Lake Ariel News

Knights of Columbus Council 458, Shamokin, hosted an Exemplification of the Third Degree at Mother Cabrini social hall on May 6. Forty-nine candidates from councils in District 54 and from Allentown, Shenandoah, Mahanoy City, Jim Thorpe, Saint Clair, Pottsville, Selinsgrove, Ashley, Plymouth, Wilkes-Barre and Lake Ariel received full honors in the ... (more)

An inmate was charged with criminal mischief Tuesday after he damaged two cells at the Wayne County Prison, state police at Honesdale said.Shawn Rabert, 23, of Lake Ariel, broke two sprinkler heads inside two cells at 4:20 p.m., according to police documents.

BY JESSICA MICKLEYjmickley@njherald.comHONESDALE, Pa. -- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will seek the death penalty for two Vernon Township High School graduates accused of killing their baby if they - The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will seek the death penalty for two Vernon Township High School graduates accused of killing their baby.

A northeastern Pennsylvania man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for killing his newborn daughter with a cinderblock last year - just hours after she was born.

Allied Services Volunteers, including, Mark McDade, president; Pat Mould, outgoing president; Sue Edstrom, first vice president; Nancy Connelly, outgoing first vice president; Bonnie Maciak, outgoing second vice president; Jean Stange, recording secretary; Jeanne Browning and Barbara Smith, directors at large; and Shirley Lepthien, outgoing ... (more)

Bishop Emeritus James C. Timlin, left, discusses plans for the Diocese of Scranton's annual Mother's Day Adoption Mass with Rosemary Gallagher, founder and chairwoman of the Adoption: A Choice for Life Committee; and Neil Oberto, executive director of Catholic Social Services' Greater Hazleton Area Office.

A Lake Ariel man was arrested after he hit and choked a woman, then smashed her vehicle's windshield, on April 16 in a church parking lot, state police at Honesdale said.