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BREAKING NEWS: Well incident injures three

BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner Three persons were injured early Thursday morning after an incident at a gas drilling site in Bradford County. According to Brian Grove of Chesapeake Energy, "equipment failure occurring during completion work on a Chesapeake well located in Tuscarora...

Posted to WC Examiner News on 01-28-2010
BREAKING NEWS: Drug suspects rounded up

BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK - An investigation over the past eight months led to the arrest of more than a dozen people on drug charges in Wyoming County on Wednesday. District Attorney Jeff Mitchell called the suspects...

Posted to WC Examiner News on 01-28-2010
Flooding inundates roads, forces rescues

BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner Heavy rains that poured over Wyoming County on Monday caused flooding in several areas, and brought out emergency crews to rescue some people from high water. The most serious flooding was in Forkston Township, where many roads were under water. Parts...

Posted to WC Examiner News on 01-26-2010
Rape suspect found in Iowa

BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner The U.S. Marshals Service has located a 27-year-old Meshoppen man who allegedly raped a woman in her home on Dec. 27 and then fled the area. On Jan. 14, U/S. Marshals in Scranton determined that Perez had...

Posted to WC Examiner News on 01-26-2010
EL bans drivers’ cell phones

BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner DIMOCK TWP. - Bus drivers and others who operate Elk Lake School District vehicles are no longer allowed to use cell phones while on the job. The school board voted Tuesday to approve a new policy prohibiting phones from even being turned on by anyone...

Posted to WC Examiner News on 01-26-2010
TAMS students describe their Hometown Heroes

BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK - For the most part, the essays recited by students at Tunkhannock Area Middle School on Thursday weren't about famous people. But they were about important people, because they are the...

Posted to WC Examiner News on 01-26-2010
Wyoming County Drug Court has first grad

BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner It's been 10 years since George ‘Ed' Bryant of Nicholson got his first DUI. On Thursday night, as the first graduate of the Wyoming Sullivan Counties Drug Treatment Court, he also finally got his life back. Judge Russell Shurtleff noted to...

Posted to WC Examiner News on 01-26-2010
TA presents ‘very preliminary’ budget

BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK - Tunkhannock Area School Board presented its proposed preliminary budget at Thursday night's work session, although school officials emphasized that it likely bears little resemblance...

Posted to WC Examiner News on 01-26-2010
Water truck hits school bus

BY STACI WILSON Times-Shamrock Writer An Elk Lake school bus with children on board and a water truck sustained a few dents and dings in an accident Thursday morning just before 8 a.m. in Susquehanna County. Elk Lake Superintendent Bill Bush said the high school nurse and other school officials went...

Posted to WC Examiner News on 01-26-2010
Lake Winola men accused of drug deals in Kingston

BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner A pair of Lake Winola men are charged with selling cocaine and ecstasy in Kingston last week, police said. Cody Ritz, 19, and Michael Sembrot, 26, face numerous felony charges including delivery of a controlled...

Posted to WC Examiner News on 01-26-2010
Man charged for sending lewd photo to girl

BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK - A Laceyville man is accused of sending an indecent photograph of himself to a 12-year-old girl. Robert Edward Alemy Jr., 31, of RR1, Laceyville, faces charges of corruption of minors, a misdemeanor, and criminal use of a communications...

Posted to WC Examiner News on 01-26-2010
Police investigating possible gunshot

BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner Tunkhannock borough police are investigating an incident which happened around 3 a.m. Saturday at the intersection of Tioga Street and Warren Street. An aggressive driver is alleged to have fired a gunshot...

Posted to WC Examiner News on 01-26-2010
Emergency crews learn gas well procedures

BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK - Emergency personnel from throughout Wyoming County met with a natural gas company representative on Monday night to learn about potential situations at gas wells in the region. Jeff Searfoss, operations manager for Citrus Energy, addressed...

Posted to WC Examiner News on 01-26-2010
Communities seek block grants

BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner TUNKHANNOCK - Several municipalities and other organizations presented their requests to the Wyoming County Commissioners on Tuesday for this year's Community Development Block Grant funds. There...

Posted to WC Examiner News on 01-26-2010
Walmart has airport in holding pattern

BY MICHAEL J. RUDOLF Wyoming County Press Examiner EATON TWP. - Skyhaven Airport hopes to get a state grant that would help pay for a runway extension. But delays by Walmart for a proposed SuperCenter store could jeopardize that funding. At Wednesday's meeting of the Wyoming County Airport Authority...

Posted to WC Examiner News on 01-26-2010

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