19, 2019

Owners of approximately 8,250 area parcels have not paid their stormwater fees, prompting the Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority to start advising some that action will be taken if they don’t satisfy the debt. The authority […]

Mother charged in 2018 death of newborn

September 19, 2019

A Wilkes-Barre woman has been charged in connection with the death of her newborn baby girl last year. Investigators say Andrea Sue Litter, 39, gave birth to a child while on the toilet of a […]

Guilty plea in group home assault case

September 19, 2019

WILKES-BARRE — A Pittston man pleaded guilty on Thursday to a charge stemming from allegations he assaulted a group home resident in July. William Harry Hontz II, 38, appeared before Luzerne County Judge Michael T. […]