Ashley News

Glowing digits seem to reach out and grab passersby at 156 Old River Road in South Wilkes-Barre. AIMEE DILGER/THE TIMES LEADER Might've been the coffin, purchased from eBay and displayed prominently out front, that did her in.

She says she was looking for baby items for her upcoming arrival and walked away from her cart once, but in that short time a Richmond woman became a target at an area Target.

Newcastle United have been ordered to pay former boss Kevin Keegan 2 million in damages after he won his case for constructive dismissal.

WYOMING VALLEY REAL ESTATE INVESTORS: Sept. 28, 7:30 p.m., Ramada Inn on Public Square, Wilkes-Barre. A speaker will discuss how to collect money and garnish wages.

Robert Jacob Muntz, 42, of Wapwallopen, surrendered at the office of District Judge Donald Whittaker in Nanticoke, where he was charged with three counts of manufacturing a controlled substance with intent to deliver, two counts of causing or risking a catastrophe and one count of illegal possession of a firearm.

Zeb Harrison of A to Z Percheron leads a donkey to the petting zoo. There were face-painting, a petting zoo and pony rides for the kids, clothes, purses, necklaces, knickknacks and other items on sale for adults, and a variety of food for everybody as people walked through the festival on Main Street.

The Wilkes-Barre processing plant is moving.The post office isn't. That's the message from the U-S postal service.

BARRE City police reported the following: Darren Simonson, 49, of Plains Township, and Peter McGinnis, 49, and Richard Simonson, 48, both of Wilkes-Barre, were arrested on the evidence of public drunkenness after police alleged, the trio were found intoxicated under the Market Street Bridge on Thursday.

BARRE City police reported the following: Darren Simonson, 49, of Plains Township, and Peter McGinnis, 49, and Richard Simonson, 48, both of Wilkes-Barre, were arrested on the evidence of public drunkenness after police alleged, the trio were found intoxicated under the Market Street Bridge on Thursday.

Months after fire wrecked the popular Country Junction store near Wilkes-Barre, the place is back in business, reopening it's doors Saturday.

On Sept. 6, 1869, a fire at the Avondale breaker in Plymouth Township trapped 110 men and boys underground and beyond the reach of rescuers, leaving them all to suffocate.

On Sept. 6, 1869, a fire at the Avondale breaker in Plymouth Township trapped 110 men and boys underground and beyond the reach of rescuers, leaving them all to suffocate.

The cash-strapped Postal Service has released it's list of 700 post offices it wants to close.

ASHLEY: Ashley Neighborly Senior Citizens meet at 1 p.m. today in St. Leo's Church hall, Manhattan Street.

The Very Rev. Edward J. Shoback admitted to sexual misconduct with a minor. A Luzerne County priest who admitted in 2004 to sexual misconduct with a minor was defrocked by the Vatican.

HANOVER TWP. Township police are investigating an armed bank robbery that occurred late Saturday morning.

UPDATE 8:09 p.m.: Police found a missing elderly man in Warrior Run less than three miles away from his home.

Police in Ashley and surrounding towns are searching for an 81-year-old man with Alzheimer's disease who was last seen Tuesday around 6 p.m. in Ashley Borough, police said.

Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Wolford , Hanover, a son, July 8, 2009, at York Hospital. Chenoa Helton and Joshua Moran, Hanover, a daughter, July 8, 2009, at York Hospital.

Class of 1984 will celebrate its 25th reunion on Oct. 10 at Bentley's Restaurant, state Route 309, Ashley.