Mount Pocono News

As I write this article, there are still sections of the Pocono Plateau - such as Tobyhanna, Mount Pocono and Gouldsboro - that still... Talk about being in the right place at the right time.

KC and The Sunshine Band will play Musikfest's Steel Stage at 7 p.m. Aug. 8, it was just announced.

The southbound lanes of Route 611 are shut down between Woodland Road in Paradise Township to Kinney Avenue in Mount Pocono Borough.

Earlier today there was a traffic delay due to a shutdown of the southbound lanes of Route 611 between Woodland Road in Paradise Township to Kinney Avenue in Mount Pocono Borough.

Not guilty was the verdict for three men charged with the homicide of a man from Snyder County on Thursday.

Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County- This is 48-year-old Shawn Develvet. The man who police believe is responsible for the death of a co-worker. Police were called here to Stylez Barbershop on Route 196 in Coolbaugh TownshipThursday afternoon.

Mount Pocono, Monroe County- Pocono Regional Police and forensic crime unit on the scene near a strip mall in Mount Pocono.

PPL Electric Utilities is upgrading power lines, modernizing substation equipment and making other improvements to enhance service reliability for thousands of customers throughout northeastern Pennsylvania.

Less is more for Monroe County under the legislative redistricting plan that won final approval Wednesday from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

Pocono Mountain Regional Police said a suspicious package found in the Burger King parking lot in Mount Pocono on Monday night was determined to be safe.

Mount Pocono Borough will remain part of the Pocono Mountain Regional Police coverage area for another year, the borough council decided Monday.

Monroe County, in conjunction with the Monroe County Office of the District Attorney and the Monroe County Drug Task Force, will be holding a public auction of county-owned and seized vehicles at the Pocono Mountains Municipal Airport on Route 611 in Mount Pocono on Friday, May 24, 2013.

The drivers of two vehicles escaped injury Friday morning following a crash at the Dunkin' Donuts in Mount Pocono.

A Mount Pocono man faces drug charges after Pocono Mountain Regional Police found crack cocaine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia in his house, which was also inhabited by his girlfriend and their 2-year-old son at the time of his arrest.

The annual Hot Summer Fun promotion at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs has added something new to quench gamblers thirst.

Salvatore Farace, 45, was charged with aggravated assault, simple assault and harassment after he got into a fight with his brother inside the car they were in, pulled out a knife and stabbed him, in the Mount Pocono Plaza parking lot, police said.

Mount Pocono Borough would remain part of the Pocono Mountain Regional Police force - more or less - even if the borough council adopts a major coverage change May 6. That's assuming the Pocono Mountain Regional Police Commission - the force also covers Coolbaugh, Tunkhannock and Tobyhanna townships - would agree to reduced borough hours coupled ... (more)

Frank Guagenti, 72, of Mount Pocono, is charged with violating a Protection From Abuse order Wednesday on Skyline Way in Mount Pocono, Pocono Mountain Regional Police said.

A Rockaway, N.Y., woman was robbed on April 12 at the Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, state police in Mount Airy said.

"We did one last year and everyone kept saying, 'Oh, we need more of this in the Poconos,'" said Tesha McDonald, proprietor and master stylist.