By Rick Hiduk (Also published in the Rocket-Courier) Wyoming County District Attorney Jeff Mitchell has announced that James Rought of Tunkhannock has been charged with “death by drug delivery” and “serious bodily injury by drug delivery” in Scranton Federal Court. The charges stem from the overdose death of Dana Carichner,Continue Reading
Residents of Oakwood Trailer Park in Tunkhannock Township were among the victims of a recent crime spree that sent investigators all around Wyoming County. (Google maps) By Rick Hiduk (Also posted at www.RocketCourier.com) Three vehicles stolen over the course of four days in March, as well as a break-in atContinue Reading
Story by Rick Hiduk / Image by Google Maps A pair of alleged drug dealers consummating a sale at River Crest housing development in Wyoming County last night felt that they had been short-changed and took off after the buyers. One of them, Micole Lindsay Gumpper of Uniondale, Susquehanna County,Continue Reading
Google Maps By Rick Hiduk Fire and ambulance personnel from Tunkhannock, Springville, and Factoryville responded to a vehicular accident on Route 29 in Lemon Township, Wyoming County, near the Susquehanna County line around 6 pm Wednesday evening. Additional companies were placed on stand-by as crews on the scene dealt withContinue Reading
By DJ Marbaker and Rick Hiduk West Tioga Street (Route 6) in Tunkhannock Township had to be closed last evening for investigation of a hit and run accident that occurred at about 8:30 pm. Maxine Stroka, 90, of 260 West Tioga Street was struck by a vehicle while taking herContinue Reading
Photos by Rick Hiduk Airing of the Quilts has become a huge annual festival in Tunkhannock each fall, and three key organizations are working to ensure that it will continue beyond the departure of the event’s founder this year. WNEP Channel 16 aired a news story this week that incorrectlyContinue Reading