BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF
Wyoming County Press Examiner
TUNKHANNOCK - A woman accused of letting her two small children wander along a highway pleaded guilty in Wyoming County Court on Friday.
Michelle Marie Belcher, 23, of Tunkhannock, entered a guilty plea of recklessly endangering…
BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF
Wyoming County Press Examiner
TUNKHANNOCK – Discussion on the purchase of a new garbage truck for Tunkhannock Borough elevated briefly into talk over whether the borough should be in the garbage business at all.
The purchase of a new truck was…
BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF
Wyoming County Press Examiner
Michael John Cook, 22, of Tunkhannock, pleaded guilty to criminal conspiracy to commit retaliation against a witness.
According to the police complaint filed by Detective David Ide of the Wyoming County District Attorney’s office, the victim’s…
BY ROBERT L. BAKER
Wyoming County Press Examiner
DIMOCK – Area residents got a primer on Marcellus gas drilling legislation last Friday night at the second of three League of Women Voter forums at Elk Lake High School.
Julanne Skinner, Susquehanna County LWV president…
BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF
Wyoming County Press Examiner
Tunkhannock Township police are investigating a crash Monday evening along Lane Hill Road.
Police said at 8:19 p.m., Michael R. Smith, 42, of Tunkhannock, was driving when his car hit a tree.
Both Smith and…
BY STACI WILSON
Times-Shamrock Writer
PennDOT’s recent closure of a Bradford County road has spurred talk about the deteriorating road conditions in Susquehanna County.
Increased traffic and heavy loads on roads, like Rt. 29 in Dimock, along with the typical spring heaving have…
BY ROBERT L. BAKER
Wyoming County Press Examiner
When disaster strikes, it’s not uncommon for emergency responders to pack their bags and head for some exotic location, like New Orleans, Haiti or even Chile.
On March 27-28, a Disaster Response Team from the…
BY JEREMY G. BURTON
and MICHAEL J. RUDOLF
Times-Shamrock Writers
A local Catholic priest with a history of drug problems died Thursday afternoon in Minnesota, where he was seeking treatment at a rehabilitation facility.
The Rev. James B. Shimsky, 50, was admitted to St.…
BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF
Wyoming County Press Examiner
FACTORYVILLE – Two suspects charged with stealing a vehicle in Factoryville and abandoning it on Forkston Mountain last spring waived their preliminary hearings on Tuesday.
Courtney Lynn Gruver, 19, of Woods Drive, Dalton, and Michael R. Weisenbacher,…
BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF
Wyoming County Press Examiner
WILKES-BARRE - Several advocates of a sewer system for the Lake Carey area visited the regional office of the state Department of Environmental Protection on Thursday, looking for information to support their position.
Following about an…
