Monroe County News Archives

Is this hazing? A practical joke? Just people being silly? East Stroudsburg University thinks it's hazing and has scuttled the field hockey team's post season.

TOBYHANNA As house burns to the ground, owner lies dead outside When police arrived at a Tobyhanna home Friday morning, the two-story structure was engulfed in flames and David Hicks was lying dead outside.

Matthew Katona, left, and Heath Zachary were arrested Saturday for allegedly carjacking a homeless man outside the Wal-Mart in East Stroudsburg.

A Monroe County landmark is destroyed by fire. The fire broke out around 2:30 this morning at the Dansbury Depot on Crystal Street in East Stroudsburg.

A Monroe County race track will stay silent for the rest of the year, after an explosive fire Saturday evening.

The fire scene at Borger's garage and speedway in Saylorsburg. October 24, 2009 Emergency crews are on the scene of a fire at Borger's Garage and Blue Mountain Speedway in Saylorsburg.

Emergency officials are tending to the aftermath of a fire this evening at Borger's Speedway in Saylorsburg, Monroe County.

Investigators in Monroe County are looking for answers after a man's body was found outside his burning home Friday morning.

A Monroe County drug enterprise came to a sad conclusion for an Easton man Thursday.

An attempted armed robbery of a gas station and a home invasion robbery of two college students were reported about an hour apart Saturday night to the Stroud Area Regional Police Department.

Two men, one armed with a handgun, burst into a Monroe County McDonald's on Wednesday night and ordered the employees and a customer to the back of the restaurant.

A jury in Monroe County has found a man accused of a double murder guilty. Jason Koehler, 25, of Kunkletown was convicted of first-degree murder for the shooting death of Jennifer Cullinan and third-degree murder for the death of Jason Gray.

A state trooper in Monroe County was charged today for an incident more than a year ago where he allegedly punched a man in the chest, yanked a cell phone out of the man's hand when he attempted to call for help and then pointed his Taser at the man's face -- all captured on the trooper's patrol car camera.

Julio Santiago A Monroe County man already accused of drug trafficking has been arrested on charges he gave drugs and money to a 15-year-old girl in exchange for sex.

An 18-year-old East Stroudsburg man was killed early Sunday morning in a rollover crash in Smithfield Township.

Next month, voters face a decision with long-term stakes for Monroe County - whether or not to borrow $31 million to build a new campus of Northampton Community College.

Swiftwater State Police, in Monroe County, arrested the girlfriend of the man who shot and killed Trooper Joseph Miller of Pittston Township, Luzerne County, last June.

The girlfriend of a man accused of shooting a Pennsylvania State Police trooper to death has been arrested on charges of supplying him the gun.

Marine Lance Cpl. Antoine Leaver, who was fatally shot Sunday on the on-ramp from Prospect Street onto Interstate 80 West in East Stroudsburg, had a concealed-weapons permit to carry a gun, his family said.

A U.S. Marine Corps veteran and East Stroudsburg High School South graduate was mortally wounded by a gunman early Sunday morning on the Interstate 80 westbound ramp at Prospect Street in East Stroudsburg.

State police say they are investigating the shooting death of a 25-year-old Monroe County man, and they have labeled the death a homicide.

State police are investigating what led to a deadly shooting early Sunday morning in the Poconos.

Monroe County said goodbye to a beloved Fire Chief Monday morning. Clement "Butch" Kochanski served 36 years on the Stroudsburg Fire Department.

A Monroe County man will head to trial for murder. Police said Phillip Vonville, 29, Long Pond, killed Christopher Hernandez in a jealous rage.

Emergency officials in Monroe County are reporting a bear attack outside a home in Ross Township.

A woman was mauled to death by a 350-pound black bear on Sunday afternoon as she went to clean its cage at her home in Ross Township, according to state police.

A woman in Monroe County was killed by a caged bear at her home. According to state police, Kelly Walz, 37, was killed when she entered a cage with a 350-pound black bear.

ROSS TWP., Pa. - October 4, 2009 -- A Monroe County, Pennsylvania woman is dead after being mauled by a 350-pound bear she kept on her property.

A man who pleaded guilty to hindering the apprehension of an East Stroudsburg murder suspect was sentenced this week to 264 days to 23 months in Monroe County Correctional Facility.

A summer theater in the Poconos has been destroyed by an early morning fire. The 500-seat Pocono Playhouse in Mountainhome was completely consumed in the fire with just a few structural elements left standing.

MONROE COUNTY PA Philip Vonville will stand trial on a single charge of murder, for the stabbing death of a Yonkers man, in the Poconos, two weeks ago.

Stroudsburg Volunteer Fire Co. Chief Clement "Butch" Kochanski died suddenly Wednesday afternoon after a heart attack, according to a report in the Pocono Record.