Swoyersville News

Joe Mazur is president of Wyoming Valley West School Board after a unanimous vote Wednesday, but the board split on its new vice president.

Philadelphia - December 8, 2009 -- GERD, or gastroesophageal reflux disease, is one of the most common medical problems in this country.

Luzerne is the first municipality in Luzerne County to enact a cell-phone ban, said Michael Jancuska, council president.

The winter light poured through the Osterhout Free Library's recently restored stained-glass windows Friday and onto a cake frosted with the image of the 160-year-old building.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] share this 'A Christmas Carol' will be performed tonight at the Music Box Dinner Theatre in Swoyersville.

Swoyersville High School, Class of 1959, celebrated its 50th anniversary reunion on Oct.

Motorists looking to take a break from the road are greeted by some friendly faces.

IMPROV COMEDIANS SOUGHT The Associated Mess Improv Comedy Troupe will hold auditions Dec.

A Swoyersville man was arrested Thursday night on charges he assaulted two city police officers.

Police say Harry Teel Jr. tried to kill a woman passenger by slamming his truck into a barrier.

If you could click your heels together in real life and get anything you wanted, what would your wish be? Dance instructor Maria Dutt leads a troupe of young dancers through a rehearsal for 'The Wizard of Oz,' on stage at the F.M. Kirby Center this weekend.

If you're not inclined to have a goat named after you, you can buy insurance for $10. And if you have suggestions of someone for whom the goat should be named, you can pay an additional $10 to offer five names up for consideration.

A new ordinance in Luzerne is on the books to stop people from talking on the mobile devices while driving.

An ambulance services saga continued at Monday night's borough council meeting. Jennifer Mooney and Ed Connor from the Swoyersville Ambulance Association criticized the response times of Trans-Med Ambulance services in Kingston.

Crestwood School District is the latest district whose records have been investigated in the ongoing school corruption probe throughout the county.

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October 29 will be a special day in the Forty Fort home of Connie and Bill Bookwalter.

Abbie Heller is the new Miss York County. Heller, of York, was crowned Saturday night at a pageant at York Suburban Middle School.

Pasonick Prominent Wilkes-Barre engineer Michael J. Pasonick Jr. allegedly paid the bribe that led to charges against two Luzerne County Housing Authority board members, an attorney for one of the board members said Thursday.

Wilkes-Barre Area School Board President Frank Pizzella Jr. attended Tuesday's board work session, his first appearance with the board since being charged with facilitating a bribe to a board member before Pizzella got on the board.