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President Donald Trump will be in Pennsylvania for a rally Thursday as police intensify their search for a Schuylkill County man who threatened to kill him. Police said Shawn Christy, who has been on the run since June, posted on Facebook that he was going to shoot Trump in the head. Investigators are continuing efforts to locate Christy, searching woods near Wilkes-Barre, where Trump will hold a campaign-style rally Thursday night.

Tonight, the Mohegan Sun Arena, Casey Plaza, Wilkes-Barre, Pennslyvania, will be jam packed to the rafters with avid loving, POTUS, Donald J. Trump, Whites, Blacks, Hispanics, etc., coal miners, steel workers, aircraft mechanics, auto mechanics, auto production workers cops, firemen, EMTs, AMTs, first responders, oil workers, energy workers, plumbers, pipe fitters, painters, carpenters, small business men & women, moms, dads, aunts, uncles, sons, daughters, grandmas, grandpas, school teachers, all sorts of blue collar workers, young folks, old folks, our beloved Military folks, American patriots...across the board and spectrum of America, etc.!!! Not attending, of course, will be the ill-informed, Democrat...

Following the amazing, stunning, fun filled, massive POTUS, Trump rally in Tampa, Florida. last evening (13,000-15,000 attendees), POTUS, Donald J. Trump continues his political rally campaign in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania tomorrow evening Thursday, August 2nd, 2018 at 7:00PM EST, in support of Republican, Congressman, Lou Barletta who is running for the U.S. Senate against deadbeat Democrat, Bob Casey, Jr. I suspect another "BLOCKBUSTER" performance with a massive audience cheering and supporting our great POTUS, Trump. Be there folks, and be witness to one of America's greatest Presidents ever in action!!! Trump loves America, All of the American People with all of...

2 TRUMP RALLIES!! Tues. July 31 - Tampa, Florida Free tickets Tampa: https://www.donaldjtrump.com/rallies/tampa-fl-2018/ … Thurs, August 2 - Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Free tickets Wilkes-Barre: https://www.donaldjtrump.com/rallies/wilkes-barre-pa-august-2018/ …

After President-elect Donald Trump's stunning victory in November, Joe Biden is joining other Democrats pleading the party to refocus its attention on a voting bloc with which they failed to connect in 2016: working-class voters. In a wide-ranging interview with the Los Angeles Times, Biden said he noticed issues with Hillary Clinton's campaign early in the election. And when Trump seemed to strike a chord with voters a rally near his childhood home in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in October, he became unsettled. "Son of a gun. We may lose this election," Biden said.

WILKES-BARRE TWP. — Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump made a stop Monday at the Mohegan Sun Arena. Flanked by former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, Alabama senator Jeff Sessions and several other local lawmakers, Trump made his passionate plea to have the packed arena get out and vote come Nov. 8. Over 9,000 of Trump’s biggest fans filled the arena for the “great movement.” And he thanked them profusely. “We’ve broke the attendance record,” Trump said as he opened his speech, over 30 minutes late, mentioning there were still people filtering in from the outside and asking if...

Monday, October 5, 2016: Live stream coverage of the Donald J. Trump for President rally in Wilkes-Barre, PA at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza. Live coverage begin at 7:00 PM ET.

Monday, October 10, 2016: Live streaming coverage of the Donald Trump rally in Ambridge, PA at Ambridge Area Senior High School Gymnasium. The event is scheduled to begin at 3:00 PM ET. Watch the LIVE stream below: New Ambridge High School Monday, October 5, 2016: Live stream coverage of the Donald J. Trump for President rally in Wilkes-Barre, PA at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza. Live coverage begin at 6:00 PM ET. Watch the LIVE stream of the event below:

Mark Margavage said he’s had enough of “polished politics.” Margavage, an Edwardsville resident, said he believes Republican Donald Trump is a better presidential candidate than Democrat Hillary Clinton, regardless of the sexually charged comments Trump was recorded as saying about women in 2005. Margavage said many men make similar comments about women. And he’s not alone in his support for Trump. In an informal Times Leader poll Saturday on Facebook, an overwhelming majority of Trump backers said they still plan to vote for him despite his lewd comments 11 years ago. The poll had reached nearly 7,000 readers over the...

According to local media reports, people were lined up as early as 6:30am this morning. Thousands couldn’t even get in to the filled venue. WILKES-BARRE TWP. – Donald Trump took the stage to a cheering, capacity crowd at the Mohegan Sun Arena around 7:30 p.m. Monday. "We love Wilkes-Barre," Trump VIDEO Trump immediately said his son reminded him to immediately tell the crowd he supports the area natural gas and coal industries. "This is my last stop. Tomorrow is the election," Trump said. A win in Pennsylvania will help him get closer to the Republican nomination. "We're going to make...

GOSHEN – Most of Port Jervis and much of the Tri-State area knew Josef Kucher. A cobbler in the Old World tradition of his native Austria, the 77-year-old was a proud U.S. citizen and military veteran, a long-time presence in the downtown business district, an usher at St. Mary’s Church. He was, Port Jervis police Chief William Worden and Mayor Kelly Decker said Monday at a press conference to announce an arrest in his slaying, a fixture in the community, a good man. Josef Kucher's wife, Hannelore Kucher, spoke briefly on Monday at her home. "I have no words for...

A man was walking at 1:20 am, Sunday morning, when he was confronted by two black males, one of which pointed a gun at him.   From timesleader.com: “What do you got for me?” one man said to the victim.He told police he grabbed his attacker’s gun with one hand and drew his own firearm. The man does not have a concealed firearms permit, but carries his gun under Pennsylvania’s open carry laws, police said. The robbers fled. On a dark street, the tactical deterrence offered by open carry may not be as effective, essentially making open carry the equivalent...

WILKES-BARRE, Pa., Aug. 22 (UPI) -- A stolen life-sized statue of United States President Barack Obama was has been returned to its Northern Pennsylvania owner after being discovered on a nearby picnic bench with an empty six-pack of Twisted Tea and a cigarette butt hanging from its mouth.The statue was a staple of the Wilkes-Barre, Pa., neighborhood it was stolen from, where owner Tiffany Bruce prominently displayed it on her porch and decorated it for holidays."I peeked my head out the door and Obama's gone and I kind of went into a panic," described a distressed Bruce when the statue...

WILKES-BARRE – Police say the city’s new surveillance camera system led to a drug arrest on Friday afternoon. Leonard Sampson, 50, an illegal immigrant from Guyana, was arrested after narcotics officers responded to a report of several men dealing drugs on downtown’s Public Square, police said. Officer Benedict Victor was monitoring the Hawkeye camera system, which captured the illegal activity, police said in a news release. The suspect, who was captured on the camera system, was described as wearing a yellow shirt and walking onto North Main Street just off of Public Square. Police said they recognized Sampson from a...

A Wilkes-Barre Area art teacher will continue to receive a paycheck while she is suspended and the school district investigates a weekend assault, Superintendent Jeffrey T. Namey said Tuesday. Larissa Goldstein, 28, of 6 Warner St., Plains Township, allegedly attacked her neighbor, Sherry Rizzo, on Saturday and is charged with simple assault, burglary, criminal trespass, public drunkenness and harassment. Goldstein, an art teacher at Solomon/Plains Junior High School, had no comment Tuesday when visited at her home. The school board met in executive session Monday to discuss whether Goldstein should be indefinitely suspended with or without pay. When the district's...

A King's College student accused of urinating on the nativity scene in Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, is apologizing for his behavior. "I was being a drunken idiot," Nathan Strawn, 22, said. The apology, however, might have little effect on the legal and educational consequences facing the senior from Bangor. "It is deep down in my heart to tell all you students out there that one night of fun and drunkenness is not worth it. Nowhere near it. With this life lesson learned, I'm apologizing to all I have offended. These people are Christians, the Wilkes-Barre community, King's College, the church of...

WILKES-BARRE – A King’s College student was arrested and faces several charges after allegedly urinating on a religious Christmas display early Sunday morning. Nathan Strawn, 22, was arrested after “he was observed fully exposed urinating on the Nativity scene located on Public Square,” city police said in a press release. The incident occurred at approximately 1:54 a.m., police said. Strawn was charged with indecent exposure, desecration of venerated objects, open lewdness, public drunkenness and disorderly conduct. City police said Strawn was taken to the Luzerne County Correctional Facility and was held there for arraignment, but a prison official said there...

Bitter Small Town Democrats hand Obama 75-25 Loss in Northeast Pennsylvania We enjoyed watching Barack Obama lose the Pennsylvania primary 55-45, noting especially that Pennsylvania is a Blue State whose electoral votes will be decisive in the November election. The Democratic superdelegates would be well advised to note that Obama lost despite spending three dollars for every dollar that Clinton spent, thus underscoring the fact that most voters can recognize a phony smile on top of an empty suit when they see one. Obama’s camp claims, despite its catastrophic defeat, that Hillary Clinton is still behind in delegates and therefore...

Philadelphia Park opened southeastern Pennsylvania's first slot-machine parlor and the second statewide yesterday, attracting gamblers who said they were happy for a local alternative to the casinos in Atlantic City. Hundreds of people poured in when the doors opened shortly after 11:30 a.m. and began stuffing bills into the machines, and the ca sino enjoyed a brisk business in its first hours of operation. Ines Beiez, 47, a North Philadelphia woman who was one of the first to sit down at a machine, said Philadelphia Park would become her gambling destination of choice. Although she was a frequent patron of...

UP TO 200,000 ORDERED EVACUATED FROM WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA, IN NEXT FIVE HOURS- COUNTY OFFICIAL