Larksville News

Quiet Hero Page One with Photos -By Wes Skillings- Growing up on a farm in East Herrick in the 1930's and 1940's, Ted Danielski and his three sisters never knew that their hard-working father, a Polish immigrant who passed through Ellis Island in 1913, was a war hero.

A state-of-the-art computer-assisted surgery made its debut at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital this week.

Six-year-old Isabelle Polgar of Kingston brought her purple bicycle to a stop and looked at her mother expectantly.

SCRANTON An owner of a Wilkes-Barre bowling alley who pleaded guilty three months ago to failing to pay $25,133 in taxes in 2006 was ordered Tuesday to make restitution.

The owner of a bowling alley in Wilkes-Barre escaped jail time for tax evasion. John Chacko of Larksville, who owns Chacko's Bowling Alley on Wilkes-Barre Boulevard, was sentenced Tuesday in federal court.

Five generations celebrated at the baptism of Addison Paige Gaylord. Addison is the daughter of Jason and Lisa Gaylord, Exeter.

A Baptist minister accused last year of fondling two teenage girls in Kingston while playing hide-and-seek in the dark and teaching one-on-one music lessons pleaded no contest today to charges of indecent assault and corruption of minors.

An elderly woman was killed when a sports utility vehicle hit her as she was crossing South Washington Street near East Northampton Street on Thursday.

Action aims to end debate over sole provider controversy. Luzerne County Prison commissary goods are now being purchased through public bids, ending a controversy over no-bid purchases.

Almon Long, Neno Sartini, Bob Alper and Fred Searles said they can vividly recall their days in battle in the early 1950s.

The Howitzer was used during WWII, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, and now it's here to stay at the Larksville American Legion.

The Larksville Lions Club sponsored its annual Easter egg hunt for area children.

Any holiday is hard when you're the mother of a murder victim. Motorcyclists set out from the Luzerne County Fairgrounds in Lehman Township on the Caring for Carrie Bike Ride and Benefit on Sunday.

One person died in a crash in Luzerne County late Friday night. Police said it happened around 11 p.m. on Church St.

Thomas Williams, 23, of Edwardsville, died Friday night after crashing the vehicle he was driving into a telephone pole on Church Street in Larksville, Assistant Police Chief Stephen Kofchak said Saturday morning.

LARKSVILLE Police said they are investigating an attempted burglary at a house on Ridge Street that occurred Saturday night into Sunday morning.

'We Can Make the World a Better Place' Scholarship will go to deserving Tech student.

Despite a controversy stirred by Bishop Joseph Martino 's objection to King's College's decision to honor U.S. Sen.

BARRE City police reported the following incidents: A man reported at 11:42 a.m. Friday that an unknown person damaged his vehicle while it was parked on West Union Street.

Three local teens will compete in the Miss PA Outstanding Teen State Pageant to be held June 25-26 in Pittsburgh.