Luzerne News

The Lally family is from Loughrea, Co.Galway. GGgrandparents were Patrick Lally and Bridget Farrell who married in 1815.

AGING DEPARTMENT: The House voted 110-84 to establish the Department of Aging and Long-Term Living, which would combine the existing Aging Department with long-term care functions performed under the Department of Public Welfare.

Mother Nature provided us with some pre-Fourth of July holiday fireworks Friday afternoon.

Luzerne-Wyoming Counties Mental Health/Mental Retardation Program's Aging/MR Training Team recently hosted a session on 'Alzheimer's and Intellectual Disabilities' at Luzerne County Parks and Recreation, Forty Fort.

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 Luzerne Co. Sheriff Mike Savokinas talks to WILK's Corbett about recent revelations that his department found drugs in a sheriff's vehicle.

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

During the days of King Coal, Luzerne County benefited from its proximity to New York and Philadelphia.

Jim Haggerty of the Luzerne County Government Study Commission disagrees with Walter Griffith's claim that meetings aren't being advertised properly and discusses his perceptions with Sue Henry.

Supporters of expanded legalized gambling want to take advantage of the crucial budget debate in Harrisburg to convince the General Assembly to take an impulsive gamble on adding table games to Pennsylvania's casinos.

Summer events planned for this weekend didn't go bust just because of the rain! People braved the weather in both Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties for summer events planned long before the weekend forecast came out.

Sheriff Michael Savokinas explained his understanding of county payroll procedures and what's expected of his office.

It took a year longer than expected, but a noted Pennsylvania agency on hospital and health costs has finally won a five-year extension on life.

Judy Williams waives right to hearing before board, will take case to arbitration.

BARRE You can say they are all "Appel" trees. Mary Pat Appel, arborist in charge of trees being planted at the River Common, shows the unique leaves on a Ginkgo Biloba tree.

A Hazleton lawyer faces more than five years in prison for allegedly trying to cover up an attempt by two corrupt Luzerne County judges to cheat on their federal income taxes.

A northeastern Pennsylvania district attorney says the man whose decomposed body was found last week in a heavily wooded area was a robbery victim.

The Abrahams Creek Watershed Association has been awarded a grant from the PA American Water Company.

Nyshan's Sadler's world is surrounded by women. His father left home four years ago, when he was in kindergarten.

KINGSTON TWP. An equipment failure knocked out power to several thousand UGI Utilities customers in the Back Mountain on Saturday morning.

A Senior Financial Fraud Seminar will take place from 9 a.m.-noon June 24 in the Catherine Evans McGowan Room of the Mary Kintz Bevevino Library at Misericordia University , Dallas.