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NANTICOKE — A 97-year-old woman was killed in an apparently random home-invasion robbery on Thanksgiving night, according to state police. The body of Gertrude Price, was found in her 23 E. Grand St. home by her family Friday morning, Trooper Martin Connors said. No arrests have been made. “I know a lot times we say there is no cause for concern because it doesn’t look random,” Connors said. “This, unfortunately, is exactly the opposite of that. It looks as if this poor lady, 97 years old, lived her whole life and has to leave this world this way.”

NANTICOKE - Former President Bill Clinton argued for re-electing U.S. Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski on Tuesday, contending the congressman helped reverse a Republican tide of red ink when he was president and delivered a flood control project that avoided major damage in the Wyoming Valley. "I'm crazy about Paul Kanjorski," Clinton told more than 600 people gathered in the gymnasium at Greater Nanticoke Area High School in the congressman's hometown. In a 38-minute speech, Clinton said Democrats have the nation on the path to recovery, but need more than 21 months to fix an economy that eight years of Republican...

A mushrooming political battle over ObamaCare involving the White House, two incumbent Pennsylvania congressmen, three Catholic hospitals and a nun has just exploded in, of all places, Scranton, Pennsylvania. Charges from the Scranton medical community of intimidation by the Obama White House and its allies are filling the air. All of this just as Vice President Joe Biden arrives in Scranton today to raise money for one of the participants.

LCCC official charged in theft Peter Paul Moses accused in theft of more than $17,000, two computers from school. By Sherry Long Times Leader NANTICOKE – An associate dean at Luzerne County Community College was arrested Thursday and charged with the theft of more than $17,000 and two computers from the school. Officials said Peter Paul Moses, 57, the college’s associate dean of administration and auxiliary services, stole $17,524 in cash and two Dell laptops valued at $1,598 between Jan. 1, 2006 and Dec. 31, 2007. He is charged with three counts of theft by unlawful taking, two counts of...

The Department of Transportation is refusing to move forward on an earmark backed by Rep. Paul Kanjorski (Pa.), the rare House Democrat facing a tough reelection this fall. Transportation (DoT) is blocking funds to build a $5.6 million parking garage to the Kanjorski Center, which was constructed to attract economic development in the city of Nanticoke in Kanjorski’s Eastern Pennsylvania district. Kanjorski’s earmark for the project was included in the 2005 transportation bill. DoT contends the garage does not meet federal rules intended to spur the use of public transportation. Those rules allow federal funds for parking garages only if...

BAGHDAD - Sgt. Gary Caton hunched behind the wheelchair and with a smile whisked the seated child across the tile floor. A few minutes ago he held a loaded M-16 in his hands as he scanned the rooftops of the narrow side street where the Missionaries of Charity of Mother Teresa located their orphanage. ... Link to FULL Article with Pics