Hazle Township
BEECH MOUNTAIN LAKES – A suspect is in custody after a shooting drew a large... The article Shooting under investigation in Beech Mountain Lakes first appeared on The Shenandoah Sentinel .
PHILADELPHIA (WOLF) — A Philadelphia man accused of striking and killing a 20-year-old Conyngham motorcyclist and dragging him more than a mile is facing a third-degree murder charge in addition to homicide by vehicle and several other offenses. Derek Reid, 49, is accused in the June 24 death of...
PLYMOUTH, LUZERNE CO. (WOLF) — A 39-year-old Sugar Notch man who was reported missing after a crash earlier this month was found dead in the Susquehanna River on Tuesday, Pennsylvania State Police said. Keenan Saniatan was found in the river in Plymouth Township, Luzerne County. State police said he...
In 1904, Peter Roberts published Anthracite Coal Communities, a sociological study of Pennsylvania’s anthracite coal fields. One of its photographs shows an eviction from a company-owned house near Hazleton after the Coal Strike of 1902. Roberts described how evictions worked in towns that coal companies owned outright:. “If the...
The following are Luzerne County property transfers from Sept. 22 through Sept. 24:. • Mark A. Parlante Jr. (Executor) and Darlene Swithers (Estate) to Real Estate Magnate LLC, $143,000, Exeter Borough. • Day E. Williams and Patricia I. Williams to Jennifer Boone and Samuel Perry, $322,500, Wright Township. • John...
MAHANOY TWP. – Five men were cited after state troopers allege they entered an abandoned... The article Five accused of trespassing, entering abandoned mine shaft first appeared on The Shenandoah Sentinel .
WILKES-BARRE TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — While investigating a stolen car, police said they intercepted a drug deal that led to various drugs being seized and charges filed. On Nov. 5, officers were conducting surveillance on a stolen vehicle parked in Wilkes Barre Township, outside a residence on Church Street where suspected drug activity in […]
Somewhere in the Pocono Mountains, tucked between two green ridgelines like a secret someone forgot to keep, sits Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, a town so impossibly charming it almost doesn’t seem real. If you’ve never been, you’re missing out on one of the most visually stunning, historically rich, and genuinely...
Two Hospitalized with Serious Injuries After Head-On Crash in Luzerne County
A Pennsylvania couple, Anthony Pizzo and Lindsey Clarke, were killed on Route 9 in Old Bridge, just months after getting engaged with an October 2027 wedding ahead.
HAZLE TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE CO. (WOLF) — A packed auditorium at Hazleton Area High School Monday night, as Hazle Township residents voiced their concerns over a proposed 40-page zoning ordinance that could determine where data centers are allowed to be built. Township supervisors are considering revisions to the ordinance, including...
BARNESVILLE – Someone stole the sign for the former Mountain Valley Golf Course at the... The article Township: Someone stole the Mountain Valley Golf Course sign first appeared on The Shenandoah Sentinel .
Luzerne County District Attorney Sam Sanguedolce highlighted a “drastic shortage of lawyers” in his office during Tuesday’s
WILKES-BARRE TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A woman was arrested Wednesday after police said she stole a 65-inch TV from a Best Buy at gunpoint and led police on a high-speed chase. Jasmyne Destiny Rakochy, 21, of Harding, was arrested Wednesday and faces several charges, including robbery and fleeing police. Police said Rakochy brandished a […]
The parents of a middle school student from New York have sued multiple entities, including a rafting company in Carbon County, after his drowning death in the Poconos. On Nov. 2, a lawsuit was filed in Suffolk County, New York, by Cesar Hernan Albarracin Guncay and Delia Leonor Guncay Morales against Sag Harbor Union Free School District and Superintendent Jeff Nichols for the May 2026 drowning death of their son , Cesar Albarracin Guncay, 12, in East Penn Township, Carbon County. New York transportation company Hampton Jitney, Inc., and Carbon County rafting company Whitewater Rafting Adventures, LLC, also were named in the lawsuit. On May 27, the Carbon County Coroner’s Office was requested to respond around mile marker 99 on the D&L Trail along the Lehigh River on the report of a drowning. Carbon County Chief Deputy Coroner Jason Smith pronounced Guncay dead at 6:50 p.m. After an autopsy, Guncay’s cause of death was determined to be drowning, and his manner of death was ruled an accident. Four rafts capsized on students' trip According to the lawsuit, the incident occurred during a district-approved overnight whitewater rafting trip for Sag Harbor’s Pierson Middle-High School. About 80 sixth-grade students, including Guncay, and
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) is offering $5,000 to anyone with information about a woman that went missing in 2014, just before she was scheduled to testify in front of a jury. Danielle Drozdowski was 25 when she went missing, according to PSP. She lived in the area of Carey Avenue […]
Pennsylvania State Police at Schuylkill Haven are investigating a wallet theft reported March 8, 2026, at the Giant Food store in North Manheim Township, Schuylkill County. According to police, troopers were dispatched to the store at 1544 Route 61 at approximately 9:45 a.m. for a report of a stolen wallet. Police said surveillance footage shows an unidentified man grabbing the wallet and leaving the store. Anyone who can identify the man or has information about the incident is asked to contact Pennsylvania State Police at Schuylkill Haven at 570-754-4600 .
SHEPPTON – After five months, East Union Township is on the hunt for a top... The article East Union top cop resigns, again first appeared on The Shenandoah Sentinel .
Compensation has increased for approximately 30 supervisory employees in two Luzerne County human services agencies through agreements County
SCHUYLKILL CO. (WOLF) — UPDATE: PennDOT reports all lanes of I-81 have reopened. Interstate 81 was closed in both directions in Schuylkill County on Monday following a multi-vehicle crash that prompted a request for a medical helicopter. The crash occurred around 11:15 a.m. between the Frackville and Mahanoy City...
