Blakeslee News

A Bronx, N.Y., man was arrested last week near Blakeslee after police found him driving with a suspended liscense and in possession of marijuana.

After a trial that lasted less than a day, followed by an hour-long deliberation, a jury today convicted sex offender Alfred Borges, 50, of Blakeslee, of failing to follow Megan's Law registration requirements.

As many as 30,000 green-building advocates from around the world will convene in Philadelphia for an industry conference three years from now.

Wesley Smith, 48, of Blakeslee, will head to Monroe County Court on charges after police said they responded to a reported domestic disturbance Sept.

Six-year-old Nichlos Herring gazed at the tractors pulling weight sleds around a muddy Monroe County field, but his eyes kept going back to the line of 4-by-4 trucks waiting to do the same.

Police arrested a Blakeslee man suspected of multiple vehicle burglaries in Tobyhanna Township and Tunkhannock Township.

Brian Flyte, 30, of Bath, was arrested on an active bench warrant after he fled from police responding to a 911 call on Oct.

Interstate 80 westbound between Interstate 380 exit 293) and Blakeslee exit 284) will be down to one lane for pothole patching from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and Tuesday.

It was an emotional day in court Thursday as a murder victim's family came face to face with the suspected killer.

Editor's note: This column features some of the high and low spots in recent news.

A Monroe County man who tried to stab himself to death after fatally stabbing another man in a jealous rage Saturday was transferred from the hospital to prison yesterday.

Police in Monroe County have charged a man with murder, after a domestic dispute turned deadly Saturday afternoon in Tunkhannock Township.

A 19-year-old Yonkers, N.Y. man died Saturday night in Tunkhannock Township after he was stabbed inside of a house, according to the Lehigh County coroner's office.

A domestic dispute turned bloody in Tunkhannock Township on Saturday when a spurned man stabbed a perceived rival and then turned the knife on himself.

Maximilian Kolbe was the man who offered himself to be killed at a Jewish concentration camp during World War II to spare another man.

Russell Blakeslee's face has healed - just a fading vertical scar running down his forehead.

Jury selection for a murder trial in Monroe County had just started Wednesday when the man accused of the crime pleaded guilty.

A Blakeslee man is charged with assault with a deadly weapon after police responded to a domestic disturbance last week to find him drunk, holding a handgun.

Sometime between 8 and 11 p.m. Sunday, someone put yellow mustard on the rear window of a resident's car in his driveway on Yellowstone Drive, between Sierra View and Mountain View Estates, Tunkhannock Township.

A federal grand jury this week indicted two Albrightsville residents with firearms violations, entangling two Monroe County businesses.