Hazleton News

Relieved adults soothed screaming, crying children getting the H1N1 vaccination at a clinic at the Laurel Mall on Friday.

Waldenbooks in Laurel Mall is among the 200-some Borders Group Inc. stores slated to close nationwide in 2010, the parent company announced Friday.

I had just heard of a novel idea about Halloween and trick or treating and its comes from Alabama and perhaps other places as well.

For most of the Hazleton area merchants gathered Tuesday morning for the Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce's Downtown Committee meeting, one issue on the agenda towered over the rest.

Republicans will form a clear majority on Hazleton City Council beginning in 2010, as voters elected Karin Cabell and James Perry in an obvious show of support for Mayor Lou Barletta.

HAZLETON A homeowner in the city with a $30,000-per-year job and a home valued at $100,000 could expect to pay another $235 in taxes and fees next year, according to a budget proposal Mayor Lou Barletta released to council on Monday.

Three lawsuits filed by individuals affected by a gas spill in the Laurel Gardens neighborhood were settled Monday.

HAZLETON Police charged a city man on Tuesday with threatening his wife. Miguel Antonio Nunez, 24, of North Vine Street, Hazleton, was charged with unlawful restraint, false imprisonment, terroristic threats and harassment.

Group also looking for donations of topsoil, mulch and other items. HAZLE TWP. The Greater Hazleton Rails to Trails Committee is seeking donations of topsoil, mulch and other items as well as volunteers to help plant and care for 20 trees the committee will receive next month.

Mayor Barletta says his Street Crime Unit is vital and is making good progress. HAZLETON Greater Hazleton has close to 400 confirmed gang members living there, and police know who they are, where they live and the gangs with which they're affiliated.

City police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred early Wednesday morning at a Turkey Hill store.

Lewis Center, Ohio-based Multi-Plastics Inc. is in "advanced negotiations" to buy plants in Hazleton, Pa., and Avenel, N.J., from its long-time partner Reynolds Packaging Kama.

Four men are headed to trial in a homicide case in Schuylkill County. The four, all from Hazleton, are charged in the baseball beating death of a friend a friend, Tony Locascio.

JAMIE PESOTINE/Staff Photographer A member of the Scranton Police Hazardous Devices Unit carries a box containing an object thought to be a bomb that was found outside an Alter Street residence on Wednesday night.

HANOVER TWP. A man was arrested by township police on Friday on charges he assaulted a woman.

The state Department of Environmental Resources set up a 30-day comment period, on Hazleton Creek Properties LLC.

Critters may be able to roam a little freer in the Hazleton Area School District - that is until the school board settles on which company to hire to handle its integrated pest management for the next three years.

Preliminary hearings for four men accused of beating another man and leaving him to die in a wooded area near Brandonville, East Union Township, are scheduled this morning at the Schuylkill County Courthouse.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] Wilkes-Barre Mayor Tom Leighton unveiled a $41.1 million budget for 2010 that included no increases to taxes or fees.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] share this State police are looking for information on the theft of a gun safe containing eight firearms and assorted valuables from a Sunset Road, Dorrance Township, home Monday.