Plains News

Plains Twp. police arrested a Wilkes-Barre woman Saturday on several theft and drug charges.

BARRE City police reported the following incidents: Joe Carneski, of Maple Lane, reported two windows were smashed at 11 Maple Lane on Friday.

Kenneth Howells, 31, of Hanover Township, faces several charges after Plains Township police arrested him Sunday following on a tip about a stolen vehicle.

PLAINS TWP. Township police charged a Plymouth man with giving a false name and date of birth to an officer during a traffic stop in May.

The shooting of a Kingston man in Wilkes-Barre on Friday night remains under investigation, and further information was not expected until after the weekend, city police said Sunday.

PLAINS TWP. A woman stabbed a man after he forced his way into her residence and assaulted her early Thursday morning, according to arrest records.

PLAINS TWP. The Plains Township municipal building was filled nearly to capacity on Thursday night for the board of commissioners meeting.

BARRE City police reported the following incidents: An unknown suspect damaged 37-year-old John Rowlands' fence with a vehicle at 216 Bradford St.

As Myrtle Chamberlain of Lehman Township brought two sheep into her spinning room, art students from the Verve Vertu program gathered close to stroke the soft brown and white wool.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] share this A cooking accident led to a fire on Friday afternoon that gutted a home on Charles Street in Plains Township.

BARRE City police reported the following: Someone broke into Sharon Sosa's North Main Street home and stole cash and jewelry around 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Suspect allegedly broke into ex-girlfriend's house in Larksville and then fled. LARKSVILLE Police captured a man late Thursday night after a chase that began with an alleged attempted stabbing of his ex-girlfriend and her friend.

BARRE Police are investigating a two-vehicle crash that occurred on South Pennsylvania Avenue at East Market Street just before 9 a.m. Friday.

BARRE City police reported the following incidents: Graffiti was sprayed on 64-year-old Peter Bielecki's vehicles on East Linden Street just after 11 a.m. Tuesday.

BARRE City police reported the following: Darren Simonson, 49, of Plains Township, and Peter McGinnis, 49, and Richard Simonson, 48, both of Wilkes-Barre, were arrested on the evidence of public drunkenness after police alleged, the trio were found intoxicated under the Market Street Bridge on Thursday.

BARRE City police reported the following: Darren Simonson, 49, of Plains Township, and Peter McGinnis, 49, and Richard Simonson, 48, both of Wilkes-Barre, were arrested on the evidence of public drunkenness after police alleged, the trio were found intoxicated under the Market Street Bridge on Thursday.

Michael Rennie, the unofficial Social Secretary of the Northeast Blogging Council has announced that his organization has teamed with the Saturday OT Committee and Operatic Society to sponsor our version of a town hall meeting this Friday on the deck at Dan's Keystone Grill, 162 Union St., Plains, PA 18702 Phone: 570-820-0411 starting at 5PM.

BARRE City police reported the following incidents: Francesco Leggio, 18, of Plains Township, was arrested at 6 p.m. Saturday on East Market Street on charges of possession of a controlled substance after police stopped him for driving on the wrong side of the road.

Shooting victim uncooperative and refusing to provide information, according to Wilkes-Barre officer.

Shooting victim uncooperative and refusing to provide information, according to Wilkes-Barre officer.