Blakeslee News

* CHESTNUTHILL TOWNSHIP - Weir Mountain Road between Gilbert Road and Kunkletown Road will be down to one lane in parts as crews work to patch potholes from July 6 to 10.

Police have to be tough when it comes to hauling in suspects, but soften when taking in stray or abandoned dogs.

Editor's note: Coverage of breaking news prevented us from getting this story in the print edition Monday.

Jon and Kate Gosselin, back when they were a happy couple. AP Photo June 23, 2009 Depending on how old you are, you might know Ed McMahon as Johnny Carson's sidekick on 'The Tonight Show' or from 'Star Search' or 'The guy who handed out Publisher's Clearing House checks.' However you knew him, he died this morning in Los Angeles .

Authorities say a Pennsylvania woman told them she led a bevy of New Jersey officers on a high-speed chase because she did not believe the men were really police.

Another sad Monday. Police say Bernard John Uckele, 62, shot his 19-year-old son on Sunday afternoon, killing him in the family's garage.

June 15, 2000: Pocono Mountain Regional Police Officer Michael Rice was shot in the left chest when responding to a domestic call that turned into a hostage situation near Pocono Raceway.

A procession for the slain Pennsylvania State Trooper Joshua Miller started this afternoon at Lehigh Valley Hospital and continued through the Poconos to his home town of Pittston.

A Long Pond man is in jail, accused of violating a protection from abuse order and stalking his ex-girlfriend. Darren C. O'Hern Jr., 22, had been out on bail for a separate stalking case involving the same victim when he was arrested by Pocono Mountain Regional Police on Thursday near Camelot Forest community in Blakeslee.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced that the following road work will take place this week on Interstate 80: June 1 Bridge repair between the junction with Interstate 380 and Scotrun will cause eastbound lane restrictions and delays between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. Pothole patching on the Blakeslee exit ramps will cause lane ...

Authorities say a kindergarten pupil on his way to school in eastern Pennsylvania has found a body.

State Police at Swiftwater reported the following arrests for driving under the influence of alcohol over Memorial Day weekend: Elbert Lewis McClain, 40, of Tobyhanna, taken into custody after a traffic stop on Route 611 in Paradise Township at 10:23 p.m. on May 22.

Skunk cabbage can be found at Austin T. Blakeslee Natural Area one of the few places it grows high up on Pocono Plateau.

The Monroe County open space program is kicking in $2.3 million for a permanent conservation easement at the Boys Scouts' Camp Minsi in Pocono Summit.

Police in south-central Pennsylvania are investigating the fatal shooting of a 9-year-old girl.

Long before real estate agencies merged and morphed into different forms to expand their coverage, Century 21 Select was networking around the Poconos.

The following cases appeared before Snydersville Magisterial District Court Judge Jolana Krawitz and will head to Monroe County Court: Joseph Donald Edinger, 27, of Easton, charged with receiving stolen property and conspiracy to receive stolen property.

Geisinger wants its cancer center to become a national draw through both brains and brawn.

The Madelon Powers Gallery of East Stroudsburg University will feature artworks and portfolios of selected students in a Senior Seminar and Independent Study Student Exhibition through Thursday, April 30.

A politician in northeastern Pennsylvania has been getting some ribbing from his colleagues for it, but he says having a drive-through window at his office is working great.