Jul. 2—WILKES-BARRE — NAI James E. Hanson, a large New Jersey-based full-service independent commercial real estate firm, on Tuesday announced it has negotiated the sale of South Main Plaza, a 48,000-square-foot retail shopping center located at 379 South Main St. in Wilkes-Barre, for $3.95 million. NAI James E. Hanson’s Team Lizzack-Horning, comprised of Darren Lizzack, […]
Jun. 26—WILKES-BARRE — City police arrested a Nanticoke man on allegations he stabbed another man during a chaotic scene involving juveniles and a grandmother on Bowman Street Tuesday night. Anthony “Niko” Perez, 29, of Main Street, was apprehended when found attempting to conceal himself in brush near New Hancock Street following the incident in the […]
Jun. 13—WILKES-BARRE — Nazareth “Naz” N. Shoffner was apologetic inside a Luzerne County Courthouse for selling a single fentanyl pill disguised as Percocet that resulted in the overdose death of an Edwardsville woman in 2023. On his way out of the courthouse, a shackled Shoffner, 35, said he was not happy with his sentence calling […]
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Wilkes-Barre City Police Department says a man wanted in New Jersey was found in Wilkes-Barre. According to police, Friday officers were dispatched to the 30 block of Washington Street for a report of a man sitting inside her vehicle to whom she does not know. Upon arrival, police said […]
May 5—WILKES-BARRE — The proposed project at South Main Street and Northampton Street may have turned a corner, so to speak. It was announced this week that Land Ventures, a Florida investment group, purchased the property in January and will continue the project under the Sphere International operating name. “We intend to develop the site,” […]
Apr. 30—WILKES-BARRE — Gov. Josh Shapiro and Lieutenant Governor Austin Davis on Wednesday will join local leaders and a gun violence survivor in Luzerne County to highlight investments in local law enforcement to investigate and prosecute gun violence and make our communities safer. Under the leadership of the Shapiro Administration, the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime […]
Apr. 17—PLAINS TWP. — A student was found with a firearm at the Wilkes-Barre Area Career and Technical Center resulting in the school dismissing students early and canceling the afternoon session. The firearm was found as the male student was going through security entering the school on Jumper Road in Plains Township, explained Dr. Anthony […]
Apr. 12—SCRANTON — A state parole who attempted to escape custody without wearing pants when agents with the state Office of Attorney General’s Office, Wilkes-Barre police and U.S. Marshals served an arrest warrant in February was indicted by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking offenses. Ras Dalmar Johnson, 27, was indicted by a federal […]
Apr. 4—PLAINS TWP. — The effort to get a 10-year partial property tax break for the development of the former Valley Crest Nursing Home site reached Wilkes-Barre Area School Board Thursday. During the work session preceding the monthly meeting, developer Valley Crest Real Estate LP gave a presentation on the request for a Local Economic […]
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Mar. 25—WILKES-BARRE — A man who formerly resided at 142 Carlisle St., Wilkes-Barre, where a decomposed body was found in the basement last month, has an active protection-from abuse order against him from the previous home owner reportedly missing. Debra Jane Fox, 69, owned the residence until the property was sold at a Luzerne County […]
Mar. 10—During the Prohibition Era of the 1920s, a large amount of liquor and beer were seized from hotels, taverns, pool halls and speakeasies. Prohibition agents needed a place to store the confiscated goods and utilized two merchant warehouses in Wilkes-Barre, one on Bennett Street and the other on East Northampton Street. After several weeks […]