Stevens News

Part of a house that is under construction collapsed in Stevens this morning, but no one was injured, a county dispatch supervisor reported.

Parts of an East Cocalico Township home collapsed Monday morning while renovations were under way in its basement.

With more drug-addicted inmates entering county jails, officials in one county are looking at programs to help inmates to kick their habits.

Upper St. Clair's Jaybird takes musical flight By Terry Kish For The Almanac writer@thealmanac.net While sibling rivalry is the stuff of legends, instead of competing, Upper St.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] Times-Shamrock Newspapers File The former St. Stanislaus Orphanage in the Sheatown section of Newport Township was founded in 1918 by a group of representatives from Polish parishes in Luzerne and Lackawanna counties.

While motorists may have had a sunny commute Wednesday morning, many were still without power becaue of Tuesday night's blustery winds, heavy rain and blasts of ice.

Last September, state agents arrested a Lancaster Township man for allegedly soliciting sex from a young Ephrata girl he'd met on the Internet.

A woman injured in a two-vehicle crash along Route 322 in Ephrata Township on Monday has died, Ephrata police reported Tuesday.

Members of Central Cambria School District's Lady Devils cross-country team were honored Friday by the Cambria County commissioners for their undefeated season and winning the PIAA Class AA state championship.

Reading Hospital on Thursday announced that C. Thomas Work has been elected chairman of its board of directors.

Michael T. Toole grew up in the law. He was 11 years old when his father, Patrick J. Toole Jr., was elected district attorney; 18 when his father became a judge; and 43 when he succeeded his father on the Luzerne County bench.

Two Allentown men accused of forging dozens of checks to drain a Hanover Township company's checking account were captured on Tuesday in Atlantic City, N.J., the Northampton County District Attorney said.

FIVE YEARS AGO, Doris Stevens' husband, Jerry, was diagnosed with lung cancer and was given a 10 percent chance of survival.

Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology has been selected as one of six sites in Pennsylvania that will provide state-certified weatherization training.

Expect to hear more requests for the donation of blood as the holidays approach and demand increases.

For some, "it was a way to get an edge in sports competitions." For others, it was a way to help pay for "the cost of competing in body-building contests." But for most of the 10 people arrested on Tuesday, prosecutors said, selling steroids to others was how they financed their own personal use of the drug.

For the second straight weekend, the York College men's soccer team has been selected to host two rounds in the 2009 NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship Tournament.

Mark Moran / The Citizens' Voice Luzerne County Judge Michael T. Toole said in his memorandum to President Judge Chester B. Muroski on Wednesday that he would be 'on vacation for the next few weeks,' and that he had rescheduled all pending matters for December or January.

Two guards have been fired as a coroner and prosecutor continue investigating the death of an inmate who hanged himself in county jail in southwestern Pennsylvania.

AUTOMATIC ALARM: City fire crews responded at 3:14 p.m. Monday to Stevens Towers, 930 Willow St.