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18 unusual facts about Luzerne County


Ann A. Bernatitus

She died at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on March 3, 2003 and was interred at St. Casimir's Cemetery Pittston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.

Anthony F. McNulty

As the Democratic Party (USA) Representative from the 8th District for Luzerne County, Pennsylvania and Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania during the House’s 1881 Session, McNulty sat on the House’s standing committees for Iron and Coal Companies, Bureau of Statistics and Centennial Affairs.

Cobra Video

According to the Luzerne County coroner investigating the death, Kocis was stabbed twenty eight times and his throat was cut before his body was left in his house, which was set on fire after Kocis died.

Herbert B. Shonk

He was born on October 28, 1881, in Plymouth, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, the son of Congressman George W. Shonk (1850–1900) and Ida Elizabeth (Klotz) Shonk (1856–1911).

John B. Halsted

John B. Halsted (born November 7, 1798 Pittston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania) was an American merchant and politician from New York.

John Malloy

Malloy was born and raised in Hanover Township, Pennsylvania, and began drawing cartoons and rock stars at age 6.

John S. Fullmer

Fullmer spent his childhood and early adult years on his family's farm in Huntington, Pennsylvania.

John Solomon Fullmer (July 21, 1807 – October 8, 1883) was an American politician and farmer, born in Huntington, Pennsylvania.

John S. McGroarty

Born at Buck Mountain, in Foster Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (near Wilkes-Barre), McGroarty was the youngest of 12 children.

Lackawanna and Bloomsburg Railroad

Beginning in Scranton in Lackawanna County, the Lackawanna and Bloomsburg line followed the west shore of the Lackawanna River through the Wyoming Valley, passing through Old Forge on the way to Duryea in Luzerne County.

In 1984, after Conrail decided to abandon the line, it became the short line North Shore Railroad, which runs as far as Salem Township in Luzerne County.

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Sunbury Line

Today the line from Wilkes-Barre to Hanover Township is owned by Luzerne County and operated by the Luzerne Susquehanna Railway.

The Ice Box

The Ice Box is a popular "sports complex" ice-skating rink in Jenkins Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.

Thomas Chrostwaite

A native of Ashley Borough, Mr. Chrostwaite was an 1898 graduate of Harvard University and went on to serve as a school administrator for several years in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.

Tommy Van Scoy

Van Scoy was born March 22, 1920, in Bear Creek, Pennsylvania.

Will Seymour Monroe

Will Seymour Monroe (1863 Hunlock, Pennsylvania – 1939) was a United States educator.

WRKC

The station's signal is best heard within inner Luzerne County (Wilkes-Barre, Kingston, Swoyersville), but can also be listened-to in outer Luzerne County (Pittston, Nanticoke, Dallas).


Juvenile Law Center

Recently, Juvenile Law Center played a central role in exposing the Luzerne County, Pennsylvania "kids-for-cash" scandal.