Wapwallopen News

A Shickshinny man crashed his car into a utility pole and ended up in a field with live wires hovering over the vehicle Tuesday morning, authorities say.

Spectators at the Run for the Diamonds race tipped off police when a driver threw an envelope of marijuana under his car during a traffic stop, an officer said.

Twenty-seven local people won about $63,000 in lottery prizes in September, mostly from scratch-off tickets, state records show.

Robert Jacob Muntz, 42, of Wapwallopen, surrendered at the office of District Judge Donald Whittaker in Nanticoke, where he was charged with three counts of manufacturing a controlled substance with intent to deliver, two counts of causing or risking a catastrophe and one count of illegal possession of a firearm.

In celebration of its 40th anniversary, the Susquehanna Valley Chorale is hosting a series of events focusing on Alzheimer's disease.

In the belly of booming Mountain Top, down a dirt road few notice as they zip along 309, you can find an oasis called Camp St.

Butler Twp. police allege man cut himself while breaking into Mary's Restaurant on Route 309.

Township police say they captured a man suspected in burglarizing a restaurant sitting in the middle of North Hunter Highway waving a white towel Wednesday night.

Police in Luzerne County caught a burglary suspect less than five hours after it happened.

When the sawdust settled, Luzerne County's Dennis Beach and his partner from Mississippi had bested 16 other competitors in the sixth annual Husky Cup chain saw carving competition, held May 29-June 1 in Dresden, Germany.

The casino and racetrack was the venue for the Northeast Regional Cancer Institute's 17th annual Cancer Survivors Celebration.