Effort News

A motorcyclist who led police on a high-speed chase through parts of Hamilton Township Thursday night is cooling his wheels in jail.

Bobbi J. Mika and Tiffanie Bailey Romey have joined the sales team at Weichert Realtors Acclaim on Route 611, Tannersville.

Pennsylvania State Police troopers issued 801 traffic citations and placed 21 trucks and 20 drivers out of service during a five-day enforcement effort that focused on traffic violations by commercial vehicle drivers, Commissioner Frank E. Pawlowski announced today.

The man who shot a guest at a house party last spring claims he wasn't mentally well when it happened .

Four people were arrested and charged with possession of marijuana, conspiracy and tampering with evidence after a traffic stop on Pine Hill Road in Mount Pocono around 9:30 p.m. on Nov.

A Stroudsburg man who fled the scene of a crash in Chestnuthill Township last week was cited by police after he was located and told police he did not have insurance on the car he was driving.

The American Legion Post 927 will host a free Thanksgiving Day Dinner from noon to 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov.

Several community organizations and businesses in the Poconos are hosting free dinners for people in need.

Around 12:45 p.m. Saturday a woman was driving her Harley-Davidson three-wheel motorcycle eastbound on Sugar Hollow Road in Effort in Chesnuthill Township when according to state police she suddenly veered off the right shoulder, over an embankment and into the woods.

The Future Business Leaders of America of Pleasant Valley High School will be holding an Italian Feast on Saturday from noon to 7 p.m. in the PVHS Cafeteria.

Police are investigating the burglary of a home on Chickasaw Drive in Effort on Oct.

Helen Coello, of Effort, Pa., poses with Dr. Bandaides, aka Pat Silfies-Beahm, of Bethlehem.

Someone vandalized a Kunkletown man's car Monday, punching holes in its gas tank .

Two Monroe County women were flown by helicopter to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest last night after their car crashed into a tree on Cherry Hill Lane in Chestnuthill Township, according to state police.

Three people were hurt in an accident on Old Route 115 at Meixsell Valley road in Ross Township on Sunday.

See viewer video of snow in the Poconos.NBCPhiladelphia.com user Vicky Gallagher shot this video Thursday morning in Effort, Pa.

Robert J. Pini Jr. of Effort has been charged with disorderly conduct after allegedly standing outside the West End Ambulance building on Gilbert Road in Chestnuthill Township and shouting obscenities because someone inside wouldn't speak to him.

MONROE COUNTY State police crack down on false alarms, file charges State police at Fern Ridge have charged two people, a bank, a health center and a church in Monroe County with having security systems that chronically call officers out on false alarms.

The security presence watching over Pittsburgh during the G-20 economic summit this week will be like nothing the city has ever seen -- and much of that effort was on display Tuesday.

Three West End teens are being charged for taking part in a series of burglaries in Chestnuthill Township dating back to June, according to state police at Fern Ridge.