Mountain Top News

A former employee at a Mountain Top glass factory charged with secretly entering the company and downloading child pornography in July was captured earlier this week on charges including more than 1,400 counts of pornography involving juveniles.

A former Catawissa-area man caught downloading child pornography at a Luzerne County business also had hundreds of the illegal images in his one-time home here, police say.

Over coffee, bacon and hash brown potatoes, some Mountain Top community leaders recently gathered to update each other on the progress of various local groups and plan for a vision of what Mountain Top can be in the future.

Reverberations from this year's state budget stalemate are still being felt in food pantries throughout the region as they adapt to the needs of people laid off during the recession, but most feel confident they're keeping their heads above water."One of the problems that I'm having with the food bank is that we rely on Pennsylvania state food," ...

Jamie Pesotine / Times-Shamrock Officials at Baker Hughes in the Crestwood Industrial Park say the radioactive materials they hope to store at the site are a little smaller than a Tylenol capsule.

Four Back Mountain residents were recently named Health Care Heroes for 2009 by The Times Leader.

Fairview Township Board of Supervisors Chairman Harry Zearfoss announced that there has been additional vandalism at Fairview Township Park, involving graffiti painted on buildings.

At the November General Meeting of the Wright Township Board of Supervisors, Board Chairman Daniel N. Frascella, Sr., announced the awarding of the contracts for the Wright Township Park Phase II Expansion Project.

KINGSTON: The Kingston Senior Citizen Center, 680 Wyoming Ave., will host a representative from the Northeast Regional Cancer Institute at 10:45 a.m. today for a presentation on breast cancer.

The Mountain Top family joined other families Friday morning during the 16th annual Luzerne County Children and Youth Adoption Day at Temple B'Nai B'rith. R.J., an energetic brown-haired 2 year old, came to live with Joanie and Al as a 3-month-old when he was placed in foster care.

A man is now behind bars in Luzerne County charged with nearly hitting a firefighter with his car and fleeing from police.

BARRE Luzerne County Housing Authority member William Maguire pleaded guilty Thursday to accepting $1,400 from a contractor to reimburse himself for a trip he took in January to Sanibel Island, Fla., for housing authority business.

Gina Nevenglosky challenges the incumbent for the Luzerne County post. WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County Register of Wills Dottie "Stanky" Stankovic says she has the experience in recording and preserving all wills admitted to probate.

BARRE City police reported the following: A 16-year-old girl was charged with aggravated assault after she allegedly assaulted police, pushing officers and striking Officer Brian Gist in the back with a glass table top when police responded to a loud noise complaint at 18 Logan St.

Luzerne County voters will choose a Republican and a Democratic jury commissioner on Nov.

County Housing Authority member is accused of helping fellow board member illegally obtain $1,400. SCRANTON Federal agents who interviewed Luzerne County Housing Authority member Gerald Bonner were not required to read him his Miranda rights against self incrimination because he was not in custody, federal prosecutors said in court papers filed ...

The Greater Nanticoke Area Rotary Club has inducted Leigh Bonczewski as its newest member.

Snow came early to Pennsylvania this year. While most roadways remained wet, small accumulations of show could be found on decks, cars, and especially trees.

Police are investigating the death of 61-year-old man who was reported missing hours before he was found dead in a central Pennsylvania pond.

Source: Decision based on Richard Wren's alleged falsification of $70 receipt. Luzerne County Commissioners Maryanne Petrilla and Stephen A. Urban voted Thursday to terminate county Veteran Affairs Director Richard Wren.