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17 unusual facts about Luzerne County, Pennsylvania "kids-for-cash" scandal


Ali Eisner

She can currently be seen on TVO Kids as "Jay the Blue Jay" and her past performances as "Mamma Yamma" can be seen on Kids' CBC (2007 - 2013) In April 2013, Ali left Kids CBC.

Carolina Cotton

Carolina Cotton born Helen Hagstrom October 20, 1925 in Cash, Arkansas; died June 10, 1997 in Bakersfield, California was an American singer and actress known as the "Yodeling Blonde Bombshell", the "Girl of the Golden West" and the "Queen of the Range".

Cash-for-questions affair

Two months later, in February 2000, The Mail on Sunday reported that shortly before Hamilton's libel action Mohamed Al-Fayed had acquired reams of privileged legal papers stolen from the chambers of Hamilton's barristers.

Parliament initiated an official inquiry into the affair to be led by Sir Gordon Downey.

Herbie Nichols

1957 Love, Gloom, Cash, Love - with Dannie Richmond (drums), George Duvivier (bass)

In2TV

What remains of In2TV's content was moved over to online platforms bearing the brands of the now-defunct The WB Television Network and Kids' WB.

Kids' Choice Awards Argentina

Its first edition was held on October 11, 2011 at the Mendoza Mavinas Argentinas Stadium.

Kids' Lit Quiz

The quiz was created by Wayne Mills, an educator at the University of Auckland, who wears a purple and black hat while hosting this literary quiz.

Kids' Night on Broadway

Rosie O'Donnell served as 2008’s Kids’ Night on Broadway National Ambassador.

Kids’ Night in Broadway has been hosted at a number of venues including Macy’s, Toys “R” Us, Madame Tussauds, Bowlmor Lanes, and Roseland Ballroom.

Fear-mongering about autism and Autism Speaks were printed on Kids' Night materials, on its websites, and at fanfest events at Madame Tussauds.

The event, sponsored by Madame Tussauds New York and The New York Times, included an educational component and pre-theatre events in addition to the discounted tickets.

Kids' WB Australia

All presenting is done from the studios of Melbourne's GTV-9, a commercial television station in Melbourne, Australia owned by the Nine Network (also broadcast on location from the Gold Coast's Warner Bros. Movie World by Lauren Phillips and Andrew Faulkner.

Kids' WB Fun Zone

In late 2007, the area was renamed Kids' WB Fun Zone to tie in with the filming of the Australian Kids' WB TV show at the park.

The Kin-der-Kids

The Kin-der-Kidss "full-fledged, frankly suspenseful week-to-week continuity," writes cartooning historian Bill Blackbeard, was a "real innovation for the time" when even Winsor McCay's Little Nemo had not yet developed into ongoing stories.

Described as a "water baby," Japansky is mechanical device lost by a Japanese submarine, not a living child.

WLWC

As a primary WB affiliate, WLWC aired Kids' WB programming; after the station became a primary UPN affiliate, the block was dropped, as UPN also carried a children's programming block (Disney's One Too).


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.

Brockway Glass

Brockway Glass Company Inc. was founded in 1907 in Brockway, Pennsylvania by the Brockway Machine Bottle Company (which later became Brockway Glass).

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 S. McGroarty

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

Juvenile Law Center

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

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.

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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.

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.

William Puffer

When the Alberta and Great Waterways Railway (A&GWR) scandal divided the Liberal caucus, Puffer remained loyal to the government of Premier Alexander Cameron Rutherford.

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).