Pittston News

A man who police said impersonated a priest is now accused of trying to blackmail an actual priest.

Commissioners in Luzerne County call it a temporary fix. The commissioners held a special meeting Wednesday to decide what to do about a juvenile detention center.

TODAY IN STAFF JOURNALS : The debut of a collection of in-house entries from the crew here at The Indiana Gazette.

Employee was working on home when he allegedly took a necklace and two bracelets.

YATESVILLE Pittston Area School Board members learned during Tuesday's specially called meeting to discuss the budget that the district needs more than $800,000 to balance the 2008-09 school year spending plan.

PITTSTON They packed the pews and the balcony, the back of the church, the side aisles and even the vestibule as they came to say farewell to the third Pittston Catholic church to close in three months.

But cost per person rises because of two districts pulling out of group. PLAINS TWP.

State police at Hazleton said 43-year-old Carlos Rosario died as a result of a two-vehicle crash at state Route 309 and 28th Street on Wednesday morning.

By Michael R. Sisak and Dave Janoski Staff Writers Federal agents searched the offices of the Luzerne County juvenile probation department Thursday and seized records, contracts and other documents related to ...

Area firefighters got little sleep Saturday morning as three separate fires damaged properties throughout the region and sent two people to the hospital.

Board tosses coverage proposals from current brokers, Joyce Insurance and Eastern Insurance.

Bill would invest $100 million per year over 5 years in small Pennsylvania cities.

Former Red Cross volunteer Chris Panko and former Make-A-Wish executive director Jessica Hardy have something in common.

After a preliminary hearing at central court Friday, Jennifer Masulis' future is still up in the air; but you can't say her attorney didn't try.

The legislature is expected to vote Wednesday on a bill restricting smoking in Pennsylvania.

A Wilkes-Barre soldier was one of the men wounded in the roadside bombing in Afghanistan last month that killed 1st Lt.

Sunbury, a city similar in size and population to Pittston, found itself in the same property predicament three years ago.

The FBI and IRS are investigating possible financial ties between two Luzerne County judges and a local attorney whose firm has made millions leasing a juvenile detention center to the county, according to two ...

A $3.4 million legal malpractice verdict in Luzerne County President Judge Mark A. Ciavarella Jr.'s courtroom should be overturned because the judge failed to reveal his business ties to the winning law firm in ...

Family and friends of First Lieutenant Jeff DePrimo are gathering in Luzerne County to say a final farewell to the soldier.