Luzerne County

The suggestion of Luzerne County collecting $5.00 per vehicle to help fix roads and bridges was brought up again last night at the Luzerne County Council work session. Luzerne County Manager David Pedri brought the idea saying his email is full of complaints about pothole plagued roads and the fee...

(D) Michelle Bednar returns as Luzerne County Controller

Luzerne County Manager David Pedri with WILK's Sue Henry

Luzerne County Council will meet tomorrow night. At that meeting the 2018 proposed budget is expected to be unveiled. That's according to the agenda posted on the county website. The preliminary budget will be given by County Manage David Pedri. Council will give a final approval on the budget in...

Some projects are off the table in Luzerne County. Luzerne County manager David Pedri gave a 4.87 million dollar capital plan to county council last night. 3.6 million will go toward projects leaving 1.26 million in reserve. Projects that won't be on the list include, a new Division Street Bridge...

Heading to court in Luzerne County? Leave the cell phone at home or be prepared to turn it off. Under a new policy from county President Judge Richard Hughes that goes for tablets, laptops and cameras as well. Court officials say proceedings have been interrupted by cell phones ringing and a recent...