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AT RIGHT: Sen. Gene Yaw speaks to a gathering Friday night of about 150 people at Elk Lake High School. Behind him, from left, are Rep. Sandra Major, Rep. Tina Pickett, attorney Lester Greevy and industry spokesman Carl Carlson. STAFF PHOTO/ROBERT BAKER

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The Wyoming County Press Examiner keeps readers in the county and adjoining portions of Susquehanna, Bradford, Lackawanna and Luzerne counties up-to-date with local news not found in any other newspaper. Its news coverage as well as public service efforts have merited the Press Examiner numerous state and local awards.

Wandering kids yields guilty plea

BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK - A woman accused of letting her two small children wander along a highway pleaded guilty in Wyoming County Court on Friday. Michelle Marie Belcher, 23, of Tunkhannock, entered a guilty plea of recklessly endangering another person. According...

Posted to WC Examiner News on 03-09-2010
Tunk. Boro talks trash

BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK - Discussion on the purchase of a new garbage truck for Tunkhannock Borough elevated briefly into talk over whether the borough should be in the garbage business at all. The purchase of a...

Posted to WC Examiner News on 03-09-2010
Man admits conspiracy to retaliate

BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner Michael John Cook, 22, of Tunkhannock, pleaded guilty to criminal conspiracy to commit retaliation against a witness. According to the police complaint filed by Detective David Ide of the Wyoming County District Attorney's office, the victim's...

Posted to WC Examiner News on 03-09-2010
Forum addresses legislation

BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner DIMOCK - Area residents got a primer on Marcellus gas drilling legislation last Friday night at the second of three League of Women Voter forums at Elk Lake High School. Julanne Skinner, Susquehanna County...

Posted to WC Examiner News on 03-09-2010
Monday crash target of police investigation

BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner Tunkhannock Township police are investigating a crash Monday evening along Lane Hill Road. Police said at 8:19 p.m., Michael R. Smith, 42, of Tunkhannock, was driving when his car hit a tree. Both Smith and a passenger, identified as a 17-year-old girl...

Posted to WC Examiner News on 03-09-2010
Caution: More roadwork ahead

BY STACI WILSON Times-Shamrock Writer PennDOT's recent closure of a Bradford County road has spurred talk about the deteriorating road conditions in Susquehanna County. Increased traffic and heavy loads on roads, like Rt. 29 in Dimock, along with...

Posted to WC Examiner News on 03-09-2010
When disaster strikes, go to Forkston

BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner When disaster strikes, it's not uncommon for emergency responders to pack their bags and head for some exotic location, like New Orleans, Haiti or even Chile. On March 27-28, a Disaster Response Team from the Wyoming Conference of the United Methodist...

Posted to WC Examiner News on 03-09-2010
Priest facing drug charges dies

BY JEREMY G. BURTON and MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Times-Shamrock Writers A local Catholic priest with a history of drug problems died Thursday afternoon in Minnesota, where he was seeking treatment at a rehabilitation facility. The Rev. James B. Shimsky, 50,...

Posted to WC Examiner News on 03-09-2010
Hearings waived on stolen Jeep

BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner FACTORYVILLE - Two suspects charged with stealing a vehicle in Factoryville and abandoning it on Forkston Mountain last spring waived their preliminary hearings on Tuesday. Courtney Lynn Gruver, 19, of Woods Drive, Dalton, and Michael R. Weisenbacher...

Posted to WC Examiner News on 03-09-2010
Group seeks to resume Lake Carey sewer study

BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner WILKES-BARRE - Several advocates of a sewer system for the Lake Carey area visited the regional office of the state Department of Environmental Protection on Thursday, looking for information to support...

Posted to WC Examiner News on 03-09-2010