Meshoppen News

Judge Stymied by Crowded Wyoming County jail - by D.C. Koviack - 11/12/2009 Saying that 'there's no room' at Wyoming County's jail, Judge Brendan Vanston sentenced Richard Evansky, Tunkhannock, to a year's probation.

Meshoppen Council Going after Unpaid Sewer Bills - by D.C. Koviack - 11/12/2009 At Monday night's meeting, Meshoppen Borough Council approved all bills against the borough and the water company that were presented for payment.

The fallout from election day means a big change in the Wyoming County Courthouse.

Meira Levin, a weaving student at the Winged Arts Summer Program at Maple Street School, recently won first place in two weaving categories at the Wyoming County Fair in Meshoppen, Pa.

TUNKHANNOCK As if responding to previous community criticism about a similar facility, company officials hoping to build a drilling-waste treatment plant near Meshoppen said Tuesday recycling water is part of their plans.

Autumn can be a beautiful time to take a drive in northeastern Pennsylvania but you might also find yourself dodging deer.

The smoldering former residence of Ralph Casselbury and family following Saturday morning's fire, which destroyed the two-story wood frame home and its contents.

Firefighters responded to a fully engulfed fire at the home of Philip and Sara Wood, just off SR 3003, Saturday morning.

A Susquehanna County home about five miles north of Meshoppen was gutted by fire Saturday morning.

Local fire companies are at a working structure fire at the Black Walnut American Legion Home near Laceyville.

Meshoppen's aerial ladder truck moves into position at the rear of the Black Walnut American Legion during Wednesday's fire.

Crews are on the scene of a fire at the old American Legion in Wyoming County. The fire broke out about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the old house along Route 6 in Black Walnut near Meshoppen.

A Meshoppen area man was sentenced in the Susquehanna County Court of Common Pleas on Thursday for a drunk driving crash that sent eight other people to the hospital in July 2008.

Three people, including a 1-year-old girl and her mother, were killed Sunday afternoon in a two-car crash on Route 267 in Susquehanna County, about 10 miles west of Montrose.

Bishop Joseph Martino Monday's announcement that Bishop Joseph Martino of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton had tendered his resignation, and it had been accepted by Pope Benedict XVI was received with mixed feelings by people across the region.

While we were on vacation, Debbie and I stopped at a classic country bar in a town called Meshoppen.

Officials from PennDOT and the Wyoming County Fair met with law enforcement and government officials Wednesday morning to discuss the impact repair on the Route 6 Meshoppen bridge will have on traffic to and from the upcoming fair.

Drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale formation has been underway in northeastern Pennsylvania for almost two years now.

Drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale formation has been underway in northeastern Pennsylvania for almost two years now.

BARRE City police reported the following incidents: Angelina Donvito, 47, of North Empire Court, was arrested on a warrant for public drunkenness on Public Square at 3:38 p.m. Wednesday.