Mount Pocono News

A 50-year-old Mount Pocono woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to embezzling more than $41,000 from her former union.

A Cresco man active on several community boards is accused of beating his brother-in-law and pointing a gun at him over the possible end of his marriage, according to court records.

A homeless man was arrested after being tracked down by K-9 unit after a strong-arm robbery in the Kmart parking lot in Mount Pocono.

State police say a bank got wise before a western Pennsylvania county lost any money from $53,000 worth of forged government checks cashed at eastern Pennsylvania Wal-Mart stores.

In Philadelphia, the health commissioner issued an excessive heat warning and is urging residents to check on elderly family members and neighbors to ensure that their air conditioners and fans are working.

The 94 degree record temperature at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport was neared, but the high temperature for the day was recorded at 89 degrees, according to Accuweather senior meteorologist John Feerick.

Wilson Fisher American Legion Post 413 in Tobyhanna Township will hold a Memorial Day parade starting at 9:15 a.m. at Tobyhanna Elementary Center.

Reducing the number of its members and hiring a consulting engineer are among the issues the Pocono Area Recreation Commission is addressing in writing a more effective intermunicipal agreement, PARC Chair Louise Troutman said.

State police say more than two dozen phony checks fabricated using account information from a western Pennsylvania county courts office have been cashed for about $53,000 at various Wal-Mart stores in eastern Pennsylvania.

The Mount Pocono Rotary is hosting its annual Fly-In/Drive-In Breakfast and Aviation Open House from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday at the Pocono Mountains Airport in Mount Pocono.

Suburban EMS paramedic Steven Keyes holds a vial of Ondansetron, also known by the brand name Zofran, an injectable medication which immediately prevents nausea and vomiting at their Stroudsburg station on Friday, May 11, 2012.

An office manager stole $41,861 from a Wilkes-Barre union over a five-year span, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

The May 22 live performance of classic radio programs will feature the "Lost in Hollywood" episode from the comedy series "The Magnificent Montague" as well as the episode "Railroaded," aka "Hit and Run," from the drama "Night Beat." The show, which starts at 7 p.m., also will include live music by Carol Broll and sound effects by Esther Harmatz.

When the second weekend Tough Mudder racing blows through Monroe County on Saturday and Sunday, the logistics will stay the same.

Philly has only dropped below 32 degrees in the month of May on two known occasions -- the first was May 1st, 1847 when temperatures bottomed out at 26 degrees according to old climate records.

That's what happened to Patricia, a Mount Pocono woman who was just trying to do right by her family.

MONROE COUNTY CHRISTIAN AWARENESS MINISTRIES ECUMENICAL Route 447 and High Acres Park, Canadensis.