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Scouts honor at 100 (Times Leader)
The Boy Scouts of America is celebrating 100 years of scouting and one Back Mountain family has logged in about 50 years of service to the organization.Libertarian hopeful to run for Mundy’s House seat (Times Leader) Tim Mullen, a registered nurse and retired Army reservist, is making it a three-way race for the state 120th Legislative District seat held by Rep. Phyllis Mundy for two decades.
Police Blotter 2/1/10 (The Citizens' Voice) Kingston police are seeking help to find a vehicle suspected of hitting a pedestrian crossing the street early Sunday morning.
Police Blotter (Times Leader) WILKES-BARRE – Police arrested a Brooklyn, N.Y., man on charges he attempted to flee from police custody after a dispute outside a South Main Street bar.
Winter or spring? Groundhog Day is near. What do to in case of more snow or sunnier skies. (Times Leader) Ernie Siegel of Alden hates to see the ice melt, because that means no more ice fishing.
W-B council grants liquor license to downtown pizza parlor (The Citizens' Voice) WILKES-BARRE - City council on Tuesday approved a downtown liquor license despite objections from a neighboring bar owner. Joseph Philistine, of Donahue's Hourglass at 215 S. Main St., implored city council to reject a liquor license transfer to a pizza
Laurel, Hardy jailed on drug charges (The Citizens' Voice) Carlos Laurel, 31, and Andre "Sug" Hardy, 39, of Lincoln Street, face eight charges related to cocaine trafficking. Police arrested Laurel and Hardy after they showed up at a Kingston residence and allegedly delivered 50 bags of cocaine to the unidentified occupant Tuesday at about 5:53 p.m.
Kingston woman accused of trafficking drugs (The Citizens' Voice) A Kingston woman is charged with allegedly trafficking cocaine and heroin, and ran from police into oncoming traffic to attempt to avoid being arrested.
Call Board (The Morning Call) 'PINOCCHIO' AUDITIONS
EMT's body found in burning vehicle in Hanover Township (The Daily Item) Authorities in eastern Pennsylvania say an emergency responder was found dead in a burning SUV outside his home.