Luzerne County Election Board OKs challenge rules in anti-discrimination ordinance repeal effort
Under procedures approved Wednesday, Luzerne County’s Election Board won’t be deciding at this time if petition signatures are thrown out in the ...
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Luzerne County Council settles rail lawsuit
Luzerne County Council issued a resolution Tuesday to accept a settlement in litigation involving a local rail line, putting an end to a yearlong dispute and unlocking what county officials maintain could be...
Luzerne County Council approves rail line settlement agreement
Luzerne County Council approved a litigation settlement Tuesday that will cement plans for the future of the county’s rail line.
Luzerne County Council to vote again on $47K prison suit settlement
HARRISBURG — During a federal court hearing on Tuesday with all 11 members of Luzerne County Council in attendance, council members agreed to hold a second vote on a $47,000 tentative agreement to settle a...
Luzerne County Council appears in federal court in Harrisburg over stalled litigation settlement
All 11 Luzerne County Council members appeared in federal court in Harrisburg as ordered Tuesday to discuss a stalled settlement agreement in county ...
Luzerne County Election Board set to vote Wednesday on referendum petition signature challenge procedure
Luzerne County’s Election Board is set to discuss and vote Wednesday on procedures it will follow to review petition signature challenges, the agen...
Luzerne County Council voting to settle lawsuit for $550K, rail litigation
Luzerne County Council plans to vote Tuesday to settle litigation over the redevelopment authority's rail line and approve a $550,000 payment that would settle another suit against the county's children and...
Luzerne County court notes: Divorces 7/14/26
• Yamilet Garcia, Kingston, v. Pedro Santana, Edwardsville; married Dec. 12, 2020, in Luzerne County; pro se.
Luzerne County officials going to Harrisburg court hearing over $47K prison suit settlement
Two vans will take Luzerne County Council members and county administrators to a court hearing Tuesday morning in Harrisburg over a rejected agreement that would have settled a lawsuit alleging excessive for...
Luzerne County Council summoned to appear in Harrisburg over litigation settlement rejection
The entire 11-member Luzerne County Council has been summoned to appear in federal court in Harrisburg on Tuesday regarding a litigation settlement t...
Luzerne County Historical Society honors longtime leader
Luzerne County Historical Society has recognized longtime leader Stephen B. Killian with two of the organization’s highest honors. He has been named director emeritus, and the society has established the S...
Crime in Luzerne County continues downward trend
Crime in Luzerne County continued an overall downward trend for the first half of the year, with violent and property crimes each showing reductions through June and the number of homicides on track to be th...
Prosecutors decline to pursue rape charges
Luzerne County prosecutors have declined to pursue charges against a Wyoming Borough man accused of forcibly raping a woman outside of a Mountain Top bar last year. Thomas Joseph Quinn II, 29, was accused of...
Crime in Luzerne County continues downward trend
Crime in Luzerne County continued an overall downward trend for the first half of the year, with violent and property crimes each showing reductions through June and the number of homicides on track to be th...
Petition signature challenge hearing scheduled in Luzerne County anti-discrimination ordinance repeal effort
Luzerne County’s Election Board will hold a public hearing at 9 a.m. Thursday, July 16, to rule on petition signature challenges stemmin...
Defense disputes charges as Wilkes-Barre murder trial begins
Luzerne County prosecutors asked a jury on Tuesday to convict a Wilkes-Barre man of first-degree murder for allegedly stabbing a man during a drug-related robbery, while the defense asserted there in fact wa...
Luzerne County court notes: Estates 7/8/26
• Donna Marie Brutosky, also known as Donna M. Brutosky, also known as Donna Brutosky, 159 Kraska Road, Sugarloaf Twp., letters of administration to Melissa Moran, 158 Kraska Road, Sugarloaf Twp.
Petition to repeal non-discrimination ordinance challenged with claim it’s 52 signatures short
Luzerne County Councilman Chris Belles claims the committee seeking a referendum to repeal the county's non-discrimination ordinance didn't get enough valid signatures in a challenge filed with the county el...
Luzerne County court notes: Divorces 7/7/26
• Dana Soto, Wilkes-Barre, v. Luis Soto Madera, Wilkes-Barre; married March 23, 2014, in Luzerne County; attorney.
Luzerne County property transfers from June 22-26
The following real estate transactions were recorded in the Luzerne County Office of the Recorder of Deeds from June 22 to June 26:
19-year-old killed in Duryea crash
Luzerne County coroner says Seth Dragos of Pittston was killed in the crash near the area of Falling Springs in the Narrows section of Coxton Road around 11 p.m. Saturday.
Commonwealth Court upholds Luzerne County fee for property records
Luzerne County appropriately quoted a fee of over $10,000 to deliver voluminous property assessment records to the real estate website Zillow under the state's Right-To-Know law, according to a recent ruling...
Luzerne County Council accepting applications for recreation, conservation grants
Luzerne County is looking to award $240,000 in Act 13 grants and is now accepting applications from municipalities and nonprofit organizations for recreation or conservation projects.
Peregrine falcon found shot in Luzerne County, prompting investigation The Pennsylvania Game Commission is...
The Pennsylvania Game Commission is trying to figure out who shot a peregrine falcon in Luzerne County, leading to its death.