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WC Examiner News
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BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner The Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that Wyoming County's district attorney may not pursue felony charges against a teenage girl in a "sexting" case. In a 35-page opinion, the appellate court upheld U.S. District Judge...
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BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner DIMOCK - Scott Perry, a lawyer working for the Department of Environmental Protection, was supposed to address a proposed Dissolved Solids Standard for returning water to something close to its natural...
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BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK - A man who nearly put his employer out of business by writing bad checks and taking money is headed for jail, and also must pay back what he took. Donald L. Miller, 21, of Washington Park Road, Tunkhannock, was sentenced in Wyoming County...
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BY PAT FARNELLI Wyoming County Press Examiner Correspondent Tunkhannock Township supervisors voted Monday night for a police agreement whereby the township's police department will provide coverage for Falls Township. Tunkhannock's supervisors...
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BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner FALLS TWP. - The township supervisors voted Monday night to contract with Tunkhannock Township for police coverage. With the agreement, Falls will no longer operate its own police department. Instead, officers from Tunkhannock Township will patrol both...
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BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK TWP. - A 38-year-old Tunkhannock woman is accused of stealing from her late ex-husband shortly after his death. Amy M. Yakoski, of Avery Station Road, faces charges of theft by unlawful taking...
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BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner MEHOOPANY - Natural gas drilling is starting to make its presence known in Mehoopany Township. At their meeting last Tuesday, March 9, the township supervisors were apprised of issues involving three proposed wells. Only one required any action by the...
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BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner Police arrested a man after leading them on a chase in Noxen Township, after he was pulled over for allegedly driving under the influence on Friday night. Bradley Jay Cease Jr., 19, of RR 1, Harveys Lake...
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BY MICHAEL R. SISAK Times-Shamrock Writer WILKES-BARRE - Convicted killer Gregory Orlando Fann remained on the offensive last Tuesday, March 9, as he was sentenced for shooting an acquaintance near an Edwardsville railroad bridge in May 2008. Fann derided the Luzerne County court as a "kangaroo...
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BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK - A New Jersey woman who claimed to help people with potential foreclosure problems was sentenced in Wyoming County on Thursday. Shirley Matthews, 54, of Willingboro, N.J., was ordered to...
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BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK - The Wyoming County Commissioners on Tuesday reviewed the county's policies on cell phone and credit card usage. They noted that while personal calls are permitted on county-owned cell phones, employees are required to reimburse the...
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BY JEREMY G. BURTON Times-Shamrock Writer If a public hearing Thursday in Scranton was any indication, the 570 area code will soon have a whole new area code laid over it and assigned to new phone accounts. Northeast Pennsylvania is close to running out...
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BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK - Tunkhannock Area School Board on Tuesday appointed athletic coaches for this spring and next fall, but without its usual unanimity. There were dissenting votes among board members for both the football and boys' soccer coaching staffs...
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BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner Mark Lombardi, a physical therapist for Scranton Orthopedic who resides in Dalton was appointed to the Lackawanna Trail School Board Monday night. He fills the Region 3 vacancy left by the resignation last...
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A group of Susquehanna and Wyoming County landowners concerned about natural gas pipeline easements has formed, and is willing to share information with other landowners to form their own neighborhood groups or for others to join them. The Lemon Township Pipeline Group has been meeting for months and...
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