Scranton/Wilkes-Barre

STROUD TOWNSHIP — Police in Monroe County charged a man who they say posed as a teenager online and tried to meet with an underage girl for sex. Officers said Corey Kimble, 30, of Milford traveled from his home in Pike County to meet the girl. Instead of a teen girl, he found police waiting […]
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FREELAND — State police want to know who killed a dog during a bizarre burglary in Luzerne County. Authorities said someone broke into Jeanne Bonner’s home on North Buck Mountain Road near Freeland sometime Friday into Saturday. According to police, the crook ransacked the home and killed the woman’s dog, leaving a large candle stuffed […]
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HAZLETON — Two armed robberies in under 24 hours and police in Hazleton believe the same man is responsible. The most recent incident happened just before 10  p.m. at Great Wall Chinese Restaurant in the Grocery Plus Plaza on North Sherman Court. Authorities said a man with a shotgun held up the place, but left empty handed […]
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MOOSIC — People in Lackawanna County got their first chance to see a movie filmed all over northeastern Pennsylvania. And this one didn’t require taxpayer money. Hundreds came out to the Cinemark Theater Complex in Moosic to see the Pennsylvania premiere of “Behind Some Dark Cloud” written and directed by Clarks Summit native Chelsea Kane. The […]
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HANOVER TOWNSHIP — A woman is locked up on drug charges in Luzerne County. Officials say Willa Ellingsen, 31 of Nanticoke, was stopped by police on July 7 on Lee Park Avenue in Hanover Township where cops say they found 125 packets of heroin. Ellingsen is facing possession of heroin charges and intent to deliver […]
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Investigators are looking for the cause of an early morning fire in Scranton. The first alarm at 321 12th Avenue came in just before 1:00 a.m. Saturday.  It was quickly followed by a second.  Firefighters found a home filled with flames, and those flames eventually shot through the roof. Scranton fire officials tell Newswatch 16 […]
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FAIRVIEW TOWNSHIP — A fire company fundraiser drew crowds in Luzerne County Friday night. The Mountain Top Hose Company No. 1 picnic started Friday. Newswatch 16’s Tom Williams was even there making funnel cakes. The picnic runs Saturday and Sunday at the carnival grounds behind the fire station at the junction of Routes 309 and […]
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SCRANTON — The following streets will be closed Friday, July 17, for the funeral of Officer John Wilding from 7 A.M. until approximately 3 P.M. in Scranton: 100 to 700 blocks of Wyoming Avenue 300  to 400 blocks of Linden Street 200 to 400 blocks of Oakford Court 200 to 500 blocks of Forest Court […]
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LACKAWANNA COUNTY—Four Marines are dead and three other people injured, after suspected killer Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez opened fire at a Naval Operation Support Center and an Armed Forces Recruiting Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In Northeast Pennsylvania, people are reacting to news of the tragedy. “It’s not safe, you know what I mean? At any given […]
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Sharla McBride has been busy the last couple of days and on Wednesday, she was in New York City with the big winner of WNEP’s “Live! with Sharla” giveaway. They got to see a taping of “Live! with Kelly and Michael.” Sharla recaps the day trip to the big show. (Source)
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