Man from Dominican Republic arrested in Hazleton, faces second deportation

LACKAWAXEN, PIKE COUNTY, Pa. (WOLF) — Police say a belligerent man spit and kicked two Pennsylvania State Troopers while in custody over the weekend in Pike County. Pennsylvania State Police were called to 6 West Bar and Grill around 11:30 PM Saturday night. According to police, 32-year-old Christopher Garavaglia...

Archbold (Lackawanna County) - Members of the Pennsylvania State Police's Troop R Vice Unit, along with the Lackawanna County District Attorney's Office say they found suspected methamphetamine, heroin, fentanyl and drug paraphernalia after serving a search warrant inside of a Krajewski Road home on Tuesday. Police say the suspect, identified...

North Manheim Township (Schuylkill County) - Troopers with the Schuylkill Haven Barracks of the Pennsylvania State Police are looking for an unidentified driver who shot at another driver on State Route 61, near south Greenview Road, around 6 p.m. Friday. Troopers say the victim, who is only being described as...

Friday was the grand opening of the Bischoff Inn. It's located in Tamaqua at the site of Bischoff Conrad Planing Mill in Schuylkill County. A ribbon cutting was held for the boutique hotel. Renovation funding was supported by Tamaqua’s City Revitalization and Improvement Zone.

POTTSVILLE,SCHUYLKILL COUNTY(WOLF) — A benefit concert was held at Trinity Episcopal Church in Pottsville for their organ fund. The oldest church in Pottsville holds an organ which celebrated its 100th anniversary. To keep the organ in good shape, some repairs are needed. And this concert will help make that...

JEFFERSON TWP., WAYE COUNTY, Pa. (WOLF) — A barn was destroyed Sunday after a two-alarm fire broke out in Jefferson Township. The call came in just before 1 PM Sunday from the 100 block of Wimmers Road in Lake Ariel. Heavy smoke could be seen in the area. Units...

Scranton, Lackawanna Co. — A community garden is filling their planters with Valentines during the winter season. Garden of Cedar in South Scranton is still under construction, but the owner, Frank Dubas and his wife Marigrace, are adding color to the plot with ‘Scranton is Romantic.’. People can...

MINERSVILLE,SCHUYLKILL COUNTY(WOLF) — The owners of one Schuylkill County restaurant were busy today preparing and dishing out 200 free meals to the community. We're told the owners of Big Diamond Speedway in Pottsville teamed up with one Monroe County business to provide the funds to make these free meals possible.

The Lackawanna Historical Society continued its popular “Lackawanna Past Times” Zoom lecture series this month to celebrate Anthracite Heritage Month. The virtual lecture series presents programs on local history topics on the last Friday of each month at 2 pm. Today, the focus was on highlighting the history...

Monroe County(WOLF) — People throughout northeast P-A joined officials with the Tobyhanna Ice Harvest as they celebrated the festival's 30th anniversary today. However, the weather did not cooperated so much this year resulting in no ice to harvest from one Monroe County lake. “Actually the first year we cut...

CLARKS SUMMIT, Pa. (WOLF) — The Abington Business and Professional Association kicked off the 19th annual Clark Summit Festival of Ice Friday. The theme was around the world so 59 businesses have sponsored ice sculpture featuring all 7 continents. A new addition this year is a food tent where...