A convicted felon with a record spanning two states faces criminal charges for directing a child to commit an assault. His attorney field is blank. His email tells a different story. James Allen Stalter, 40, of Texas Township, Wayne County, has been charged with corruption of minors, criminal solicitation to commit simple assault, and aiding...
Opinion | Analysis. Statements marked [FACT] are supported by documented records, emails obtained via Right-to-Know request, or PA DEP correspondence. Statements marked [SPECULATION] are the author’s interpretation. On November 18, 2025, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection sent Honesdale Borough its verdict on the Central Park soil. Here is the key passage: “While it appears...
Anthony Kistle charged with criminal homicide in wife Karen's 2024 death. His cousin, Trooper Jeffrey Kistle Jr., was stationed at the Blooming Grove barracks that handled the case. Jeffrey's wife, Lt. Lori Kistle, is listed on LinkedIn as the barracks commander. PSP hasn't said when she took command or whether the conflict was disclosed.
The surveillance system Scranton wants to build next to City Hall was designed for the occupied West Bank, refined on Palestinians, and is maintained today by engineers in Tel Aviv. Axon is the storefront. Israel is the back office. The Pocono Review reported in July that the old Fidelity Bank branch at 334-346 N. Washington...
A PPP supporter posted a photo to shut us up. Instead she handed us Exhibit A. Now ask yourself: why would a borough promise a playground to another park, then leave it rotting behind a maintenance building? Opinion | Analysis This article contains clearly labeled opinion and speculation alongside documented facts. Facts are sourced from...
Is Wayne County ADA Brendan Ellis really part-time? Some say yes. The county's own payroll records say no.
Wayne County ADA Brendan Ellis represented Coroner Edward Howell in a private civil lawsuit while serving as one of five prosecutors in the DA's office — an office that relies on Howell's forensic findings to bring criminal charges.
Wayne County, PA commissioners certified $7.8 million in child welfare spending across two fiscal years while simultaneously submitting corrective action plans to the same state agency — acknowledging the work wasn't getting done. They hired an outside consultant at a rate they won't put in the public record, and their defense is that the violations are old.
Wayne County commissioners gave ADA Brendan Ellis an award for never turning down a case. He prosecuted in front of his former law partner Judge Meagher for four years.
Northeast Pennsylvania awaits Stacy Garrity’s plan to ‘deal with’ data centers encroaching on the region’s power, land, and quality of life. Data centers are the defining issue in northeastern Pennsylvania right now. Not jobs. Not taxes. Not crime. The thing people show up to township meetings about, the thing filling comment sections and packing supervisors’...