Luzerne News

The faltering Foxwoods casino would get an extra year to be up and running under a provision tucked into a bill to add table games at Pennsylvania slots parlors.

If you could click your heels together in real life and get anything you wanted, what would your wish be? Dance instructor Maria Dutt leads a troupe of young dancers through a rehearsal for 'The Wizard of Oz,' on stage at the F.M. Kirby Center this weekend.

The more I hear of what happened in Luzerne, the more my heart breaks. Summary: Over five years over 6000 children were driven into the PA juvenile 'justice' system while a judge received kickbacks.

Taking on debt you can't pay or pocketing bribes for steering contracts aren't the only ways to fatten your wallet in preparation for holiday shopping.

Luzerne County District Attorney Jackie Musto Carroll testifies before the Interbranch Commission on Juvenile Justice.

Wilkes-Barre native Gene Stilp carried his usual, Harrisburg activist campaign, northeastward.

A deputy clerk in Luzerne County, where a federal corruption probe is in progress, has agreed to plead guilty to taking a bribe.

Hazleton City Councilman Tom Gabos will resign from a maintenance position with the Hazleton Area School District to devote more time to his electrical business.

To the frequent frustration and occasional exasperation of a special panel investigating judicial corruption in Luzerne County, yesterday's testimony gave off the steady and unmistakable sound of the buck being passed.

The county's policy is to pay employees for unused sick, vacation and personal time off in their final paycheck.

Hot country-pop singer Jessie James, who opened several dates for the Jonas Brothers on their world tour, will headline a free show Saturday to mark the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza, Wilkes-Barre. James, 21, who canceled a show last month at Allentown's Crocodile Rock CafA© and much of the rest of her ...

A new ordinance in Luzerne is on the books to stop people from talking on the mobile devices while driving.

State Supreme Court today ordered a new trial in the case of Luzerne Countian Thomas Joseph against the Citizens Voice.

Judge Peter Paul Olszewski, seeking retention as Common Pleas Judge, was rejected by Luzerne County voters by nearly 10 percentage points.

KINGSTON Luzerne Intermediate Unit Executive Director Michael Ostrowski alternated between cracking his trademark corny jokes and choking back tears during a farewell at the board meeting Wednesday.

After only a few years of obscene dereliction of duty, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has put a Band-Aid on the malignant cancer it blithely let grow in Luzerne County.

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The Luzerne-Wyoming Counties Mental Health/Mental Retardation Program, together with the Intellectual Disabilities Training Council, recently held training on the prevention, detection and treatment of H1N1 swine flu virus.

Tina Polachek Gartley, judicial candidate in Luzerne County, talks to Corbett about her ideas to make the courts more accountable.

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