Senator Robert Mellow, a powerful Democratic state lawmaker from Lackawanna County, announced Tuesday he will not seek reelection.

Employees of Abe's Hot Dogs on Barney Street reported two men entering the restaurant's kitchen from a rear entrance around 6:30 p.m., but reported nothing missing.

Township supervisors say the recycling program could be forced to shut down if residents don't immediately stop dumping household trash in the containers.

I noticed this 50th Wedding Anniversary announcement in the Pittston Dispatch today.

Do the commissioners or the acting sheriff have authorization to sell property in the sheriff's custody to the public? Should these items be put out for bid? If so, why weren't they? And who made that call? How were the prices for the firearms set? What is necessary to establish standard operating procedures for the future sale of county property? ...

Kyle Piazza, Natalie Mischello, Cory Stuart, Christine Rizzo and Alyssa Marmo don't consider themselves heroes for pulling three fellow teens from a vehicle crashed near the Lackawanna River earlier this month.

Fairview Township police have nabbed the suspect who tried to rob the Good 2 Go convenience store on state Route 309 on Jan.

PITTSTON Robert Powers was officially sworn in as the new police chief at Wednesday night's City Council meeting.

About one hundred people gathered to recognize the 25th anniversary of the all-volunteer Germania Hose Company Scuba and Water Rescue Team in Duryea on Saturday night.

After she was told she'd have to wait six months to get a gun in New Jersey, Emily Gross changed her address and on the same day bought one in Pennsylvania, prosecutors said Friday of the woman whose gun was used to kill a state trooper.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] Luzerne County Treasurer Michael Morreale and five others have been cleared of charges they baited deer in early December while hunting on property Morreale owns in Susquehanna County, Deputy Controller Dominick DePolo said.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] A son Dec. 29 to Joanna Bradford and Joshua Gardler, Wilkes-Barre. A daughter Dec.

A Duryea woman was arrested on drug charges late Wednesday after officers working a fugitive task-force detail witnessed an apparent drug transaction in West Scranton, police said.

Dec. 26--The Lower Lackawanna Valley Sanitary Authority is taking steps to reduce waste discharge into area waterways, and expects to complete several projects in 2010.

Old Forge police are investigating whether four people accused in a series of burglaries were involved in other recent break-ins in the borough.

Six Luzerne County residents, including the County Treasurer, were cited by Game Commission Officer Michael Webb on Friday for using bait to lure deer during hunting season on a Ridge Road property.

PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS Manuel B. Martinez and Kathleen M. Martinez to Daniel Falkowski and Nicole Falkowski for $82,446; Nanticoke.

BARNEY Josephine, memorial Mass 10 a.m. Wednesday in Holy Family Catholic Church, Luzerne.

The Luzerne County Housing Authority did not choose Michael J. Pasonick's engineering firm to work on upcoming authority projects, in part due to allegations against him.

PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS Karen E. Michael to Louis J. Czaja for $271,000; Dallas. David Girman and Vanessa Girman to Joseph A. Wachilla and Miranda Tagliaterra for $126,000; Pittston.