Hazleton

When Lesley Hazleton was writing a biography of Muhammad, she was struck by something: The night he received the revelation of the Koran, according to early accounts, his first reaction was doubt, awe, even fear. And yet this experience became the ...

Hazleton police were dispatched to Fifth and Locust streets for the report of a motor vehicle accident Sunday at about 4 p.m. Police said a vehicle driven by Barfolo Mejia Colon, 51, Hazleton, sustained moderate front end damage after hitting a utility ...

Its director wants to use that money to expand a home rehabilitation program in the city's East End neighborhood near Hazleton General Hospital. If the funding request is approved on three readings by city council, the additional funds would result in ...

Hazleton's police chief pleaded with the public Monday to petition the governor for support of a $3 million state budget allocation for a mobile street crime unit. Chief Frank DeAndrea said the 20-person unit proposed by Attorney General Kathleen Kane ...

Two people stabbed a 25-year-old Hazleton man in the city early Monday morning, police said. The attack in the area of 15th and Alter streets left the unnamed man with life-threatening injuries, Hazleton police said. His injuries included a possible ...

WILKES-BARRE - A report on the Luzerne County primary election last month, called an "embarrassment" by county council members, placed some of the blame on the director of elections and recommended a computer system upgrade, but generally ...