Susquehanna County News

Taxes in the Elk Lake School District will be going up for the 2009-2010 school year, according to the budget passed by the school board last Tuesday, June 23.

Let's put a leash on owners who won't leash their dog Nancy Kman Reporting nancykman@wilknewsradio.com Did you hear the recent news item about the Wilkes Barre man whose dog was attacked and killed by marauding pit bulls on River Street this week? It's an awful story .

The county commissioners plan to expand the courthouse office space to hopefully alleviate some of the current crowding and storage issues.

SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY, PA. -- An Apolacon Township, Pa., man was injured after he was beaten and robbed by two men who forced their way into his home Sunday night, Pennsylvania State Police said.

Susquehanna Community school board voted at the June 17 meeting to approve the final budget of $13.9 million for 2009/2010. The final numbers are only slightly higher than the proposed budget presented previously.

A chorus of Pennsylvania residents should urge state lawmakers to do the economically and environmentally appropriate thing: tax natural gas drilling.

Arthur W. Ball Jr., 22, of Tunkhannock, will serve three to 23 and one-half months in Susquehanna County Correctional Facility for having sex with a girl, under the age of 16, in October of last year.

Stevi T with one of the alpacas she raises in Susquehanna County. One of the artisans heading to Tunkhannock's Founders' Day this year has taken an ancient craft and given it a modern twist.

When Susan Boeresen first visited the Montrose Adoption Center, she planned to only bring home one dog.

Elizabeth Vibbard, an SCCTC cosmetology student, gets a nod from her child, Tayler Vibbard, after Thursdaya s commencement service.

Nearly one month after the terms of members lapsed, appointments were made to the county tourism committee at the June 10 county commissioners meeting.

A high school teacher from Susquehanna County is facing criminal charges. State Police charged Jeffrey Norris, 28, with sex crimes Tuesday morning.

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North Branch Land Trust executive director Paul Lumia gave a crash course Monday night on whether gas drilling and land conservation can co-exist. The town hall meting drew more than 50 participants.

Teens at this past weeka s Wyoming Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church put on a skit Saturday to help attendees think about how to a oerethinka church with a youthful perspective.

Bail was set at $250,000 or 10 percent cash. Humber failed to past bail and was remanded to the Susquehanna County Correctional Facility.

The future of dozens of animals at the SPCA in Montrose is up in the air. Officials at the shelter in Susquehanna County said they should find out soon if the building will close.

One of my favourite passages of LDS scripture, both personally and historically, is found in Section 128 of the Doctrine and Covenants, which is an epistle from Joseph Smith: And again, what do we hear? Glad tidings from Cumorah! Moroni, an angel from heaven, declaring the fulfilment of the prophets - the book to be revealed.

Susquehanna County voters had their say in May, but after the return board finished its business last week, discovered that a lot of municipal seats were still left wide open for the taking in November.

A little more than 19 percent of eligible Susquehanna County voters turned out for the May 19 municipal primary.