Drums News

Someone scratched a Luzerne County woman's new car in the Lehigh Valley Mall parking lot and left her a note saying she deserved it for taking up two parking spaces, according to a Whitehall police report.

James L. Brady, chief executive officer, will retire from Allied Services effective at the end of this year.

A former employee of a company that operated adult-care homes in Lebanon County was sentenced last week to county prison for neglecting one of the firm's clients.

Amanda Shimko, right, staff assistant to U.S. Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski, presents an American flag to Tom Fitzwater, director of the Keystone Job Corps Center in Drums.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] share this By this time of year, Jennifer Soltis' uncle Randy would already have Christmas music dominating the play selection on his home stereo and car radio.

Butler Township's proposed 2010 budget is now available for public inspection. The $2,076,278 projected spending plan does not contain many extras, but residents will see tax mills increase.

Ray Kapes fought the heat as he dragged his doe out of the woods near Nescopeck State Park on Monday morning.

Brian Mahlstedt , South Abington Township, recently joined the bank as vice president and commercial banking relationship manager.

A vehicle burst into flames after crashing into a home on High Meadow Drive early Thursday morning, police said.

Baldwin Borough police Chief Michael Scott has kept busy during his first three months on the job.

Butler's revised, and balanced, 2010 draft budget still calls for layoffs in its police department.

PennDOT is repaving section of Route 309 in the Hazleton area after receiving complaints that the road gets slippery.

A Drums man who had asked to be banned from the state's casinos was arrested Sunday afternoon after he was found on the Mount Airy casino floor.

Relieved adults soothed screaming, crying children getting the H1N1 vaccination at a clinic at the Laurel Mall on Friday.

Two businesses owned by Luzerne County corruption figure Robert J. Powell must secure new representation within 20 days or face default if Stephen A. Seach is allowed to withdraw as attorney of record in a series of kids-for-cash civil lawsuits, attorneys for the plaintiffs said Thursday.

A specially-designed truck rolled into the WalMart near Hazleton Thursday, filled with cats and dogs available for adoption.

At a Special Meeting this week, the Wright Township Planning Commission will consider granting final approval to a local townhouse project with a history of links to several figures in the ongoing Luzerne County corruption scandal.

BUTLER TWP. Township police are investigating the theft of a Bobcat construction machine from Highway Equipment and Supply Co.

CRAFT MAINTENANCE TRAINING: Tues.-Thurs., Northeastern Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Center, 75 Young St, Hanover Industrial Estates, Hanover Township.

JAMIE PESOTINE/Staff Photographer A member of the Scranton Police Hazardous Devices Unit carries a box containing an object thought to be a bomb that was found outside an Alter Street residence on Wednesday night.