Blakeslee News Archives

Editor's note: This column features some of the high and low spots in recent news.

A Monroe County man who tried to stab himself to death after fatally stabbing another man in a jealous rage Saturday was transferred from the hospital to prison yesterday.

Police in Monroe County have charged a man with murder, after a domestic dispute turned deadly Saturday afternoon in Tunkhannock Township.

A 19-year-old Yonkers, N.Y. man died Saturday night in Tunkhannock Township after he was stabbed inside of a house, according to the Lehigh County coroner's office.

A domestic dispute turned bloody in Tunkhannock Township on Saturday when a spurned man stabbed a perceived rival and then turned the knife on himself.

Maximilian Kolbe was the man who offered himself to be killed at a Jewish concentration camp during World War II to spare another man.

Russell Blakeslee's face has healed - just a fading vertical scar running down his forehead.

Jury selection for a murder trial in Monroe County had just started Wednesday when the man accused of the crime pleaded guilty.

A Blakeslee man is charged with assault with a deadly weapon after police responded to a domestic disturbance last week to find him drunk, holding a handgun.

Sometime between 8 and 11 p.m. Sunday, someone put yellow mustard on the rear window of a resident's car in his driveway on Yellowstone Drive, between Sierra View and Mountain View Estates, Tunkhannock Township.

A federal grand jury this week indicted two Albrightsville residents with firearms violations, entangling two Monroe County businesses.