West Pittston News

Authorities charged certified barber Robert M. Licata today with stealing almost $6,000 from the Luzerne County Correctional Facility by inflating the number of inmate haircuts on bills submitted.

WYOMING A Dallas man has been charged with racing on roads, including in front of the state police Troop P headquarters in Wyoming.

Voters are going to the polls Tuesday across the area. This is the first general election since two former Luzerne County judges were charged in a corruption scandal with taking money in exchange for sending young people to juvenile detention centers.

A partying priest is heading to trial for his role in a vicious beatdown. Gregory Malia used to be a priest at Episcopalian churches in West Pittston and Susquehanna County.

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.

Bobby Trusavage, of Boy Scout Troop #302, is holding a fundraiser for his Eagle Scout project.

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.

VOTE TO KEEP Judge Thomas F. Burke Jr. on the bench. Burke, who has served on the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas since 1998, is seeking another 10-year term.

Is this the time of year to glare balefully at your trees as if they were fluffy old dogs and cats shedding on the furniture? No way, urban forester Vinnie Cotrone says.

County Redevelopment Authority agrees to pay him $15,885 in unused vacation time.

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

Suspect in Kimberly Burgess death caught on information that ex-girlfriend provided.

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A local attorney has his ethnicity to thank for an upcoming Columbus Day weekend celebration.

Exeter and West Pittston conducting investigations into actions of officer. WEST PITTSTON Two police departments are conducting separate investigations into allegations that a West Pittston police officer injured two women during a traffic stop.

Two men from Luzerne County charged with a deadly beating are headed to trial. A judge ruled Thursday there is enough evidence for Andre Edwards and Nicholas Policare to face charges for killing another man on August 30.

A missing dog that was stuck on an island for several days has been found. Search crews were looking for "Bubby" on "Scovell Island" in the Susquehanna River.

Volunteers are searching for a missing dog in Luzerne County. They headed into the Susquehanna River to look on and around an island near West Pittston.

Dr. John F. McGeehan, standing left, is surprised by his colleagues during a ceremony at a medical staff meeting celebrating his 22 years as director of medical education at Mercy Hospital.