Kunkletown News

A man from Monroe County is locked up, accused of shooting a man Monday night. State police said Brian Hines, 35, of Brodheadsville and Gary Hoffer, 31, of Kunkletown got into an argument about 6:30 p.m. Monday on Lower Smith Gap Road in Carbon County.

Peter Molo II, 30, of Allentown, charged with defiant trespass after a domestic incident on Falstaff Road in Coolbaugh Township around 5 a.m. on Oct.

A local movie being filmed in Monroe County has wrapped its production. "The Fields," which was being filmed at various locations in and around Kunkletown for the last month, ended its filming schedule Thursday, according to the movie's Facebook fan site.

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

View full sizeExpress-Times File PhotoGreg RitterGregory G. Ritter, the East Hills Middle School teacher accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy, failed to appear for a court appearance in Pike County this morning.

Moore Township police are looking for people who may have had their vehicles damaged this weekend by someone tossing large rocks onto Route 512.

POLK TOWNSHIP State police capture suspect in Kunkletown stalking Police have captured an 18-year-old Kunkletown man they were seeking for allegedly stalking and scaring a 13-year-old girl at her home.

Eldred Township's annual Halloween Parade, which had to be rescheduled due to weather, will begin at 1 p.m. Sunday, winding a route from the grove near St.

A jury in Monroe County has found a man accused of a double murder guilty. Jason Koehler, 25, of Kunkletown was convicted of first-degree murder for the shooting death of Jennifer Cullinan and third-degree murder for the death of Jason Gray.

Closing arguments have ended in the retrial of a man accused of a double murder in Monroe County.

C'mon, seriously? October snowstorms two years in a row? Seriously? At least this one isn't as bad as last year's when we got a foot up on the mountain.

What began as a religious holiday has morphed into one of the biggest money-making holidays in the United States, second only to Christmas in money spent on decorations and celebrations.

Reported by Custred's Electrical and Home Maintenance of Kunkletown and Cool Breeze HVAC of Treichlers; 60 feet of copper pipe and 2,000 feet of electrical wire taken from construction site on Point Phillips Road south of Lower Smith Gap Road between 3:30 p.m. Thursday and 8 a.m. Friday; reported to state police at Lehighton.

Thomas Lee Vanhorn, 46, of Kunkletown, is suspected of driving under the influence after a 6:50 p.m. Sunday accident on Route 534, west of Middle Creek Road, in Polk Township.

A Barrett Township man and his partner face a dozen counts of animal neglect after Pocono Animal Rescue seized 12 head of cattle from his property near Mountainhome on Aug.

Jury selection is scheduled to start today in the case of Jason Koehler, 26, of Kunkletown, who pleaded guilty in 2005 to fatally shooting two people and injuring a third during a 2004 Polk Township robbery.

Brian Flyte, 30, of Bath, was arrested on an active bench warrant after he fled from police responding to a 911 call on Oct.

Jury selection began Wednesday morning in Monroe County for the trial of a man charged with homicide.

Joshua Mackes, 22, of Blakeslee, taken into custody on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol after he crashed his car into the rear of another car on four-lane Route 209 in Hamilton Township on Sept.

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.