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If you're not inclined to have a goat named after you, you can buy insurance for $10. And if you have suggestions of someone for whom the goat should be named, you can pay an additional $10 to offer five names up for consideration.

Derek Reich, 21, is the last of five defendants in the case to be sentenced. WILKES-BARRE A city man was sentenced Tuesday to 3 1/2 to seven years in state prison for his participation in a heroin ring in which 240 packets of heroin were found stamped with "OBAMA 09." Luzerne County Court Judge Michael Toole sentenced Derek Reich, 21, of Academy ...

In Luzerne County, there are now 19 people charged in the on-going corruption scandal.

EDWARDSVILLE Council Thursday held off on approving a bi-county flood mitigation plan for Lackawanna and Luzerne counties because details of the mapping appear inaccurate.

Andy Jamula is shown preparing for the potato and cheese pyrohy sale scheduled at St.

BARRE University Corners will add a retail tenant by mid-month when Tilbury's Knob gift and jewelry store moves into a spot on South Main Street.

The mother of a woman killed near a former bar in Edwardsville takes action against the bar and the suspect.

EDWARDSVILLE Police arrested a man on Sunday on charges he sexually assaulted a woman.

Other thrift shop operators say there's room for another store in the down economy.

Two men are charged with kidnapping a store security officer who attempted to stop them from stealing seafood and meat on Tuesday.

The donations were meant to help the family of slain Trooper Joshua Miller. PLAINS TWP.

EDWARDSVILLE: The Family Caregivers Support Group will have its meeting from 1-3 p.m. today at the Edwardsville Senior Center, Russell Street.

EDWARDSVILLE A pool hall employee faces charges after, police say, he interfered with a traffic stop outside the Wyoming Street business and made repeated calls to a dispatcher complaining about police.

BERWICK: The Berwick Area Chapter of AARP will meet Wednesday at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church.

County Redevelopment Authority calls special session over executive director Bellas, who said he's 'in trouble.' The Luzerne County Redevelopment Authority has called a special meeting to discuss the expected resignation of Executive Director Allen Bellas, authority board President Paul Paternoster said Friday.

However, the opening is clouded by lawsuits and criminal charges relating to land acquisition and construction.

Multi-platinum rock band Breaking Benjamin will perform at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Wilkes-Barre at a location yet to be announced, according to a publicist for the group.

A man and a woman face charges relating to a series of purse snatchings. KINGSTON A homeless couple driving around in a stolen vehicle were looking for older women in shopping center parking lots to steal purses for drug money, according to recently filed charges against the pair by Edwardsville police.

EDWARDSVILLE The decorative tombstones spotted on many lawns this time of year will not read "Hallmark: Gateway Shopping Center 1972-2009." And another one marking the death of the Hallmark store at the Midway Shopping Center also may have to go back into the attic.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] Warren Ruda / The Citizens' Voice The American Red Cross has been assisting tenants who were chased from their homes by Monday's fire on Lawrence Street in Edwardsville.