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SCRANTON — Officials evacuated about 120 elderly and disabled residents who live at Lutherwood because strong winds blew off large portions of the apartment building’s flat roof just before dawn Monday. The roof deck remained in place, but with upper laye

BEAR CREEK TWP. — A construction project to replace the Route 115 bridge spanning Little Shades Creek, originally scheduled to begin this week, has been rescheduled until the week of May 2, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced Monday. M

WILKES-BARRE — A flurry of gunshots erupted Monday night at an intersection in the city’s North End near the home of the city police commander, who confronted the gunman. Investigators launched a wide search for the suspected gunman, but he remained at la

PLYMOUTH — A recent drive to register young voters proved to be a great success at Wyoming Valley West High School, according to Luzerne County officials. Out of 187 eligible students at the school, 163 registered to vote, according to a news release coun

KINGSTON TWP. — A State Correctional Institution Dallas inmate was arraigned Monday on aggravated assault charges alleging he threw urine in a correctional officer’s face. Donte Morrison, 23, is accused of throwing urine that hit Sgt. John Konycki in the

WILKES-BARRE — A city man who admitted choking an infant and beating the child’s mother before escaping police custody was sentenced Monday to serve up to seven years in prison. Derek V. Reich, 30, was sentenced to serve three to seven years in prison aft

KINGSTON TWP. — A Shavertown mother is accused of beating her daughter in the face and choking her son in separate incidents, according to court documents. Bobbie Jean Rodriguez, 31, of 89 E. Center St., is accused of nearly choking her son unconscious be

WILKES-BARRE — City officials and residents of the Parsons section are satisfied that a controversial “sober house” is not being operated in the neighborhood. But they plan to keep an eye on it. Rick Voelker, who lives near the home at 224 Austin Ave., to

Plains Twp. is joining the legal battle against some of the biggest prescription drug companies in the world, accusing them of enabling the opioid crisis. Following actions by Luzerne County and Wilkes-Barre City, the township is filing a federal lawsuit

A federal judge denied a Wyoming County dentist’s motion to dismiss charges he illegally prescribed controlled substances to an Olyphant woman who died from an unrelated heroin overdose. Christopher Bereznak, 48, of Clarks Green, is charged with nine coun