Luzerne County News

LOCAL OFFICIALS REPORT THAT SEVERAL ROADS ARE CLOSED DUE TO WATER COVERING THE ROADS.

The Hispanic community in one part of Luzerne County has outgrown their church. More than 300 Hispanic families attended Holy Rosary Church in Wilkes-Barre. Holy Rosary is scheduled to close next year, but the Hispanic community is moving because they need more space now.

The Luzerne County Retirement System is planning to place part of its portfolio with Term Asset-Backed Loan Facility managers, IM Weekly reports.

Former Luzerne County president judge Michael T. Conahan and former county court administrator William T. Sharkey Sr.

Pennsylvania municipalities without full-time police forces would have to pay for the state troopers who patrol their streets under a bill that a state House committee narrowly passed Wednesday.

A northeastern Pennsylvania newspaper has asked a judge to throw out a $3.5 million defamation verdict against it, claiming the case was fixed by two corrupt judges and a reputed mobster.

An attorney from Luzerne County embroiled in the federal corruption investigation at the Luzerne County courthouse pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court.

Federal agents are investigating the Luzerne County Sheriff's Department after the allegation last week that drugs were discovered in one of the department's vehicles, District Attorney Jackie Musto Carroll said.

Policy loophole let charged official who quit collect for unused personal, sick time.

ROGUE CONSTABLES: The House voted 199-0 for a bill that consolidates far-flung elements of state law that govern constables into a single statute.

Two Luzerne County police officers were injured in the line of duty. Both officers were hit by a car -- and a man accused of drunk driving is to blame.

State police at Wyoming arrested a West Nanticoke man and subdued him with a taser early Friday morning after he assaulted a woman and exited a Plymouth Township home with a BB gun.

Sheriff Michael Savokinas explained his understanding of county payroll procedures and what's expected of his office.

When Nora Rynkiewicz walked out of prison yesterday she wasn't the same teen who was sentenced to nine to 18 months for spray-painted Nazi-themed words and images on Congregation Ohav Zedek Synagogue in Wilkes-Barre. The 19 year old was released three months early.

U.S. Marshals have apprehended a dangerous Columbia County fugitive who was also wanted by police agencies in Luzerne County, the U.S. Marshals Service announced today.

Investigators are hoping an autopsy Tuesday will help them understand how a woman died in Luzerne County.

Jun. 23--The 19-year-old Factoryville woman who spray painted swastikas and other hate messages on a Wilkes-Barre synagogue was released from prison on probation Monday, following a hearing before a Luzerne County judge.

Partners for a Healthy Luzerne County and the new Action Communities for Health, Innovation and Environmental Change Initiative will host a free breakfast meeting 7:30 a.m. Wednesday at the East Mountain Inn, Plain Township.

Drivers on a heavily-traveled highway in Luzerne County may notice some big changes starting Friday.

Ann Marie Brady was involved in a fight inside the courtroom at Central Court Friday morning.