Luzerne County News

The committee for "Market on the Pond", the Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center's Auxiliary's largest fundraiser, is planning for the annual event, which will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 15 on the center grounds, 4 E. Center Hill Road, Dallas.

A man who covered up evidence in a deadly hit and run in Luzerne County was sentenced to time already served.

Scranton, Lackawanna County- People gathered in Scranton this weekend to help raise money for a proposed 9/11 Memorial to an Electric City native.

There will be a single lane closure on I-81 North and South from 8 p.m. tonight to 6 a.m. tomorrow morning between Exit 170B and Exit 178 .

Lehman Township supervisors, hearing on zoning ordinance at 6:30 p.m. with meeting to follow at 7 p.m., municipal building, Old Route 115.

Thousands of high school seniors throughout Pennsylvania are about to have the common experience of receiving a high school diploma.

Former Luzerne County sheriff Carl Zawatski, a popular law enforcement veteran also known for his assistance in local election campaigns, died last Thursday of cancer.

Luzerne County Council will hold a special meeting on election night Tuesday to vote on the nomination of Joan Hoggarth as judicial services and records division head.

"There were very rarely races with no candidates years ago," said Pizano, a former Luzerne County election office head and elected commissioner.

Cheers to the hundreds of volunteers, artists and vendors who brought Wilkes-Barre's Fine Arts Fiesta to Public Square for the 58th year this weekend.

Photographer Michelle Leonard of Pikes Creek will transition from the King's College Widmann Gallery art curator to featured artist during the final art exhibition of the academic year at King's College.

The Luzerne County Transportation Authority is installing computer systems on buses that count when passengers get on and off buses.

Wilkes University will hold its graduate student commencement at 10 a.m. today and its undergraduate ceremony at 2 p.m. at the Arnaud C. Marts Sports and Conference Center, 84 W. South Street, Wilkes-Barre. Misericordia University will hold graduation ceremonies at 2 p.m. today in the Anderson Sports and Health Center on its Dallas Township campus.

Luzerne County Controller Walter Griffith is leaving his re-election to the fate of voters, hoping they will see past charges filed against him on Friday alleging he secretly recorded a private meeting and two telephone calls.

The bus service will run Monday through Saturday all summer long, providing low-cost public transit access to the 1,035-acre state park in Kingston Township.

The bail bondsman who helped Dr. Mark A. Gonsky get out of jail on charges he fired a gun in public and threatened to kill a police officer is now helping to keep him behind bars.

Federal authorities have seized more than $170,000 from three men who conspired to engage in visa fraud and money laundering in Luzerne County, according to court records.

Two days after a federal judge sentenced him to 25 years in federal prison related to online sex-related crimes, a former Holy Redeemer football coach was back in a courtroom pleading guilty to three sex-related charges at the state level.

"I firmly believe the right thing for Mr. Griffith to do is resign," Luzerne County Councilman Rick Morelli said Thursday, hours after news broke that Griffith is being charged with illegally recorded conversations.

A Wilkes-Barre towing contractor, facing accusations of over billing customers, will soon face criminal charges.