Pittston News

A portrait of fallen Pennsylvania State Trooper Joshua Miller is displayed in the rotunda of the Pittston Area High School during his viewing in Yatesville, Pa., in June.

An early morning fire leaves 6-people out of their Pittston Area homes. State police fire marshal is investigating the fire that nearly ended in tragedy.

Police in Luzerne County arrested a woman they believe had sex with a boy. Janelle Olisewski, 25, was arraigned in Pittston Wednesday night.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] Walter L. Griffith Jr. After years of being a citizen watchdog and critic of local government spending, Walter L. Griffith Jr.

Here's a look at the unofficial results of some of the contested municipal races throughout the Wyoming Valley: West Side In Kingston, Mayor Jim Haggerty trounced his Democratic challenger, Stephen P. Radzinski, 2,118 to 776.

State test results show he's better at reading and math than pretty much any eighth-grade student in the last nine years.

Group also looking for donations of topsoil, mulch and other items. HAZLE TWP. The Greater Hazleton Rails to Trails Committee is seeking donations of topsoil, mulch and other items as well as volunteers to help plant and care for 20 trees the committee will receive next month.

A message sign was flashing "Go Yankees" along Interstate 81 Wednesday near Pittston.

A woman who tried to help hide a car used in a hit and run has escaped jail time.

Money generated by license fees helps municipalities cover law enforcement costs.

The donations were meant to help the family of slain Trooper Joshua Miller. PLAINS TWP.

YATESVILLE Pittston Area school officials agreed Tuesday to look into a pre-emptive move into the open electricity market, after hearing a presentation from an energy buyer.

PITTSTON Questions were raised at Wednesday's city council meeting about whether a business that had been using a septic tank system would need to become part of the city sewer system.

PITTSTON TWP. Supervisors on Monday were accused of abandoning Suscon residents and not preventing a development from ruining their neighborhood.

Timchak A Diocese of Scranton priest who once served in the Hazleton area was charged Monday with 17 counts of sexual child abuse for allegedly having files of naked, underage boys on his computer.

West Wyoming police say suspect pawned stolen jewelry to support drug habit. WEST WYOMING A house cleaner admitted she stole $13,000 worth of jewelry from a borough home to support her heroin habit, police said.

PITTSTON Work on the second phase of the streetscape project in downtown Pittston is slated to begin in a few days, city officials said.

Allen Bellas, arrested for accepting kickback from construction contractor, will cooperate with investigators.

Harveys Lake resident Richard Emanski has agreed to plead guilty to supplying and installing free carpeting in the home of a Wilkes-Barre Area School Board member in exchange for a contract benefiting his business, federal authorities announced Thursday.

Swiftwater State Police, in Monroe County, arrested the girlfriend of the man who shot and killed Trooper Joseph Miller of Pittston Township, Luzerne County, last June.