Hazleton News

A Hazleton Area school director contends that administrators inconsistently screened and tested applicants vying for a maintenance secretary position.

BUTLER TWP. Township police said they recovered what they believe to be stolen merchandise from a house where a man allegedly held a teen girl hostage on Sunday.

JAMIE PESOTINE/Staff Photographer Fire crews from Harwood and Hazle Township work to extinguish a fire in a garage at the home of Cyndi and Eugene Kantner, 841 Old St., Harwood, on Tuesday.

At least two Hazleton Area school directors expect further delays in filling a technology director post that has been vacant for at least three years.

People no longer have to stand out in the elements to catch a bus in Hazleton. Monday was the first day of operation for the city's new $12 million transportation center, Church Street Station.

WEST HAZLETON A fire in the 200 block of Ridge Avenue on Saturday night that destroyed one residence and damaged another was intentionally set, said state police Fire Marshal David Klitsch.

A fierce fire in a Luzerne County neighborhood is a case of arson. Eyewitness News first told you about the West Hazleton fire Saturday night and the speculation surrounding it.

Enrollment in the Hazleton Area School District will steadily increase over the next eight years and surpass 15,000 students by the 2017-2018 school year, according to projections released by the state Department of Education.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] Fire destroyed an unoccupied single home at 227 Ridge Ave.

Deliberations start today in the case against 2 men in the home invasion beating of the Caputos.

Doug Richards, former Luzerne County director of human resources, won't get a $4,850.68 payment for unused vacation time until an internal investigation is completed, Solicitor Vito DeLuca said Thursday.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] MARK MORAN/Staff Photographer Nicholas and Martha Caputo leave the Luzerne County Courthouse on Thursday afternoon.

JAMIE PESOTINE/Staff File Photo Satellite dishes sit on rooftops along Carson Street in Hazleton in March.

PENNSYLVANIA STATE Trooper Andrea Young just wanted a promotion. So the 13-year veteran - her smarts already proved as a Mensa member - took the Pennsylvania State Police's promotions exam, scoring sixth out of 2,000 test-takers. But, despite her scores and an unblemished disciplinary record, her bosses passed her over for promotion.

HAZLE TWP. An Ebervale man was killed Tuesday night in a one-vehicle crash off Route 940, said state police at Hazleton .

NICK MEYER/Staff Photographer "The Butterfly Guy" Rick Mikula shows off his butterfly costume to kindergarteners at John S. Clarke Elementary School, Pottsville, in 2006.

An on-going project to refill an abandoned mine in Hazleton that has raised controversy over the years is back in the spotlight.

As the cloth was slowly pulled away, it revealed a symbol meant to encourage people not to forget the ultimate sacrifice some servicemen and women have made.

A fire that police are saying was deliberately set destroyed a building that was to open as a furniture store in Middle Smithfield Township.

Weatherly Area School District on Saturday will hold the first of three free H1N1 vaccination clinics in November.