WILKES-BARRE - Investigators recovered a machete near GAR Junior/Senior High School on Tuesday morning and are investigating whether it was the weapon used in a vicious after-school attack Thursday that nearly severed a 15-year-old boy's hand.

As Wilkes-Barre police attempt to piece together the details of a violent machete attack last Thursday near GAR Junior/Senior High School, they are encountering the investigative version of telephone, the popular children's game where a story becomes riddled with errors and half-truths the more people retell it.

WILKES-BARRE -- Investigators recovered a machete near GAR Junior/Senior High School on Tuesday morning and are investigating whether it was the weapon used in a vicious after-school attack Thursday that nearly severed a 15-year-old boy's hand.

WILKES-BARRE TWP. - The last five weeks of defenseman Simon Despres' rookie season have not been a picnic.While playing in Pittsburgh on Jan. 10, Despres suffered a fairly significant knee injury, cutting short what had been a promising 13-game, month-long stay in the NHL.

WILKES-BARRE TWP. - The last five weeks of defenseman Simon Despres' rookie season have not been a picnic.While playing in Pittsburgh on Jan. 10, Despres suffered a fairly significant knee injury, cutting short what had been a promising 13-game, month-

WILKES-BARRE - Investigators recovered a machete near GAR Junior/Senior High School on Tuesday morning and are investigating whether it was the weapon used in a vicious after-school attack Thursday that nearly severed a 15-year-old boy's hand.

Penn State Wilkes-Barre Surveying Engineering Students Tyler Shelly (Mercersburg, Pa.), Eric Bogumil (MountainTop, Pa.), [Front Row L-R] Alex Wood (Jeanette, Pa.), Ryan White (Royersford), Eric Hillard (Emlenton, Pa.), and Ryan Little (Lancaster) were honored at the Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors Annual Conference in January with awards of general PSLS scholarships.

WILKES-BARRE - Call it a gut-check or a character-builder. Call it a basketball team showing its collective heart - on Valentine's Day.Whatever you call it, Hazleton Area's 58-46 victory over host Holy Redeemer on Tuesday night was another steppingstone

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. - Dustin Tokarski made 24 saves for his fourth shutout of the season as the Norfolk Admirals defeated the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, 4-0, on Wednesday night at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza.

The superintendent of Wilkes-Barre Area School District said Wednesday there is a serious racial issue inside G.A.R. High School.