Kresgeville News

Editor's note: This column features some of the high and low spots in recent news.

The last of five people facing charges related to a large-scale marijuana growing operation in Monroe County pleaded guilty on Monday to participating in the criminal enterprise and agreed to forfeit more than $500,000 in cash and property, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

A drunk Kresgeville man was charged over the weekend with trying to take an HD television from Kinsley's ShopRite in Brodheadsville on Black Friday without paying for it, according to State Police at Fern Ridge.

Lehighton State Police ask the public to contact them with information on these incidents by calling 610-377-4270: A 2006 silver F150 pick up truck with Florida license plate: CVA72, was removed from a locked shed off Kunkletown Road in Ross Township.

MONROE COUNTY Monroe Crime Stoppers seek help finding kidnap suspect A Monroe County man wanted in Oregon on kidnapping and assault charges was seen last month driving into Pennsylvania on Interstate 78, according to Monroe County Crime Stoppers.

The Pennsylvania State Police Lehighton is seeking the public's assistance in locating Frank Joseph Guida.

Democrat Claudette Segear convincingly won her sixth four-year term as Monroe County treasurer, defeating Republican Maureen Christy 9,621 to 7,373, according to unofficial returns Tuesday.

Police are investigating the burglary of a home on Chickasaw Drive in Effort on Oct.

Someone broke into a Pepsi machine located outside Borger's Gulf Station on Route 209 in Kresgeville sometime between 7 p.m. Saturday and 5:30 p;.m. Sunday.

A jury in Monroe County has spared the life of a double killer. After 45 minutes of deliberation Thursday afternoon, a Monroe County jury has sentenced Jason Koehler to life in prison.

A jury in Monroe County has found a man accused of a double murder guilty. Jason Koehler, 25, of Kunkletown was convicted of first-degree murder for the shooting death of Jennifer Cullinan and third-degree murder for the death of Jason Gray.

Closing arguments have ended in the retrial of a man accused of a double murder in Monroe County.

An Easton man was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison for his role in operating a drug manufacturing ring in Monroe County.

What began as a religious holiday has morphed into one of the biggest money-making holidays in the United States, second only to Christmas in money spent on decorations and celebrations.

Jury selection began Wednesday morning in Monroe County for the trial of a man charged with homicide.

Robert Maisano, 27, of Kresgeville, and Samantha Liberatore, 20, of Wind Gap, will head to Monroe County Court on drug charges.

Emergency repairs have been completed on a 71-year-old bridge which is considered a gateway into parts of Carbon County.

LINDA KOEHLER/TIMES NEWS Left to right, Anna Gillen, PVI fourth grader, Elizabeth Gillen, a PVMS seventh grader and Katelyn Menzoff, PVI sixth grader, show what the well-dressed students of PVSD are now wearing since it now has a dress code.

A carnival worker at the West End Fair in Monroe County sold more than just a shot at winning a prize, according to police.

A 24-year-old amusement stand employee at the West End Fair in Gilbert, Monroe County was arrested Thursday night and charged with selling marijuana at her stand.