Monroe County News

MONROE COUNTY JOINT VETERANS Honor Guard will host Memorial Day events at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2540, 20 Fawn Road, East Stroudsburg.

As we approach summer it's time to start thinking about how we'll protect ourselves from mosquitos and ticks.

There are six East Stroudsburg School District candidates who will move on to the general election, according to unofficial electon results Tuesday evening.

Two Newark men were arrested after allegedly trying to sell more than $70,000 in heroin and cocaine in northeastern Pennsylvania last week, according to a report on PoconoRecord.com . David Walker, 38, was a passenger in a van driven by Rurark Lewis, 34, when they were arrested by the Monroe County Drug Task Force in the parking lot of a motel in ... (more)

After a nine-month investigation, the Monroe County Drug Task Force used a warrant to search a home on Sand Spring in Barrett Township on Friday.

Just ask Jim and Pearl Toler. At 89 years young, they got married Sunday at the Big A Grillhouse in East Stroudsburg.

A Pocono Cab Company driver was killed this afternoon on Route 196 in Coolbaugh Township after losing control of his taxi and drifting into the path of an oncoming Coolbaugh Township Fire Police van.

Authorities say a taxi driver was killed and four firefighters were hurt when the cab crashed into a fire police van in northeastern Pennsylvania.

Hills and curvy roads weren't the only challenges; construction on a bridge in Monroe County meant runners had to share the road with drivers.

Everett is the Run for the Red volunteer coordinator, commanding a legion of 400 to help more than 1,500 competitors in three separate races.

Four Tobyhanna residents were arrested on drug charges after a search warrant revealed $33,000 worth of cocaine, along with illegal firearms, police said.

The Monroe County Drug Task Force on May 11 arrested Craig Rampersad, 29, of Blakeslee, in Stroudsburg and a 17-year-old Henryville male in East Stroudsburg, both for suspected driving under the influence.

A Monroe County man is behind bars accused of trying to murder four deaf people by setting a house on fire while they slept inside.

Walter J. Moucha, Sr., 90, of East Stroudsburg died Monday, May 13 at Gino J. Merli Veterans Center in Scranton.

A plan to create a special district to help a proposed multi-million dollar water park project in a Monroe County had clear sailing Wednesday night.

Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County- There is a heavy police presence on New Alexander Street in Wilkes-Barre. The I-Team's Joe Holden is on the scene.

Pottsville, Schuylkill County- Lisa Stephany added a choir boy, a frog, and a reindeer to the growing make-shift memorial on pierce street in Pottsville.

A judge for the Social Security Office in downtown Scranton will not go to prison on simple assault charges.

A Scranton man will spend nearly 11 years in prison for two robberies last December.

Monroe County- A man turned himself in this morning to face charges he killed his own brother while driving under the influence.