2+ hour, 29+ min ago  (555+ words) WILKES-BARRE TWP. " Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN), a part of Jefferson Health, officially launched the Blue Envelope program with Luzerne County police departments on Wednesday at the Wilkes-Barre Twp. Firehouse. The program, which has already been enacted by departments in…...

20+ hour, 33+ min ago  (117+ words) State police from Hazleton responded to domestic disputes in Hazle Twp. and" Beaver Meadows. In Beaver Meadows a 59-year-old man was given a non-traffic citation for pulling the hair ofa 33-year-old woman on April 4. On the same day in " State…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (517+ words) HAZLE TWP. " Officials of the Hazleton Area School District discussed implications of agreements that Hazleton and West Hazleton police entered with agents of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. "We don't see any impact whatsoever," Superintendent Brian Uplinger said March 26 at a…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (13+ words) West Hazleton Elementary/Middle School names January Students of the Month'Hazleton Standard Speaker...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (95+ words) State police stop truck with 5 pallets of pot in Columbia County'Hazleton Standard Speaker State police smelled marijuana while doing a safety check of a tractor-trailer at the rest area off Interstate 80 in Mifflin Twp., Columbia County. When the driver said…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (222+ words) A 48-year-old West Mahanoy Twp. man was jailed in Schuylkill County Prison on charges of indecent assault of a 10-year-old child. Township police charged Edwin Casiano, of 121 Weston Place, after they investigated a report of inappropriate touching on Dec. 24, 2025. According…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (624+ words) Hazleton became the first police department in Luzerne County to join a program to assist federal immigration agents. Mayor Jeff Cusat and Police Chief Brian Schoomaker said joining the 287(g) Program extends the help that the police department traditionally offered. "The…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (1113+ words) Luzerne County prosecutors will seek the death penalty against the foster father of a Butler Twp. teen who was brutally beaten and stabbed to death, marking the first time in 11 years that local authorities have pursued a capital murder case,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (475+ words) Officers from two local law enforcement agencies will soon be able to perform some of the duties of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. The Schuylkill County Sheriff's Office signed the agreement on Jan. 26 and Mahanoy City Borough Police Department on…...

4+ mon, 4+ day ago  (870+ words) HAZLETON " Let's say a 911 caller reports a big fight is starting at Altmiller Playground. Before a call taker logs the details and dispatches police, officers start listening to the call from their vehicles. Atop City Hall, a drone takes flight…...