Lackawanna County

The reputed head of Scranton's Bufalino crime family is continuing to cooperate with Dauphin County prosecutors in their perjury case against Mount Airy Casino Resort owner Louis DeNaples, a federal prosecutor said Monday. And that cooperation -- which...

| Led by state Rep. Keith R. McCall, a Carbon County Democrat nominated Tuesday to become speaker of the state House, area lawmakers in Harrisburg and Washington have dibs on more powerful posts in the coming legislative season. State Sen. Pat Browne, R-...

HELLERTOWN Charged -- Russell E. Fritz Jr. 46, of 138 Constitution Ave., Hellertown; with drunken driving and traffic offenses; police said shortly after 2 a.m. Oct. 26, Fritz was stopped in the 1600 block of Main Street on a traffic violations; police...

ALLENTOWN Theft -- Reported Monday by employee of Evert Electric Inc. of 1568 Limeport Pike, Limeport; window on work van smashed between noon Sunday and 8 a.m. Monday while parked at ABE Car Care Center, 935 S. Fifth St., for repairs; circular saw,...

U.S. Rep. Paul Kanjorski won a 13th term representing the 11th District by his thinnest victory margin ever Tuesday in defeating Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta, a Republican. The Associated Press declared Kanjorski the winner at 11:15 p.m. Kanjorski had not...

LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL SON June 23 - Rodney Stewart and Michele Mitchem, Allentown. DAUGHTER June 16 - Kevin and Joey Gallagher. SACRED HEART HOSPITAL DAUGHTERS July 1 - Eddie Clemons and Dina Morris, Allentown. Albert and Christine Agosto,...

The coincidences that keep popping up around whiz-bang casino owner Louis DeNaples are positively amazing . Most recently, the latest sleazy attempt to target journalists covering the DeNaples saga blew up in the faces of his supporters. Previously,...

Lawyers for Mount Airy Casino Resort owner Louis DeNaples, in a hunt for the source of what they say were illegal leaks from a grand jury, are demanding that 15 reporters turn over not only their handwritten notes but also their personal cell phones and...

On the day Louis A. DeNaples Sr., northeast Pennsylvania's most prominent businessman and philanthropist, was charged with four counts of perjury, who better to call than the last well-known northeast Pennsylvania public figure to find himself on the...

For years, while dodging and denying whispers of ties to organized crime, Louis DeNaples devoted himself to a business empire that includes real estate, landfills, a bank and the Mount Airy Casino Resort. But according to a Dauphin County grand jury,...

Mount Airy Casino Resort owner Louis DeNaples pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he lied to the state Gaming Control Board about his alleged ties to organized crime. DeNaples, who was charged Jan. 30 with four counts of perjury, was arraigned by...

Reputed mobster William D'Elia, the imprisoned head of Scranton's Bufalino crime family, had a personal and business relationship that spanned 30 years with Mount Airy Casino Resort owner Louis DeNaples, D'Elia's attorney said Saturday. And D'Elia...