Wilkes-Barre Township News

One in eight employed workers plan to take on a seasonal job this year. That's according to a Careerbuilder.com survey.

Business administrator Michael Revitt said Benco Dental's move to one of the Mericle industrial parks near Pittston and Jenkins townships would cost Wilkes-Barre Township a significant percentage of the mercantile tax and at least $26,000 in employee-paid emergency services taxes.

Jeffrey J. Piazza, the former Wilkes-Barre Career and Technical Center administrator who worked part-time at a restaurant owned by a Luzerne County corruption probe figure, will plead guilty to accepting thousands of dollars in "hidden kickbacks" from a school technology contractor, federal prosecutors said Friday.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] Jeffrey J. Piazza, the former Wilkes-Barre Career and Technical Center administrator who also worked at an restaurant owned by a Luzerne County corruption probe figure, will plead guilty to accepting thousands of dollars in "hidden kickbacks" from school contractor, federal prosecutors said Friday.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] WILKES-BARRE TWP. - Hundreds of shoppers rushed through Target's doors when the store opened at 5 a.m. Friday with some yelling, "run!" Shoppers braved the cold and rain in a long line outside to take advantage of deals, such as 32-inch-screen televisions for $246 and quick-selling $3 appliances, on Black Friday, one of the ...

The holiday shopping season can also mean the stealing season. Thieves find cars full of packages in parking lots all over our area.

Shavertown man awarded damages after becoming disabled from a fall. WILKES-BARRE In a case in which a Luzerne County jury awarded a Shavertown man $2.5 million in damages after he became disabled due to a fall, attorneys for the realty company that was sued are asking for a new trial.

Now that we have counted our blessings, its time to countdown the days to Christmas.

The jury awarded Robert Smith $1,687,000 for past and future medical expenses and past and future lost earnings, plus another $803,000 for pain and suffering.

With the New Year, Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, assumes naming rights for the current, Wachovia Arena, on Casey Plaza, in Luzerne County's Wilkes-Barre Township.

KINGSTON Police charged a Forty Fort woman on Sunday with committing an armed robbery at the Turkey Hill on Pierce Street last week.

Police allege Michael Erbacher, 23, of Francis Street , Wilkes-Barre Township, and a woman used a butter knife to twice unlock a door at an apartment on Bear Creek Boulevard in September.

Copies of Sarah Palin's memoir, "Going Rogue: An American Life," have been selling so briskly this week that the manager of a local bookstore calls it "one of the biggest non-fiction books to come out this year." "The fact that she appeared on 'Oprah' the day before the book was released and on 'Good Morning America' the day it was released has ...

Without comment or question, the Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center Joint Operating Committee accepted the resignation of attendance coordinator Jeffrey Piazza.

It started out as the First Union Arena then FU was bought by Wachovia so they changed the name to the Wachovia Arena.

Fire marshal, state police polygraph officer tell local residents about specialties.

When Anthony Daniels, the English actor who breathed life into the metal body of fussy droid C-3PO in all six "Star Wars" films, ambles onto the Wachovia Arena's stage in Wilkes-Barre Township on Tuesday night, don't expect the narrator of "Star Wars: In Concert" to be shining brightly in Threepio's constrictive gold costume.

There is a name change coming in Luzerne County. Mohegan Sun now owns the naming rights for Wachovia Arena in Wilkes-Barre Township, according to the Luzerne County Convention Center Authority.

WARREN RUDA/Staff Photographer Jody McGrail, who plans to open a Sonic drive-in restaurant at Humboldt Station, directs traffic on the opening day of his restaurant outside the Wyoming Valley Mall in Wilkes-Barre Township on June 2. Pending governmental approval, a Sonic drive-in restaurant will be built next to the Turkey Hill convenience store in ...

BARRE TWP. A dozen years ago, the land around the Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza was potholed and lined with lifeless culm banks.