Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, PA)

Established in 1879, this newspaper was originally owned by local stakeholders until it was acquired by Capital Cities in 1978. The Times Leader, which is a morning broadsheet, is presently competing for circulation with another daily publication in Wilkes-Barre, known as The Citizens' Voice.

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Scranton woman cited with damaging slot machine

1 week ago | timesleader.com | Ed Lewis

Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Click here to subscribe today or Login. PLAINS TWP. — Troopers with the Bureau of Gaming Enforcement at Mohegan Pennsylvania cited Michelle Parente, 58, of Scranton, with criminal mischief after she allegedly damaged a slot machine.
Crash involving stolen vehicle shuts down interstate junction

1 week ago | timesleader.com | Ed Lewis

Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Click here to subscribe today or Login. BUTLER TWP. — Two males were apprehended while two others managed to elude capture after crashing a reported stolen vehicle on a ramp from Interstate 81 north to Interstate 80 east early Wednesday morning.
State police advise to avoid area of Butler Township

1 week ago | timesleader.com | Ed Lewis

Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Click here to subscribe today or Login. BUTLER TWP. — Pennsylvania State Police at Hazleton are advising the public to avoid the area of Interstates 81 and 80 in Butler Township due to police activity.
Robbery charges dismissed against Hanover Township man

1 week ago | timesleader.com | Ed Lewis

Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Click here to subscribe today or Login. WILKES-BARRE — A magisterial district judge dismissed two counts of robbery and one count each of simple assault and theft against James Rushion Robinson, 31, after a preliminary hearing in Luzerne County Central Court on Tuesday.
Operation Nighthawk checkpoint statistics

1 week ago | timesleader.com | Ed Lewis

Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Click here to subscribe today or Login. HANOVER TWP. — Pennsylvania State Police at Wilkes-Barre, Troop P, released statistics from Operation Nighthawk, a drunken driving enforcement initiative that was conducted Friday, June 13 and Saturday, June 14.
State Police: Laflin man admits to firing shots into neighbor’s house

1 week ago | timesleader.com | Ed Lewis

Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Click here to subscribe today or Login. LAFLIN — A man from Laflin Borough woke up and fired at least five shots from a rifle into an occupied neighbor’s house Monday morning, according to court records. Pennsylvania State Police at Wilkes-Barre obtained an arrest warrant charging Robert J.
Newport Township man charged with robbing credit union

1 week ago | timesleader.com | Ed Lewis

Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Click here to subscribe today or Login. PLAINS TWP. — A man from Glen Lyon in Newport Township was arraigned Tuesday on charges he robbed the City Mart Federal Credit Union on South River Street.
Back Mountain man pleads guilty to endangering children

1 week ago | timesleader.com | Ed Lewis

Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Click here to subscribe today or Login. WILKES-BARRE — A former Dallas Borough man accused of living in a house of filth with his family pled guilty Tuesday to endangering children. Bruce Myers, 62, was scheduled for a jury trial before Luzerne County Judge David W.
Plymouth man charged with chatting plans to kill

1 week ago | timesleader.com | Ed Lewis

Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Click here to subscribe today or Login. PLYMOUTH — Police in Plymouth Borough say they arrested Riley Young, 19, on charges he planned to kill people. Police say they were notified that Young was Snap chatting with a 13-year-old boy to formulate a plan to kill people on Monday.
Look Back: Famed ‘bloody rock’ protected with steel gate in 1897

1 week ago | timesleader.com | Ed Lewis

Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Click here to subscribe today or Login. A log cabin once was located adjacent to Bloody Rock, or Queen Ether’s Rock. This photo was taken in 1878 during the centennial celebration of the Wyoming Massacre.