Eric Mark

2 weeks ago | wcexaminer.com | Eric Mark

A glider landed in a field on the Tunkhannock Area School District campus on Monday afternoon, Tunkhannock Twp. police said in a post to the department’s Facebook page. No one was injured, police said. The pilot told responding officers that the glider left Elmira, New York, en route to Wellsboro. The pilot said he missed a necessary updraft to complete the trip, then chose an alternate landing site, according to police.

2 weeks ago | wcexaminer.com | Eric Mark

The district attorneys of Wyoming, Lackawanna and Luzerne counties recently issued a public statement, urging drivers to put down cell phones while behind the wheel — as the use of handheld devices while driving becomes a criminal offense as of June 5, when Paul Miller’s Law takes effect. Miller was killed while driving on state Route 33 in Monroe County in 2010.

2 weeks ago | wcexaminer.com | Eric Mark

The retrial of convicted murderer Phillip D. Walters has been moved back to Sept. 16, following a recent status conference in Wyoming County Court. Walters, 38, was convicted in October 2020 of first-degree murder and related crimes in connection with the December 2018 death of his girlfriend, 24-year-old Haley Lorenzen. Prosecutors alleged that Walters strangled Lorenzen in his Falls Twp. home and dumped her body in the Susquehanna River.

2 weeks ago | wcexaminer.com | Eric Mark

Wyoming County Treasurer Patricia Mead warned residents about a phone scam involving delinquent taxes on Friday. In a Facebook post, Mead said the county tax claim office has received phone calls from local residents in reference to phone calls they received about their delinquent taxes. “Please know this is a scam and our office does not call people about their delinquent taxes, we mail letters,” Mead wrote.

3 weeks ago | wcexaminer.com | Eric Mark

Four municipalities in eastern Wyoming County have appointed Tunkhannock Community Ambulance Association as first-due emergency medical response agency, after Factoryville Fire Co. announced in March that it would cease to provide ambulance service as of June 30. Factoryville Borough Council voted unanimously on May 19 to ratify Tunkhannock Community Ambulance as its first-due EMS responder, borough Mayor Gary Evans said. That takes effect immediately, he said.