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CEO food bank gears up for 40th Thanksgiving distribution

November 14, 2019

With Thanksgiving approaching, many families are gearing up for their annual feast. And as they have done for decades, the Commission on Economic Opportunity’s Weinberg Northeast Regional Food Bank is gearing up to assist those […]

Comic/actor Joel McHale to perform at Mohegan Sun Pocono

November 14, 2019

PLAINS TWP. — Actor/comedian Joel McHale will perform at Mohegan Sun Pocono’s Keystone Grand Ballroom at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22. McHale will delight and entertain the audience with his legendary humor. Joel McHale was […]

$1M bail set for Plains Township man arrested on drug offense

November 14, 2019

PLAINS TWP. — State drug agents arrested Amos Z. Benka-Coker, 32, on charges he delivered crack cocaine earlier this year. Benka-Coker, of Amesbury Street, was arrested early Thursday morning by agents with the state Office […]

Man sentenced to state prison for grabbing girl, maintains innocence

November 14, 2019

WILKES-BARRE — A man convicted by a Luzerne County jury of grabbing a teenage girl as she walked home from school in South Wilkes-Barre maintains his innocence. Einstein Lima, 40, of Brooklyn, N.Y., was before […]

Update: 2 dead, several injured in California school shooting

November 14, 2019

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. — A student gunman opened fire Thursday at a Southern California high school, killing two students, wounding three others and shooting himself in the head, authorities said. He was in grave condition. […]

Constable charged with raping girl a decade ago

November 14, 2019

NEWPORT TWP. — Township police arrested Ronald Ebert, a constable, on Wednesday after a woman claimed he raped and sexually assaulted her when she was a girl. She told police she estimated Ebert forced her […]

Stakeholders, state officials discuss impact of closing SCI-Retreat

November 13, 2019

NEWPORT TWP. — State and municipal officials Wednesday met with representatives of three state agencies to discuss the “devastating impact” that the closing of the State Correctional Institution at Retreat would have on their towns, […]