Kunkletown News

Starting the holiday weekend, state police in Swiftwater made four DUI arrests Thursday night and Friday morning: Adam John DeAngelo, 31, of 1552 N. Fifth St.

A fundraiser is underway Monday in the Poconos for the family of a fallen state trooper.

Pocono Mountain Regional Police reported the following: * At 10:56 p.m. Thursday, police responded to Hunter Drive in Stillwater, Coolbaugh Township, for a reported fight with gunshots fired.

Police suspect alcohol was involved in a one car accident in Polk Township early this morning.

Charged with driving drunk and killing state Sen. James Rhoades in October, Thomas Senavitis, 45, of Kunkletown, appeared with his attorney Thursday in Monroe County Court to challenge the evidence against him.

The U.S. Marshalls Service picked up a Kunkletown man wanted on a warrant from Florida Tuesday.

A Blakeslee man has been masquerading as a decorated Vietnam vet for money and attention, according to The POW Network and several veterans groups.

Kunkletown Volunteer Fire Co. will hold its annual carnival Wednesday to Saturday, June 27, at St.

Every year Bettie Kunkle seeks out a prolific quilter to feature in the Polk Historical Association's Stitches in Tyme quilt show.

A 51-year-old Carbon County man is facing criminal charges for allegedly using the Internet to try to sexually proposition and send explicit sexual photos to children.

Yet another for the 'Routine traffic stops nets . . . ' file. This time it was $ 10,000 worth of cocaine .

The man charged with killing state Sen. James Rhoades while driving drunk had his bail revoked Monday for being legally intoxicated in a Carbon County Courthouse in May.

So far, so good, still just two cases of swine flu at East Stroudsburg Elementary School.

Three Kunkletown men were cited for underage drinking after police came in contact with them at 3:47 a.m. Saturday.

When my column appeared last Sunday morning I was in Morgantown, Pa., at the annual three-day meeting of the Pennsylvania Society for Ornithology.

LINDA KOEHLER/TIMES NEWS Mamie Mackes remembers well her days as a Rosie the Riveter during World War II.

The following cases appeared before Snydersville Magisterial District Court Judge Jolana Krawitz on May 11 and will head to Monroe County Court: David Joseph Frantz Jr., 46, of Kunkletown, charged with fleeing a police officer, driving with a suspended license and traffic offenses.

Two teenagers are in the hospital after a crash in Monroe County. State Police say it took place at about 3:00 this afternoon at Route 209 and Rodenbach Lane in Chestnuthill Township.

The following cases appeared before Snydersville Magisterial District Court Judge Jolana Krawitz and will head to Monroe County Court: Joseph Donald Edinger, 27, of Easton, charged with receiving stolen property and conspiracy to receive stolen property.

Is it finally time for a tax reassessment in Monroe County? If sales prices vary too much from the assessment values - either too high or too low - then the assessed values aren't fair.