Tunkhannock News

A plan that outlines transportation improvement projects in the Northern Tier was approved on Friday by an executive committee.

Timothy Walker and David Driskell are members of the Sadie Green Sales Jugband and are performing this week in Tunkhannock, including at Riverside Park off Route 6. STAFF PHOTO/JOSH MROZINSKI TUNKHANNOCK - ...

The Wyoming County Planning Commission agreed on Wednesday to postpone its review of plans for a Wal-Mart SuperCenter until next month.

A 39-year-old man recently drowned accidentally in the Wyalusing Creek in Rush Township in western Susquehanna County, police said.

The Governor recently signed a bill authorizing $35 million for the repair of unsafe high-hazard dams, including Stevens Lake Dam north of Tunkhannock.

The Eaton Township Planning Commission on Thursday recommended that supervisors adopt a plan for a 155,114-square foot Wal-Mart SuperCenter on Route 29, just south of Tunkhannock.

Rob O'Malley, golf pro at Shadowbrook Golf Course, stands amidst the greenery on hole seven at Shadowbrook that was completely washed away two years ago by the flooding of June 2006.

As a result of rising gas prices, some local campgrounds are seeing local people vacationing closer to home and out-of-towners taking longer stays.

A Wyoming County Correctional Facility employee found himself at the jail on Monday, but not for work.

While talk of possible passenger trains reaching Nicholson and Factoryville is active, the prospect of such service to Tunkhannock isn't as promising.

Fire gutted a home along Route 6 in Meshoppen on Thursday morning. Firefighters were called out around 7:30 a.m. to the home of Carlinda Campbell.

A Tunkhannock Township man admitted to police he shot to death an associate, left him to die in the middle of an isolated intersection in the Poconos, hid the murder weapon and tried to get rid of evidence that could implicate him, police said in an arrest affidavit filed Tuesday.

Fritz Gerald DeJoie Jr., 21, of 260 Martha Lane, told investigators he shot Steven Richard Santillo four times with a .40-caliber handgun, which he broke apart and hid in two places, the affidavit said.

DeJoie is charged with homicide, two counts of aggravated assault and one count of tampering with evidence in the murder of Santillo, 46, of Blakeslee.

Lower Georges valley Road twists through terrain unlike the rolling fields of nearby Penns or Nittany Valleys.

Outline of spot where Santillo's body was found on Hypsie Gap Road, Chestnuthill Township on Thursday morning, July 10.

"Multiple gunshot wounds" are the cause and "homicide" is the manner of the death of Steven Richard Santillo, the Blakeslee man found dead Thursday morning in the middle of a remote intersection in Chestnuthill ...

State Police say they're treating the death of a man in Monroe County as a case of criminal homicide.

A Monroe County man was slain and his body found sprawled in the middle of a remote road by a motorist driving to work in Chestnuthill Township Thursday morning, officials said.

The crime scene resembled a shooting, but officials would not comment on how Steven Richard Santillo, 46, of Blakeslee was killed.

The motorist found Santillo about 5:30 a.m. at the intersection of Hypsie Gap and Laurel roads, state police at Fern Ridge said.

The road was closed about four hours but after it was reopened there were more than a dozen small circles on the pavement, which typically indicate where bullet casings are found.

Proposed designation changes to Bethlehem Authority land in Monroe County may affect any future sale of the property.

Tunkhannock Township, where a chunk of the property is located, is finalizing an ''official map'' that designates land the township wants to keep as open space or for some other public purpose, such as a future highway.

If a development plan is proposed for land designated on the map, the township would have the option of buying the land first.

While the Bethlehem Authority is not planning to sell any land to developers, members are still trying to understand the effect the official map would have on real estate prices.

Police know the identity of a dead man who was found on a Chestnuthill Township road this morning but are withholding the name until family is notified.

WEST PITTSTON A pawn shop owner is facing charges after authorities said he failed to maintain records of purchasing jewelry.