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DHS Secretary: ‘No rush’ to close White Haven State Center

JENKINS TWP. — A proposed three-year timeline for closing the White Haven State Center will be flexible if needed in order to insure all residents have appropriate accommodations after leaving the facility, state Human Services […]

Prosecutors argue evidence in homicide case would had been discovered despite warrantless search

September 18, 2019

WILKES-BARRE — Luzerne County prosecutors believe evidence in a homicide case barred by a judge would had been independently found during the course of the investigation. Prosecutors are appealing a ruling last month by Judge […]

Portion of new wall along Solomon Creek built, next phase of project underway in Wilkes-Barre

September 18, 2019

WILKES-BARRE — The decades-old problem of a crumbling Solomon Creek wall received the attention it demanded, officials said Wednesday as they showed off the completed first phase of the infrastructure project. Mayor Tony George marked […]

Secretary of Human Services tours local food bank to promote food assistance programs

September 18, 2019

JENKINS TWP. — Northeastern Pennsylvania is doing better at combating hunger than some other parts of the state, state Human Services Secretary Teresa Miller said as she toured a local food bank on Wednesday. Miller’s […]

Becoming what it was meant to be: Dallas Elementary demolished

September 18, 2019

DALLAS TWP. — For a decade or more, when Dallas School District officials talked about the fate Dallas Elementary School, someone almost always pointed out it was always supposed to be a temporary building. On […]

WWII hero receives long-overdue Bronze Star

September 18, 2019

WILKES-BARRE — The U.S. Army on Wednesday awarded World War II veteran Clarence Smoyer the Bronze Star — the medal he won for destroying a Nazi tank — and then later lost it over a […]

Children & Youth to focus on law that prompted protest

September 18, 2019

Changes from a new state law that prompted a recent protest in front of Luzerne County Children and Youth are being addressed, according to the county and state. The nonprofit Crowd Pow Wow Proud sponsored […]

Nanticoke man pleads guilty to sex assault

September 18, 2019

WILKES-BARRE — A Nanticoke man pleaded guilty to choking and sexually assaulting a woman in April 2018. Peter Nicholas Kolacz, 33, of West Church Street, pleaded guilty to strangulation and aggravated indecent assault before Luzerne […]