West Pittston News

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Pittston, is selling tickets for its 2010 Auto Raffle.

A Pennsylvania program that helps veterans with disability compensation, pensions, and healthcare concerns has been ordered to close by Jan.

Officer Joseph Campbell, a 22-year veteran, was fired for unspecified reasons. WEST PITTSTON Borough council terminated veteran borough police officer Joseph Campbell Thursday night.

A man at the center of an early morning domestic dispute is locked up in Luzerne County Prison.

Robert Mark Licata, 52, of Linden Streets, West Pittston, surrendered with his attorney, Tara C. Toohil, at Wilkes-Barre Central Court where he was arraigned on charges of theft and tampering with public records.

Authorities say a northeastern Pennsylvania barber was taking a little off the top at the county's expense.

The Luzerne County District Attorney's Office on Tuesday charged certified barber Robert M. Licata with stealing almost $6,000 from the Luzerne County Correctional Facility by inflating the number of inmate haircuts on bills submitted.

Authorities charged certified barber Robert M. Licata today with stealing almost $6,000 from the Luzerne County Correctional Facility by inflating the number of inmate haircuts on bills submitted.

WYOMING A Dallas man has been charged with racing on roads, including in front of the state police Troop P headquarters in Wyoming.

Voters are going to the polls Tuesday across the area. This is the first general election since two former Luzerne County judges were charged in a corruption scandal with taking money in exchange for sending young people to juvenile detention centers.

A partying priest is heading to trial for his role in a vicious beatdown. Gregory Malia used to be a priest at Episcopalian churches in West Pittston and Susquehanna County.

Here's a look at the unofficial results of some of the contested municipal races throughout the Wyoming Valley: West Side In Kingston, Mayor Jim Haggerty trounced his Democratic challenger, Stephen P. Radzinski, 2,118 to 776.

Bobby Trusavage, of Boy Scout Troop #302, is holding a fundraiser for his Eagle Scout project.

Group also looking for donations of topsoil, mulch and other items. HAZLE TWP. The Greater Hazleton Rails to Trails Committee is seeking donations of topsoil, mulch and other items as well as volunteers to help plant and care for 20 trees the committee will receive next month.

VOTE TO KEEP Judge Thomas F. Burke Jr. on the bench. Burke, who has served on the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas since 1998, is seeking another 10-year term.

Is this the time of year to glare balefully at your trees as if they were fluffy old dogs and cats shedding on the furniture? No way, urban forester Vinnie Cotrone says.

County Redevelopment Authority agrees to pay him $15,885 in unused vacation time.

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Allen Bellas, arrested for accepting kickback from construction contractor, will cooperate with investigators.

Suspect in Kimberly Burgess death caught on information that ex-girlfriend provided.