Wilkes-Barre News

Three good Samaritans pulled a man in distress from the pool at Odyssey Fitness & Express last weekend, saving his life, the manager said Thursday.

So when the Boston-based lawyer was asked to help improve a baseball field in South Wilkes-Barre, he was more than happy to help.

He will speak at 3 p.m. at the Wyoming Monument. The speech is free to the public.

For the last 11 years veteran Jim Walsh has asked the city to place flags on Wilkes-Barrre city Streets.

The memorial, installed in front of the Huber Breaker on South Main Street in Ashley, was created by Lehman Monument Company, Hanover Township, and was financed through donations to the Huber Breaker Preservation Society.

Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County- A family pet is dead and another missing after a fire in Luzerne County.

AAA projects more than 37,000 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area residents will travel 50 miles or more from home this Memorial Day weekend, about the same as last year's holiday period.

Dave Scherbenco / For The Citizens' Voice Candidates, members of the media and courthouse staff watch a screen scrolling results Tuesday night at the courthouse.

Sector One Entertainment knows the importance of family - the group behind the all-ages MAYDAY Music Festival is just like one.

A crash involving a car and a pickup on what some deem an unsafe road claimed the lives of two people on Wednesday.

Angelina's Bar and Restaurant, 209 Mundy St., Wilkes-Barre. 570.970.3663. Open Mon.-Sun., 4 p.m.-2 a.m. "It might sound cocky or arrogant, but I swear, coming out the chute, I would put us up against any Italian restaurant in the area." Scalzo's confidence comes with good reason: he's got a restaurant that has both smoking and non-smoking sections, ... (more)

Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County- The City of Wilkes-Barre has begun the bid process for demolition and site clearance of the Hotel Sterling.

Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County- What reportedly started as a sluggish website issue quickly spun into a giant technological meltdown for workers and managers with the county's bureau of elections.

Historian William C. Kashatus was both surprised and encouraged when area high school students doing research projects called or emailed him for information on local history after reading one of his bi-weekly history columns in the newspaper.

Digital Collapse debut show with Silhouette Lies, Last of Nine, and Cause of Affliction: May 25, 9 p.m., Diane's Deli & Internet Cafe .

Here in Pennsylvania, we are hundreds of miles from Oklahoma, but officials for the Wyoming Valley Red Dross say calls have been pouring in from our area.

In the hotly contested election for the four open spots on the Wilkes-Barre Area school board, former guidance counselor Joe Caffrey was the lead vote-getter with 2,506 votes in the Democratic primary.

Absentee ballots counted late Tuesday night sent Republican Paul DeFabo to a 23-vote lead over Alex Milanes for the fifth and final spot on the party's Luzerne County Council slate.

Workers at several polling places in Luzerne County told Newswatch 16 that voter turnout was low and that there was little talk of the race for the County Controller seat.

Starting June 8, Luzerne County Transportation Authority buses will take riders on weekdays and Saturdays to Frances Slocum State Park, part of an initiative by the Wilkes-Barre YMCA, the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the transportation authority to lift Luzerne County from its poor general-health ratings.