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Two men arrested after assaulting man in Mount Pocono hotel room
Two men were arrested after assaulting a man at Hotel M in Mount Pocono, Pocono Mountain Regional Police said. → Read More
Man shot, woman arrested in Tobyhanna
A Tobyhanna woman was arrested on Thursday on attempted homicide charges after allegedly shooting a man following an argument, Pocono Mountain Regional Police said. → Read More
Stroudsburg hoping for cold, snowy winter as ice rink comes out of storage
The ski slopes in the Poconos aren’t the only ones praying for a cold, snowy winter this season. Stroudsburg is bringing back the ice rink once advocated for by Olympic gold medalist Brian Boitano, who owns property in area. → Read More
State trooper assaulted after traffic stop on I-380
A New York City man who fought with a state trooper after a traffic stop on Interstate 380 over the weekend has been arrested. → Read More
Looking for office space, Monroe County OKs potential lease of Ramsey Elementary
Monroe County officials have given the green light for plans to lease Ramsey Elementary School, capping months of study into whether it made financial sense to update the old building in Stroudsburg’s historic hill district → Read More
Empty stores, loss of shoppers: Stroud Mall owner files for bankruptcy
The Stroud Mall, in a Chapter 11 filing by its owner, is the latest victim of the crushing side effects of the pandemic. → Read More
Police: Pocono men posted explicit videos to Snapchat, TikTok
Two men in the Poconos have been arrested, after uploading explicit videos to social media apps → Read More
Signed, sealed, delivered: Monroe County could see up to 40,000 mail-in ballots this election
A rusty outline is all that remains of an old curbside mail box outside the Stroudsburg post office on Ann Street. → Read More
Monroe commissioners mull furloughs after May 8
As counties implement furloughs at courthouses across the state, Monroe County Commissioners Wednesday discussed the possibility of temporary layoffs if → Read More
Coroner: First coronavirus death in Monroe County reported Sunday
A 56-year-old man from East Stroudsburg died from the coronavirus on Sunday, becoming Monroe County's first death from the deadly virus, Monroe County → Read More
Police: Wife shot and killed husband because he cheated on her
A woman shot and killed her husband Saturday afternoon in A Pocono Country Place because she believed he was cheating on her, Pocono Mountain Regional → Read More
Judge: Shooter mentally ill in fatal shooting of township official
A Henryville man obsessed with mold growing in his house was mentally ill when he gunned down a township official sitting at his desk inside the Paradise → Read More
Jury quickly convicts Bidwell of first-degree murder
A Monroe County jury Tuesday night quickly convicted James Bidwell of first-degree murder in the 2011 death of his girlfriend, a death police originally → Read More
Stroudsburg Council eyes Brian Ace as new borough manager
After months of searching for a new manager Stroudsburg Borough is apparently getting closer to filling the six-figure job with an in-house candidate.Jim → Read More
Roswell UFO case surfaces in Bidwell trial
A nationally known forensic pathologist who appears frequently on TV in high-profile celebrity crime cases, from Elvis to Roswell aliens, testified Thursday as a defense witness in the trial of James Bidwell, telling a Monroe County jury Bidwell’s girlfriend committed suicide.The testimony came as the prosecution and defense wrapped up their cases in the two-week trial. The jury was then sent… → Read More
Forensic pathologist says Bidwell’s girlfriend was murdered
Kristin Wagner, the 27-year-old woman whose body was found hanging in a junkyard trailer in Stroud Township in 2011, was murdered in a choke hold, not by → Read More
Second witness says that Bidwell confessed to murder
A second prosecution witness testified Tuesday at the murder trial of James Bidwell that he confessed to killing his girlfriend Kristin Wagner in 2011 at → Read More
Knot Expert: Wagner’s death ’not a suicide’
The Allentown man who provided the tip that turned an apparent suicide into a homicide investigation testified Monday in Monroe County Court that James → Read More
No deal on old Stroudsburg ShopRite building, developer takes if off the market
STROUDSBURG — The potential buyer of the Monroe Plaza, home of the old ShopRite supermarket in Stroudsburg, has apparently walked away from the → Read More
YMCA walks away from Ramsey deal
Facing a last-minute deadline to make an offer to buy Ramsey Elementary in Stroudsburg’s Hill Section, Pocono Family YMCA officials have walked away from a potential deal after giving the shuttered school a closer look and deciding the deal didn’t make sense.Scott Peckins, the chief executive officer of the Y on Main Street, said in a news release the decision was “difficult,” and referred to an… → Read More