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State Police Investigating Bear Creek Break-Ins
BEAR CREEK TOWNSHIP — State police said they are investigating at least seven burglaries in Bear Creek Township over the last month. State police want folks in Bear Creek to be on the lookout for an...
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Firewood for Hurricane Sandy Victims
FAIRVIEW TOWNSHIP — A man in the Mountain Top area has decided to collect firewood for folks still without power in New Jersey. The wood is expected to be sent to hurricane victims by the weekend. Bob...
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Wilkes-Barre Holds Off Announcing Layoffs
WILKES-BARRE — Friday is the day the city of Wilkes-Barre had hoped to announce who and how many city employees would be furloughed to save money, but that announcement never came. Mayor Tom Leighton...
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Access Card Outage Causes Problems at Stores
WILKES-BARRE — A glitch in a computer system is blamed for shutting down access card purchases for several hours on Friday. Folks across Pennsylvania and several other states couldn’t buy groceries...
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Wilkes-Barre Blames Centax for Budget Shortfall
WILKES-BARRE — The city of Wilkes-Barre believes more than half of the city’s $2 million budget shortfall this year is directly related to the collapse of a company called Centax. Centax is the...
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“Ghost” Riders on LCTA Buses?
WILKES-BARRE — How many passengers, namely senior citizens, are riding buses operating by the Luzerne County Transit Authority? That’s a question PennDOT is trying to answer. Over the summer, a...
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Homicide Suspects in Court
PLYMOUTH — Two half-brothers, accused of shooting four people and killing three of them in Plymouth, were in court on Friday. The murders happened back in July, and on Friday one of the brothers...
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Back Mountain Braces for Sandy
ROSS TOWNSHIP — Parts of the Back Mountain in Luzerne County are bracing for whatever Hurricane Sandy brings. The winds from Hurricane Sandy were too much for a pine tree along Main Road in Ross...
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New Jersey Storm Victims Find Gas in the Poconos
SMITHFIELD TOWNSHIP — Because power is still out in much of New Jersey, gas stations are still closed, and where there is gas, there are lines miles long. Some storm victims from New Jersey are...
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Wilkes-Barre Employee Furloughs Could Become Permanent
WILKES-BARRE — Friday was the last day for employees of the city of Wilkes-Barre to sign up for volunteer furloughs. The mayor asked workers to take up to six weeks off because of a $1.5 million...
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Officials: Suspect in High Speed Chase is Illegal Immigrant
WILKES-BARRE — Immigrations officials say the suspect, Alexis Nunez, was not allowed in this country and was deported once before back in August of 2009. Police say Nunez led them on a wild high speed...
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Man Dead After Being Hit By Car
PITTSTON TOWNSHIP — The death of a man in Pittston Township last night has raised questions about the safety of a busy stretch of Route 315. Police say Lawrence Korman of Pittston was walking across...
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Former LCCC Secretary Charged With Theft
NANTICOKE — A former secretary of the Luzerne County Community College is charged with stealing thousands of dollars from the college between 2009 and 2011. College officials said Janet Griffith of...
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Making Room for Wyoming Seminary Arts Center
KINGSTON — It’s not every day that you see a century old three story home picked up and rolled to a new address, but that’s what happened late Thursday afternoon in Kingston. The site of the three...
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New Life for Old Bakery
WEST PITTSTON — Some people may of heard of the Hitchner Biscuit Company in West Pittston. It closed 61 years ago, but on Friday, a new chapter began in the storied career of the building on Exeter...
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Wilkes-Barre Mayor: No Layoffs
WILKES-BARRE — For now Mayor Tom Leighton announced a last-ditch plan to save Wilkes-Barre city employees from layoffs. Leighton hopes a new retirement plan will generate enough interest among city...
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Violent Weekend Around Wilkes-Barre
WILKES-BARRE — This was a particularly bloody weekend in and around the city of Wilkes-Barre. Police responded to several shootings One of them on Friday night left a man dead. And the shooter is...
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Wilkes-Barre Retirement Plan Falls Short
WILKES-BARRE — Tuesday at noon was the deadline for eligible Wilkes-Barre city employees to sign up for early retirement. The plan came from city leaders late last week in an attempt to prevent...
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Students Feast on Thanksgiving Meal
FAIRVIEW TOWNSHIP — A decades old tradition continued today at one elementary school in Luzerne County. Third graders feasted on a Thanksgiving dinner with all the fixings at Fairview Elementary...
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Man Charged with Homicide After Body Found
BLAKESLEE — Just two days after a man’s body was found in a shallow grave in Carbon County, state police in Monroe County have made an arrest. Michael Rhubart, 28, was charged with homicide late...
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