Wilkes-Barre News

The incident was reported Friday. n A resident of 492 S. Franklin St. reported someone entered her apartment between 1 and 4 p.m. Friday and removed various items.

Library of Congress Cartoon of FDR as 'father figure' surrounded by children dancing in a circle around him with abbreviations of some names of the organizations he helped make during the Great Depression.

"I drove through the square and my heart automatically said, 'Lord, this is where you want me,'" Smyth said.

Kim Custer, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Northeast and Mid-Pennsylvania, was taking issue with comments made by U.S. Rep.

BARRE Wilkes-Barre Area beefed up security at GAR High School Friday in response to a brutal after-school attack in which a 14-year-old student's hand was nearly severed by a machete a day earlier.

Dick Wolf, who created "Law & Order" and its two successful spin-offs, "Law & Order: SVU" and "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," should probably consider establishing a branch office in Pennsylvania.

BARRE TWP. A new institution is aiming to put students back to work in a region marred by high unemployment and chronic brain-drain. Wilkes-Barre Township Mayor Carl Kuren, left, Clayton Karambelas and Donna Sedor of the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business & Industry, McCann Campus Director T.J. Eltringham and Delta Career Education Corp.

As they sat facing each other, Corinne and Mark Farrell of West Pittston joined hands and spread their legs wide on the floor.

City Wide Towing operator Bob Kadluboski addresses members of Wilkes-Barre City Council Thursday in council chambers.

BARRE A jury Thursday night found in favor of ZenoPharma Inc., allowing the pharmaceutical company to expand a quarry in Wisawe Township and increase the supply of algae used in revolutionary medical adhesive.

Wilkes-Barre police continue to investigate an altercation outside G.A.R. High School-- in which a male student's hand was slashed with a machete.

A 15-year-old GAR High School student's hand was nearly severed in a savage machete attack minutes after dismissal from school Thursday, authorities said.

Wilkes-Barre Mayor Tom Leighton and his former administrator will not face criminal charges after the city spent more than $14,000 in taxpayer funds to install security systems at their homes, according to a letter from the state Attorney General's Office.

Death by Chocolate , a murder-mystery farce preceded by "A Guide to the Teenage Zone." Meyers High School, Wilkes-Barre . 7 tonight; 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Open Readings, poems, short stories, drama and creative nonfiction by students, faculty and community members.

Crawling to the feet of Tamora, queen of the Goths, a young Roman named Lavinia begs for death, a fate preferable to a mauling by Tamora's two sons, who are panting with lust and bloodthirst.

Anthracite was "discovered" in America by Connecticut settlers in what is today known as the Wyoming Valley of PA.

A federal judge has ruled that Pennsylvania's 2001 legislative district maps should be used in this year's elections, a setback for Republicans who had tried to get the court to block their use.

State lawmakers wrapped up a lengthy political battle Wednesday giving final approval to a bill establishing a county-option Marcellus Shale drilling impact fee and state review of local drilling ordinances.

Judge Chester B. Muroski, presiding over Domestic Relations Contempt Court on Tuesday, ordered one person jailed for failure to pay child support.