Laurel Run News

AUSTIN -- George James Koval, age 89, died Wednesday, June 24, 2009, at Sacred Heart Care Center, where he lived for 4 1/2 years.

LAUREL RUN Borough officials were advised Thursday that 911 is coming to town. Or, more accurately, as in eight other county municipalities, the firm GeoComm is coming to check street addresses and GPS locations in order to build an effective map for the county's 911 emergency dispatch center.

Upgrading of standardized addressing system taking place in nine municipalities.

It's just after 8 a.m., and Zane Fink drops off his backpack in class and walks out to his school's fish tank.

A massive wildfire on Penobscot Mountain, which consumed forestland between Laurel Run Borough and state Route 309 in Mountain Top for several days, was "pretty much contained" and expected to burn itself out, state fire officials said Monday.

Although many Mountaintop residents were unaware of the dangerous brush fire heading their way on Saturday, few seemed to miss the smell of smoke that lingered in the air throughout the weekend.

Team brought in by state forestry officials relieves local firefighters on Penobscot Mountain.

Brush fires all across northeastern and central Pennsylvania are spreading in the dry heat.

Fire crews spent hours battling several brush fires that broke out this afternoon in areas surrounding Wilkes-Barre. Firefighters were dispatched around 1:15 p.m. to a fire burning near Jumper Road in Plains Township .

He died hours later on June 24. News of his death could have devastated most families, but for his sisters Gina and Jacci it served as motivation to ensure they could prevent local families from dealing with the death of a loved one in the line of duty.

Several brush fires were reported in wooded areas stretching from Laurel Run to Bear Creek Township just after 2 p.m. Saturday, a Luzerne County 911 supervisor said.

LAUREL RUN Borough Mayor Dan Gildea questions how the Department of Community and Economic Development is awarding state gaming funds, and is asking his questions in Harrisburg, council was told Thursday.

B man charged with threatening ex-girlfriend, ramming state police cruiser in Laurel Run.

Runners take off at the start of the Laurel Run Switchbacker 10K in Rothrock State Forest on Saturday, March 14, 2009.

WB wins big with casino cash: Wilkes-Barre will slot three projects to receive the revenue from Mohegan Sun.

Twenty projects in Luzerne County will receive a share of $13.8 million in available gaming fund revenues generated by the Mohegan Sun Casino, Department of Community and Economic Development acting Secretary ...

Traffic is stopped on U.S. Highway 322 westbound early Sunday evening. The highway was closed at the Milroy interchange for one hour due to a weather-related vehicle accident near the Laurel Run Dam.

"We're starting from scratch," said township police Lt. Rick Lussi who called Charlotte Raup, president of the Wilkes-Barre Crime Watch Coalition, asking her for help in organizing a viable crime watch in ...

Hisae "Dolly" DeLuca, 82, of Chambersburg, died on Saturday, January 3, 2009 in the Village of Laurel Run, Fayetteville, PA.

Ecotourism advocates see the upside in improving and linking up area's trails. If county Recreation Director Andy Gegaris has his druthers, outdoor enthusiasts equipped with two wheels or two legs will at some ...