22+ hour, 58+ min ago   (134+ words) • Amanda Jovanov, Dallas, v. Jonica Jovanov, Dallas; married March 17, 2012, in Dallas; attorney. • Mark Spillar, Hughestown, v. Stacy Sivo, Dunmore; married May 1, 2010, in Luzerne County; attorney. • Chantaymatos Becker, Wilkes-Barre, v. Joshua Brad Becker, Hanover Twp.; married Oct. 28, 2018, in Elizabeth, N.J.;…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (767+ words) A Wilkes-Barre man who inadvertently killed a toddler by throwing the child against a wall because the boy wouldn’t fall asleep after his first birthday party was sentenced Thursday to serve up to two years in jail after the defense…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (458+ words) A Luzerne County judge has rejected an effort by accused killer Frederick Balester to block a jury from seeing some of the prosecution’s key evidence against him, finding the searches were legally conducted. Balester, 69, of Hanover Twp., is accused of…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (440+ words) • Glorianna Nayeli Acosta Regalado and Axl Oscar Aragones Gonzalez, both of Ashley • Francine Marie Diana and David John Novotnak Jr., both of Hazleton • Cynthia Morales, Wilkes-Barre, and Hader Enrique Perez Herrera, Freeland • Marissa Anne Keegan, Ashley, and Brandon Patrick Haydt,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (695+ words) A Wilkes-Barre man who was convicted at trial this summer of brutally stabbing another man to death in the aftermath of a drug ripoff in South Wilkes-Barre was sentenced Monday to life in prison for what the judge described as…...

2+ week, 20+ hour ago   (171+ words) • Jonathan R. Kopchak, Kingston, v. Alexia Kopchak, Kingston; married May 10, 2025, in Luzerne County; pro se. • Niscacio A. Sena Mendez, Wilkes-Barre, v. Angeli Mateo Sierra, Wilkes-Barre; married Nov. 13, 2024, Wilkes-Barre; pro se. • Fred Pierantoni IV, Plains Twp., v. Stephanie M. Pierantoni, Plains…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (561+ words) • Alexis Marie Lockard and Justin Michael Mucha, both of Hazle Twp. • Silena Hernandez and Osiris Alberto Rosario Camilo, both of Hazleton • Braden Thomas Zlockie and Amelia Margaret Prezkop, both of Mountain Top • Victor Enmanuel Peralta Mateo and Emely Gabriela Guzman…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (277+ words) Five people charged with murdering a man outside of a Freeland vape shop last year will stand two separate trials later this fall, a Luzerne County judge ordered Wednesday. The group is charged with opening fire outside the Fly Monkey…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (583+ words) By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and LINDSAY WHITEHURST A federal judge on Wednesday lifted a major obstacle to President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting mail voting, even as Democratic state officials filed a new court challenge with the midterm elections fast approaching....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (513+ words) Attorneys for accused killer Frederick Balester continued their effort to suppress some of the evidence against him on Tuesday, arguing that it was collected based upon flawed search warrants. Balester, 69, of Hanover Twp., is charged with murdering his cousin, 56-year-old…...