Factoryville News

CENTER CITY; July 6, 2008 -- The Philadelphia area is home to some of the nation's best medical institutions.

By Elizabeth Skrapits Staff Writer WILKES-BARRE - Members of a statewide white nationalist group mostly behaved themselves at a diversity forum on Sunday, which explored some issues Northeastern Pennsylvania is ...

Searching for descendents of Henry A. Biles b. 1870 and Martha Hapenny Biles b. 1870.

Corey McCarthy, 18, of Factoryville, next to his Tobias Slingshot racecar in victory lane at Wyalusing Valley Speedway.

More than 2,400 people were without electricity in the Factoryville area on Tuesday morning after a tree knocked down power lines.

A Friday night car crash blamed on speeding killed two teens who graduated from Tunkhannock Area High School only hours earlier and an Elk Lake High School junior.

Three teens were killed when the car they were riding in crashed along Lemon Creek Road in the borough Friday night.

Spelling bee: Abington Community Library will host a spelling bee for children in grades one to six Saturday from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Registration is required.

Mary Bishop looked wistfully underfoot at the bare, broken concrete foundation on Lake Carey's narrow causeway, remembering what was and now what never will be.

Parades and picnics may be prominent on Memorial Day, but the ceremonies to honor those who gave their lives for America's freedom took center stage Monday.

An 18-year-old woman who police say defaced a Wilkes-Barre synagogue with anti-Semitic graffiti has waived her right to a preliminary hearing.

Nora Rynkiewicz charged with spray-painting swastikas and racist slurs on a Wilkes-Barre synagogue.

A woman accused of spray painting hateful words and symbols on a synagogue in March was in court Friday in Luzerne County.

A man suspected of using a baseball bat to assault at least two people was on the loose Monday night in part of Lackawanna County. via WNEP-TV Moosic

“I just went blank, there's no way you could've expected it. From the beginning we knew it wasn't a random act of graffiti”

It's been called an absolute disgrace, no ordinary act of criminal mischief. Racist graffiti marked the front doors of Ohav Zedek Synagogue in South Wilkes-Barre. Thursday night, police arrested 18-year-old ... via PAHomepage.com

“You're not going to get words like that by any normal Average Joe walking down the street with a can of spray paint.”

Two teen girls turn themselves in after probe into defacement of synagogue and another building in Wilkes-Barre. JEN MARCKINI jmarckini@timesleader.com WILKES-BARRE Two teen girls one a self-proclaimed Nazi ... via Times Leader

Wilkes-Barre Police say they have a suspect in the vandalism that occurred over the weekend at Ohav Zedek Synagogue on South Franklin Street and the Mertz Building on Conyngham Avenue. via PAHomepage.com

On the day the dirty deed was ceremoniously removed from the congregation Ohav Zedek Synagogue in Wilkes-Barre, two teen girls are tied to related crimes. via WOGY-AM Pittston

“A company was called on the weekend to repair it temporarily and they charged us $550”

By TOM RAGAN Staff Writer McAdoo could pay less than $1,000 to replace a borough traffic signal damaged last year during a snowstorm. via Standard Speaker

Fire destroyed a family-owned business this morning in Wyoming County. Click for larger image Flames were shooting from Complete Auto Sales on Route 6 near Factoryville this morning. via WNEP-TV Moosic