Luzerne News

Complete coverage of natural gas drilling in Northeast Pennsylvania including recently updated searchable database of natural gas drilling leases for Lackawanna, Luzerne and Wyoming Counties A fire and possible explosion at a Susquehanna County gas compressor station late Tuesday night remain under investigation but is thought to be an accident, a ... (more)

A dimmer outlook for state tax revenue collections is setting the stage for difficult budget choices for human service programs for the fifth year in a row.

Happy Mother's Day! This is a day I anxiously wait for each year, in addition to Easter, Christmas and my birthday.

A northeast Pennsylvania teenager who acknowledges having accidentally shot a friend to death a year ago has testified in the trial of his mother, who is charged with having covered up the shooting.

Coughlin High School, Class of 1968, will celebrate its 45th reunion July 26, 2013 at Appletree Terrace, Newberry Estates, Dallas.

A study shows a large percentage of people in our region drink alcohol excessively.

Steel construction is nearly complete on a three-story building at Main and William streets, the center of downtown Pittston and the latest, most visible example the city is seeing in its downtown revitalization.

Patterns Comeback Show with As We Whisper, Empire of the Sea, A Fighting Chance, and Shorthand: May 4, 6:30 p.m., Brews Brothers West .

After 27 years of "protect and serve," Thomas DiMaria will retire from the police force, turning in his badge and service weapon on May 31.

The 64th annual Interfaith Tea will be hosted by Temple Israel Sisterhood at 1:30 p.m. May 7 at Temple Israel, 239 S. River St., Wilkes-Barre. Theme is Jerusalem and a panel of local clergy will discuss their recent visit to Israel.

A man was arraigned in Luzerne County today for selling gold and silver for thousands of dollars when it was actually fake.

A "highly intoxicated" Wilkes-Barre man in an uproar over an alleged drug sale at a Luzerne home was arrested after pulling out a french fry and asking police if they wanted a joint, according to charges.

Next to students' drawings and painting for an upcoming art show, teams of police moved in formation down a hallway, guns ready, peering into classrooms.

A trial is scheduled to start in June for a man charged in the killings of two people whose bodies were found buried in his yard in northeastern Pennsylvania a decade ago.