Noxen News

The harvest season arrived a little early in Noxen. State Police at Tunkhannock hit a farm owned by Larry Denmon and his mother Jean.

A former employee at Modern Gas Sales was charged Friday morning on allegations he was involved in the theft of $11,000 in gas sales, township police said.

MONROE TWP. Two people were moderately injured and six cattle were killed Saturday morning in a head-on collision on Route 29, near Eaton Township, in Wyoming County.

Noxen Township Supervisors expect to review a proposal today to lease 118.4 acres to a natural gas drilling company.

A recreation center for youths proposed by a resident drew criticism and support last Tuesday during a supervisors meeting.

Rather than putting off voting on a design for the expansion project at Ross Elementary School another month, the Lake-Lehman School Board voted to recess Monday's meeting until Thursday at 6:30 p.m. to allow ...

Bill Kern gives a lecture about "Soil toxicity in post-Katrina New Orleans" as part of his thesis for Brown University.

GNA Class 1978: Greater Nanticoke Area High School Class of 1978 will hold its 30th reunion Saturday, Nov 29, at Genetti's, Wilkes-Barre. Invitations have been mailed.

Joan Johnson and an art group known as en plein air painted at a farm in Mehoopany in June until it literally stormed.

As a child growing up in Eaton Township, Bill Kern fondly recalls picking up litter from Jenks Road in front of his house with his father.

The moment finally came Friday night, and when the last member of the Lake-Lehman High School Class of 2008 finally received his diploma, the celebration was jubilant.

BP Alternative Energy has plans to place a wind turbine as part of a larger facility on land west of Route 29 known as Schooley Mountain, and that concerns township supervisors.

Adam Jones, a teacher's aide at the Danville Elementary School, joyfully watched a stylist shave his head this week in support of student efforts to raise money for the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life.

An elementary school principal from Luzerne County came up with a novel way to reward her students: She jumped out of an airplane.

At least a half-dozen brush fires broke out Friday on Blue Mountain in Carbon and Lehigh counties, and others were reported in Northampton County, continuing an unusually active season for wildfires in the ... via The Morning Call

“I'm pretty familiar with all the politicians' viewpoints, so I'm not looking for anybody to sway my vote”

Kevin Harris, his mother and a police officer will hang out on the balcony of his National House apartment Saturday to see presidential candidate Hillary Clinton when she speaks at Market and Beaver streets. via Evening Sun

Money. We work for it. The government creates it, rebates it and redistributes it. via The Morning Call

“This year, drive-ins across the country will be celebrating the 75th anniversary of the drive-in theater”

HUNLOCK CREEK The Garden Drive-In, a Wyoming Valley landmark that traces its origins back to the early 1950s, opened for another season this weekend with movies each night and the popular flea market on Sunday. via Times Leader

EACH TIME A presidential candidate visits Northeastern Pennsylvania, he or she speaks admiringly of area residents' strong work ethic. via Times Leader

A Pennsylvania state trooper won a $501,000 federal civil verdict against two supervisors he claimed had secretly taped a phone call with him while he was home on medical leave. via Dailyitem.com