Topic: Luzerne County
AP News | 2010-01-24 17:09:31
<div id="subtitle">FBI probe of Pa. coal country corruption snares judges, public officials, former NFL pro</div><div><p>After a six-year run in the NFL, Greg Skrepenak came home to Pennsylvania and parlayed his name recognition and hometown popularity into a seat on the Luzerne County Board of Commissioners.< ...
AP News | 2009-12-17 21:34:07
<div id="subtitle">Pa. officials remove nativity scene, menorah from courthouse lawn after lawsuit threatened</div><div><p>Officials in northeastern Pennsylvania have removed a pair of religious holiday symbols from a public space after being threatened with legal action.</p><p>Luzerne County commissioners took down the ...
AP News | 2009-11-10 13:18:29
<div id="subtitle">Current and former district attorneys to address Pa. kids-for-cash scandal</div><div><p>A panel investigating the "kids-for-cash" scandal in a northeastern Pennsylvania county is to hear from the current Luzerne County district attorney and her predecessor Tuesday.</p><p>The first witness to testify ...
AP News | 2009-11-10 00:09:19
<div id="subtitle">Lawyer defends Pa. Judicial Conduct Board decision to hand kids-for-cash allegations to feds</div><div><p>The senior counsel for the Pennsylvania Judicial Conduct Board says the board acted properly when it referred allegations against two Luzerne County judges to federal prosecutors.</p><p>By ...
