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HARRISBURG — A Luzerne County doctor who came across a prescription in his name that he never wrote kicked off a months-long investigation that resulted in 10 people being charged with running a “pill mill,” according to the state Attorney General’s Offic

Luzerne County will not sell county-owned land to Wilkes-Barre for the city’s long-planned extension of Coal Street. County council on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution that states the county human services building and the parking lots around it,

OLD FORGE — Nearly 16 months after Old Forge restaurateur Robert Baron disappeared, police activity in the borough Wednesday suggests a wider probe. Lackawanna County detectives and Old Forge police returned to Ghigiarelli’s restaurant to do some “additio

WILKES-BARRE — Sue Henry says her departure from WILK News Radio stemmed from failed contract negotiations. “I am willing to disclose we could not come to terms on a contract,” Henry said Tuesday in a phone call. After completing her show on Monday, Henry

PITTSTON — Three pets died but no people were injured in a fire that broke out at a city home Tuesday afternoon, according to firefighters. The fire at 264 S. Main St., across the street from the Turkey Hill Minit Market, was reported at 2:43 p.m., and cr

Authorities will not immediately make a ruling on the death of a man stabbed to death over the weekend in Ashley, Luzerne County Coroner Bill Lisman said Tuesday following an autopsy. The autopsy determined Brian Breymeier, 31, died of a single stab wound

EXETER — The mother of a former Wyoming Area School District student is seeking to have taxpayers fund a Catholic school education because she claims school officials failed to protect her daughter from bullying. The lawsuit alleges the teen, identified o

WILKES-BARRE — Despite ongoing complaints that the process violates public disclosure laws, Luzerne County council on Tuesday approved a collective bargaining agreement with more than 100 unionized county employees before details of the agreement were rev

High gas prices will not deter area residents from traveling on Memorial Day weekend, according to AAA. Although the average price of gasoline in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton area is $3.09 a gallon, AAA forecasts nearly 45,000 area residents will travel 50 m

Wilkes-Barre General Hospital nurses announced Tuesday afternoon that they have submitted a notice threatening to strike. In a press release from the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals, the union that represents the nurses,