Conyngham News

Daughter of Eberhard Faber loved the arts and volunteering. BILL O ' BOYLE boboyle@timesleader.com Theo Faber Lumia's life was filled with family, volunteering, the arts, nature and church, recalled friends who knew her.

"We thought the guy was joking," said Craig, 18. "He said, 'I will pay you guys if you come to my daughter's home.' " As it turns out, the teen singers/dancers from the Hazleton area accepted the gig and, almost immediately, had three more requests for bookings.

Shickshinny site 1 of homes to be raised or razed due to flood threat, no aid by levee.

The casino and racetrack was the venue for the Northeast Regional Cancer Institute's 17th annual Cancer Survivors Celebration.

Bronx: Now that we have an African-American President and a Puerto Rican on the Supreme Court, let's see if we can clean up the mess that white people made of this country.

State law requires the 11-person commission to get down to business within 10 days of vote certification.

Commission to investigate whether there's a better form of government for the county.

Support group wants public's help to lobby to maintain Pa. funding for Lupus Foundation.

Six contenders for the seat in the May primaries discuss role of the job at League of Women Voters forum.

A high-speed chase ended with a crash Sunday night in Luzerne County. Police said Deborah Dykins, 49, of Nanticoke took off because she was driving a car without the owner's permission.

Prothonotary also must give feds her cooperation in courthouse fraud probe. Jill Moran's resignation as Luzerne County prothonotary officially takes effect the end of today.

Eleven other couples lined up in the church vestibule to process down the aisle and renew their vows the evening Jane Storaska and Tim Whiteside got married.

The Luzerne County Commissioners reappointed Bruce Trumbower of Hunlock Creek and Joseph Boiwka of Fairmount Township to the Luzerne Conservation District Board of Directors with terms running from January 1, ...

CONYNGHAM TWP. Afternoon flames claimed the lives of a mother and daughter at a home in Columbia County on Friday, police said.

At Hazleton, students can save money, get a Penn State experience and then reap benefits of University Park.

A turning lane and two new traffic signals will not only make Route 93 in Conyngham easier to travel, but also make it safer, according to the state Transportation Department.

Conyngham has a new councilman. Borough council appointed Ron Schadder to the position on the seven-member board at Tuesday's council meeting.

The Luzerne County Correctional Facility Board met behind closed doors Monday to talk about litigation involving work on the prison security system, County Commissioner Stephen A. Urban said.

A $1 million project on security system improvements at the Luzerne County prison began in January 2007, yet the prison board still needs to authorize the project and subsequent change orders, according to a ...

If approval is secured and funds are raised, the Borough of Centralia could have its own state historical marker sometime in 2009.