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Chariton, Schwager & Malak Luzerne County lawyer David E. Schwager, a partner in the Wilkes-Barre law firm, became vice president of the 26,000-member Pennsylvania Bar Association at the conclusion of the association’s Annual Meeting on May 11 in Hershey.

Jaimie Mozeleski Wanted by: Pennsylvania state police. Fugitive since: May 12. Wanted for: Aggravated assault, criminal mischief, recklessly endangering another person, fleeing and eluding police, and traffic citations. Description: White man, 35 years ol

JESSUP -- Organizers have delayed the start of the annual Race of the Saints as police look for a man they say called in a threat to the event.

The Pennsylvania Lottery’s new keno game tickets have been selling “like gangbusters” since debuting at the beginning of the month, lottery spokesman Gary Miller said. Since May 1, the lottery took in $2.7 million in keno sales and players have already wo

Doreen Hudak Coleman plans to teach self-discovery through yoga and dance when she holds demonstrations at Carbondale’s interactive art walk today. “We get so caught up in our head instead of living from our heart,” she said. Coleman will be one of 30 art

For all of its spectacular beauty, Nay Aug Gorge can be unforgivingly perilous. It is a lesson that has been driven home time and again for more than a century, often with deadly consequences, for the reckless and foolhardy as well as the careless and unw

Clarks Green Chicken BBQ: Clarks Green United Methodist Church, 39th annual “Feast of the Chicken BBQ,” 119 Glenburn Road, Clarks Green. $10/adults, $5/children 12 and under. Dunmore Class meeting: Dunmore High School class of 1969 meeting, Thursday, 6 p.

MARRIAGE LICENSES ■ Thomas Joseph Sakosky and Kelly Christine Farrell, both of Dalton. ■ Bernardo De La Cruz-Medina, McAdoo, and Maria Tereza Perez-Mancebo, Scranton. ■ Brandon Christopher Burns and Jennifer Lynn Ward, both of Nicholson. PROPERTY TRANSACT

May 26, 1968 Archbald woman pens anthem An anthem for the commonwealth composed by an Archbald women had a chance at becoming the official state anthem. Six years earlier, Anne Therese Kenny of Archbald composed the song “Hail Pennsylvania” for the Pennsy

PITTSTON TWP. — Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport will get $147,500 in state funds. The state’s Aviation Transportation Assistance Program will mete out $15 million to airports across the state. The money at the local airport will be used for a