Readers of this morning’s Wilkes-Barre, PA Times Leader and Citizens Voice newspapers, were shocked to learn that an elephant killed his groomer in between shows at the Irem Shrine Circus that is currently playing at the Kingston Armory. According to published reports, “Dumbo” the African elephant, fatally injured the groomer after being startled in the [...]

If you’re hungry for a pizza, you call a pizza shop. Want some Chinese take away? Call the local Chinese restaurant. Looking to get your car cleaned? Then go to the car wash. You don’t need to put together a flow chart to in order to determine the outcome of the above examples. Common sense [...]

Checking In On The Judge The plot thickens in the accident investigation surrounding former Luzerne County President Judge, Chester Muroski. The man in the black robe slid off a slippery Route 115 in Bear Creek Township earlier this week damaging his car and taking out a mailbox. He vehemently denies that he was intoxicated but [...]

If you’re from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and I say “Boscov’s” what’s the first thing that comes to mind? For me, visions of the crumbling downtown Wilkes-Barre department store comes to mind. You know the one I’m talking about, the one with the uneven floors, missing ceiling tiles, 1970′s decor and the parking garage that reeks of vomit [...]

The year was 1993. I was 150 pounds lighter, 16 years younger and fresh out of college with a degree that doesn’t guarantee a big income. You see, I went to school for mass communications, and before I wasted those four years of my life spent hating my professors, I wish someone would have told [...]

Judge Muroski held a press conference a few minutes ago to explain the procedure for selecting a replacement commissioner to fill the seat which is now empty after Greg Skrepenak resigned. Seems luck had run out for Skrep. Skrep’s close associates already signed plea deals and it was only a matter of time before Uncle [...]

The Times Leader is reporting what I referred to as “The Christmas Present” that I spoke about in my November 11, 2009 blog post. I was tipped off by a source deep within the county that today’s event was coming and that it was going to be “the Christmas present Luzerne County was waiting for.” [...]

It comes as no surprise that another Luzerne County official has been nabbed in the ongoing federal corruption probe that already has 21 arrests to its credit. Thursday, that number rose to 22 with the former director of Human Resources, Doug Richards admitting that he took a bribe from an unnamed contractor in order to [...]

Today’s news was filled with so many items worthy of commentary, I’d need more hours in the day to spew my words of wisdom. So in a departure from the norm, I’m going to address several at once. The Wilkes-Barre Area School Board President is a Gangster I wish I could have been at the [...]

I never eat home. That explains my high cholesterol and Casual Male XL frequent shopper card. I once thought about taking the kitchens out of my homes and using that space as additional living area. It also explains how I met the 21st person to be charged in the ongoing corruption probe in Luzerne County, [...]