Threat on cop lands man jail time

BY STACI WILSON A man who threatened to kill the chief of the Susquehanna Depot Police Department earlier this month was sentenced Friday in Susquehanna…


EPA reopening Dimock probe

BY LAURA LEGERE Times-Shamrock Writer Federal environmental regulators are reopening their review of Dimock Twp. water supplies after recently released tests of the water wells…



Frigid lake claims dog’s life

BY STEVE MCCONNELL Times-Shamrock Writer  Susquehanna County rescuers thought the 911 call they hurried to Thursday morning was to save two men who overturned their…


Poverty eats into lunches

BY SARAH HOFIUS HALL Times-Shamrock Writer The effects of poverty and unemployment are being seen in school cafeterias throughoutNortheast Pennsylvania. Across the region, more students…



Kiwanis tournament starts Thursday

BY KEVIN WOODRUFF Tunkhannock’s Kiwanis Wrestling Tournament kicks off on Thursday, Dec. 29, and runs into Thursday, marking the event’s 34th year. Wrestling will start…


Foresters fall in tourney final

The Forest City boys’ basketball team fell to Tunkhannock, 43-33, on Monday night in the finals of the Forest City Rotary Tournament. Tunkhannock Area paced…


Blue Ridge boys top Warriors

The Blue Ridge boys’ basketball team took a 50-45 victory over Elk Lake in Dimock on Wednesday night in the DivisionIIIopener. The Raiders got off…


Lady Raiders bounce Elk Lake

TheBlue Ridgegirls’ basketball team picked up a 24-18 victory overElkLakeat home on Tuesday evening. The first quarter sawBlue Ridgetake a 5-2 lead over the Raiders,…