Jul. 2—WILKES-BARRE — An Exeter man’s severe health issues was not enough to keep him out of prison for exposing himself and sending lewd pictures and sexual chat messages to a girl. Luzerne County Judge David W. Lupas sentenced Griffith Elias, 70, of Birchwood Estates, to four-to-20 months at the county correctional facility on a […]
Crews contained a fire at a manufacturing facility in Exeter Township Thursday afternoon. Initial calls about 1:10 p.m. reported smoke from the building owned by Natural Pack Inc. at 100 Gibraltar Road. Natural Pack of Santa Barbara, California, produces garden supplies. Their most popular brand is Supermoss, which includes various types of preserved moss and […]
EXETER, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A Luzerne County family is hoping to locate a graduation gift that floated away on graduation day. The family says the gift was going toward something special and included a personal message for the grad. The gift was gone with the wind. After Wyoming Area High School’s graduation Friday evening, […]
Five-time champions Toulouse booked their place in the semi-finals of the Investec Champions Cup as they disposed of visiting Exeter Chiefs with a nine-try 64-26 victory at the Stade Ernest Wallon. The French giants were made to fight in an end-to-end first half, but their vast European experience proved too much for Rob Baxter’s youthful […]
Apr. 10—A man wearing a clergy shirt and camouflage pants walked into the Exeter School District Administration Building in St. Lawrence on Tuesday, opened a case to reveal three guns and told a secretary that he was going to “take an officer down and get shot,” police said. The secretary called 911, telling the dispatcher […]
EXETER, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Two men who allegedly sexually assaulted an underage teenager were arrested in Exeter on Tuesday, according to the Exeter Police Department. Police say on March 21, they took over an investigation that originated in Visalia where it was reported two men had met a 17-year-old victim through social media. Investigators report […]
Feb. 26—Police in Exeter Township are searching for a meat bandit. The department announced they are seeking help from the public to identify a man they say recently stole hundreds of dollars worth of brisket from a local grocery store. Lt. Sean Fullerton, public information officer for the department, said they believe this is not […]
Jan. 27—Wenda Kincaid was fed up with the division she was seeing in politics. “It’s a civil war out there,” Kincaid, of Hamburg, said. “I knew I had to do something. I knew how important voting was, because I was raised in a military, voting kind of family.” In her search for a way to […]
Seventeen points from Henry Slade proved the difference as Exeter defeated Munster 32-24 to register their second narrow Champions Cup victory in as many weeks. Having secured a 19-18 triumph at Toulon last weekend thanks to a last-minute conversion from Slade, they needed a remarkable rally on Sunday with Munster having looked in control when […]