Monroe County News

This Christmas morning, when the eyes light up in needy child, it won't be because she just unwrapped a pink, silk-laced teddy.

Even though midnight shows have become more popular around the country for the premieres of the biggest movies, they've been reserved in the Poconos for only the most special movies.

Mark McGurk, 31, will head to Monroe County Court on charges of assaulting his girlfriend, Rebecca Grossman, 25, on Nov.

A 17-year-old boy and his teenage sister were charged this week for assaulting and a stabbing a 19-year-old woman at a summer party in Monroe County, and during the investigation police discovered that their mother was selling drugs, authorities said.

The Monroe County Drug Task Force has broken up a marijuana ring, arresting eight men -- including six East Stroudsburg University students -- and seizing more than a pound of high-quality marijuana, several handguns, a shotgun and an assault rifle, the district attorney's office announced Tuesday.

Six students at a northeastern Pennsylvania college are facing charges for allegedly being part of a campus drug ring.

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A Friday night fire in a building set to open as a furniture store has been ruled by investigators as arson.

A state police fire marshal has ruled a massive blaze in Monroe County arson. Now police are looking for three men seen running from the scene.

A downed utility pole has had Route 209 closed between Brodheadsville and Chestnuthill Township since about 3 o'clock this morning.

A portrait of fallen Pennsylvania State Trooper Joshua Miller is displayed in the rotunda of the Pittston Area High School during his viewing in Yatesville, Pa., in June.

A Monroe County man is in jail under $1 million bail today after allegedly shooting a 31-year-old Carbon County man in the face during an argument last night.

Eastbound traffic on Interstate 80 came to a standstill in western Monroe County on Sunday after a crash closed both lanes for hours while police and emergency crews cleared the scene.

The elections are over and here's what you need to know. Keep in mind, however, that the process of certifying votes for the county begins Friday.

An Allentown man is in critical condition after being stabbed at a convenience store at 15th and Gordon streets early this morning, according to police.

It sounded like the sort of referendum anyone could support: a modest tax increase -- $30 a year -- to help build a community college campus that would serve today's students and the work force of the future.

An old Monroe County eyesore has become a thing of the past. What used to be the abandoned truck stop in Bartonsville has officially opened as a new Giant Food store.

Monroe County voters yesterday told Northampton Community College they're not interested in paying for a new campus in Tannersville.

Sunday's early-morning shootings outside a house party proved the old saying about one bad apple spoiling it for the rest.

Charged with lying about being raped at East Stroudsburg University, former student Laura Gruver, 22, of Bethlehem, waived her right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday before Magisterial District Judge Michael Muth and will head to Monroe County Court.