Local News in West Pittston, Pennsylvania

Missing Pregnant Teen Found in Streetsboro Motel
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:45:19 -0800

(WNEP) – A pregnant 14-year-old girl from Luzerne County who went missing on Saturday was found safe Monday in Ohio....

Missing Teenager Found
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:01:18 -0800

A pregnant 14-year-old girl from Luzerne County who went missing on Saturday was found safe Monday in Ohio.

Schools wait on state plan
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:20:43 -0800

Local school districts have played their annual game of blindfold budgeting, either promising to keep tax increases within a state limits or releasing preliminary budgets showing why they must exceed the limits. Now they are waiting to see if their guesses were right as Gov Tom Corbett is poised to release his proposed budget Tuesday.

H.S. WRESTLING: Valley View only school to change classifications
Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:05:46 -0800

Updated winter sports classifications were released for the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons throughout Pennsylvania.

Dean's lists college graduates 1/27/2011
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:34:17 -0800

MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY, CorrectionIn Marywood University's dean's list submitted and published Jan. 25, all students from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences were omitted as were some students from the College of Health and Human Services and the Sc

Police Blotter
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:28:01 -0800

PLAINS TWP. – Township police said they arrested Cory David Loftus, 19, on charges he assaulted his mother and brother in their residence on Rose Lane on Sunday.

Monday night's Pa. high school hoops scoreboard
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:49:00 -0800

BOYS' BASKETBALL

Funeral Notices 1/16/2012
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:16:34 -0800

ARVONIO, IDA BLANCHE, Dunmore, today, Mass, 10 a.m., Immaculate Conception Church, 801 Taylor Ave., Scranton. Interment, St. Catherine's Cemetery, Moscow . Memorials: NEPA Philharmonic, 4101 Birney Ave., Moosic, PA 18507.BAIERL, DEBRA S. "DEBBIE," Newfou

Funeral Notices 1/9/2012
Mon, 09 Jan 2012 03:25:03 -0800

Funeral NoticesBIRD, IRENE, Linden Crest Apart­ments in Clarks Summit, private. Interment, Fairview Mem­orial Park, Elmhurst. Memorials: Paralyzed Veterans of America, 7 Mill Brook Road, Wilton, NH 03086. Arrangements: Lawrence E. Young Funeral Home, 41

Funeral Notices 2/2/2012
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:06:00 -0800

BENTLER, CHARLES J., Crandon Lakes section of Hampton Twp., N.J., today, 10 a.m., Smith-McCracken Funeral Home, 63 High St., Newton. Interment, Frankford Plains Cemetery. Memorials: Karen Ann Quinlan Hospice, 99 Sparta Ave., Newton, NJ 07860; or the Newt