The kitchen in the basement of Forty Fort's United Methodist Church on Thursday was under the command of Jim Biehl.

Looking a bit dazed, John Pacovsky got off the phone in his downtown Wilkes-Barre studio last week and said he couldn't believe how lucky he is.

In the past eight weeks of the Citizens' Police Academy, a class held annually by Pennsylvania State Police, Rinaldi, a Luzerne County Community College sophomore who is pursuing a career in criminal justice, gained insight into a few of the organization's many specialized divisions.

If you're not inclined to have a goat named after you, you can buy insurance for $10. And if you have suggestions of someone for whom the goat should be named, you can pay an additional $10 to offer five names up for consideration.

Up to seventy new jobs are coming to Luzerne County. Gateway Energy Services is bringing a customer service call center to Forty Fort.

FORTY FORT Residents participating in Thursday evening's Pennsylvania State Police Citizens' Police Academy learned about the organization's polygraph and fire marshal units.

Here's a look at the unofficial results of some of the contested municipal races throughout the Wyoming Valley: West Side In Kingston, Mayor Jim Haggerty trounced his Democratic challenger, Stephen P. Radzinski, 2,118 to 776.

Becoming a parent for the first time three years ago, Kim Murphy tried to do everything the way she was raised by her parents and from what she read in pediatricians? handbooks, but it just didn?t feel right.

FORTY FORT Todd Norton gave a one-hour crash course on reconstructing accident scenes.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] Warren Ruda / The Citizens' Voice June Stone, Freda Miller and Dee Michaels wait for Forty Fort Ward 1 residents to sign the registry before casting ballots at the Cross Valley Assembly of God Church.

Council president accuses defeated mayoral candidate of mudslinging. For all the influence John Cordora hoped to have in Kingston as a mayoral candidate, he has perhaps had more effect on the election as an outspoken citizen.

Imagine working your body's muscles, cardiovascular, immune and digestive systems all in one specialized 90-minute exercise routine.

October 29 will be a special day in the Forty Fort home of Connie and Bill Bookwalter.

BARRE A Kingston woman who police say stabbed her boyfriend in April was sentenced Tuesday to 18 to 36 months in state prison.

Is this the time of year to glare balefully at your trees as if they were fluffy old dogs and cats shedding on the furniture? No way, urban forester Vinnie Cotrone says.

Small borough mayors don't get paid much, don't have many responsibilities and don't get a vote, unless they're breaking a tie vote of council.

Public gets chance to see how crimes are investigated and solved in the real world.

Two members of borough council have opposing opinions on proposal. Forty Fort won't be accepting Kingston's offer this year to consolidate their police forces, a fact that disappoints members from both sides.

A 2010 budget with no tax increases and the possibility of a regionalized police department are in Kingston's future.

As Myrtle Chamberlain of Lehman Township brought two sheep into her spinning room, art students from the Verve Vertu program gathered close to stroke the soft brown and white wool.