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I have to admit to having corruption fatigue. I still read the stories in the local press but haven't posted about the 3o+ people charge...

TL: Update: Powell sentenced to 18 months, regrets not stopping "travesty." CV: 18-month sentence for Powell, kids-for-cash financ...

Transcripts reveal game plan Kids-for-cash judges Mark A. Ciavarella Jr. and Michael T. Conahan schemed to commit perjury with a co-conspira...

This one has me shaking my head. Former Judge Mark Ciavarella defaulted on a loan from a bank in Minersville. You have to wonder why a bank...

15 down and hundreds to go. The TL and CV are reporting that Wyoming Valley West School Board President and executive director of the Luze...

Multi-party Bob Mericle was named as Participant number 2 in the Juvie Brothers bribery scandal that hit the news last January and in Augu...

There are so many things that I want to write about but I caught the dreaded drombone of head colds so I'm just going to use Youtube vid...

SCRANTON - Prominent area developer Robert Mericle has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge of failing to report a felony, Acting U.S....

County may face cuts and tax hikes I have some mixed emotions about Luzerne County Commissioner Chair Maryanne Petrilla. On the one hand I w...

Former Judge Mark Ciavarella denies that he extorted payments from PA Child Care owner Robert Powell calling him a liar. Wired for sound a...

TL: The company hired to reassess Luzerne County property values had argued in court that the county has a contractual obligation to pay th...

SCRANTON – Luzerne County Judge Michael Toole ’s tipstaff Tom Marino testified for more than 1 hour Tuesday before a federal grand jury in...

Two ex-judges denied pensions Former Luzerne County judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan are not entitled to their pensions and cou...

SCRANTON – Four months after publicly portraying himself as the victim of extortion by two rogue judges, attorney Robert Powell has admitted...

And you thought that the AIG bonuses were outrageous. According to the story in the CV by Dave Janoski former Luzerne County President jud...

Luzerne County Judge Mark Ciavarella gave an interview to the UK newspaper the Guardian and claimed the bribes he got from PA Child Care o...