Swiftwater News

The owners and employees rarely ventured down to the basement as they went about their business in the 100-year-old building that had become the Candle Shoppe of the Poconos.

FILE - In this undated photo provided by Sanofi Pasteur, technicians perform production operations... FILE - In this undated photo provided by Sanofi Pasteur, technicians perform production operations during a dry run at the company's influenza manufacturing facility in Swiftwater, Pa.

STROUDSBURG Police: Drunken man ran off with no-parking sign A man running through Stroudsburg with a no-parking sign early Sunday was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and public drunkenness, police said.

The woman who died on Monday evening after she was hit by a sport utility vehicle while walking on Route 611 near Delaware Water Gap was a 22-year-old East Stroudsburg woman, authorities said on Tuesday.

It's not often that I am asked to take off my clothes to do my job. But that was just one of the many requirements if I wanted to visit the one plant in the United States manufacturing the H1N1 vaccine .

A fire that police are saying was deliberately set destroyed a building that was to open as a furniture store in Middle Smithfield Township.

Across the area and across the country, U.S. veterans and military personnel are being recognized this Veterans Day.

Sanofi Pasteur says its research confirms that the most effective dose of the H1N1 vaccine is one for adults and two doses for children under 9. The news was released at a press conference at Sanofi's production facility in Swiftwater this afternoon.

A New Jersey woman accused of providing the gun that killed Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Joshua Miller now faces federal charges.

A Stroudsburg man driving on Route 611 in Paradise Township crossed into oncoming traffic and hit an unmarked police car early Sunday morning, according to state police.

A noticeable police presence kept the crowd in check Friday at the Pocono Mountain School football game between the East and West high schools.

A Stroudsburg woman was arraigned this morning on charges in connection with the overdose death of her 13-year-old son.

Moore Township police are looking for people who may have had their vehicles damaged this weekend by someone tossing large rocks onto Route 512.

A state police trooper shot and killed a pet dog during an incident at a home on Shady Hill Road in Middle Smithfield Township on Tuesday evening.

A 21-year-old man was arrested after he and another man were found sitting in a parked car in a Middle Smithfield community parking lot with pot.

Two chainsaws were taken from a clubhouse belonging to the Hamlet Property Owner's Association in Price Township sometime between Sunday and Monday.

Gates on Afghanistan...Attack in Pakistan...Vaccine delays SEOUL, South Korea Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Afghanistan's preparations for an upcoming runoff presidential election will be closely watched to prevent problems that plagued the August voting.

SWIFTWATER, Pa. - The federal government originally promised 120 million doses of swine flu vaccine by now.

A state trooper based in Monroe County was charged Monday in connection with an incident more than a year ago when he allegedly punched a motorist in the chest, yanked a cell phone out of the man's hand when he tried to call for help and then pointed a stun gun at the man's head -- all captured on the trooper's patrol car camera.

A state trooper out of the Swiftwater barracks has been suspended without pay after he allegedly attacked a driver during a traffic stop in Monroe County in 2008.