Wilkes-Barre Township News

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.

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.

Wilkes Barre Township Fire Chief John Paul Yuknavich pleaded guilty this morning to assaulting a friend of his former girlfriend.

BARRE TWP. Thursday's ribbon-cutting will make it official, but school is already in session for the first class of students at the newest McCann School of Business and Technology near the Mohegan Sun Arena.

At the first council meeting after Wilkes-Barre Township officials adopted an employee code of conduct, there's not much to say about the new code.

The start time for today's Faith and Family Night at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre Township was listed incorrectly in Jumpstart! on Thursday.

A suspected Crips gang member arrested in a large drug bust last month in Hanover Township is facing additional heroin dealing charges, according to charges filed Wednesday.

Mark Moran / The Citizens' VOice Wilkes-Barre Township officials aren't saying why they created the code, but weeks ago, Mayor Carl Kuren pledged to create an ethics policy after township Fire Chief John Yuknavich, above, had several brushes with the law.

Past Luzerne County Commissioners insisted their 2012 budget projections were sound, raising questions about why county Interim Manager Tom Pribula removed two receipts totaling $3 million.

BARRE A city woman who was involved in a string of thefts since November 2010 to support a drug habit was sentenced Thursday to four years in the county's Intermediate Punishment Program.

BARRE TWP. A man facing unrelated trespass and assault charges was arraigned Monday on allegations he threatened to stab a woman.

Mark Moran / The Citizens' Voice Luzerne County Council Chairman Jim Bobeck, right, said Robert C. Lawton is scheduled to take over as permanent manager Feb.

HANOVER TWP. A Bear Creek Township man was arraigned Monday on charges he assaulted his wife inside her Lee Park Avenue residence.

The mayor of Wilkes-Barre Township said Monday he still has confidence in the volunteer fire department, even though state police raided the place Friday and even though the fire chief has been charged with theft.

The Wegman's in Wilkes-Barre Township was hopping. Customers are filling their carts with the basics like bread, milk and eggs, and maybe a few other essentials.

The Escalade had been parked and locked with the key in its ignition, and someone smashed the window to enter the car, police said.

City police said a man delivering food from Great Wall Chinese restaurant on North River Street was robbed and assaulted by a man wielding a gun Saturday at building 320 N. Empire Court in the Sherman Hills apartment complex.

SCRANTON When he was 24, John Knowles said, he consumed a case of beer each night with the goal of getting blackout drunk, waking up and repeating the process daily.