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Signs good at hospital
Workers at Hazleton General Hospital took advantage of the warmer weather this week to install a new identification sign at the entrance to the hospital campus, along with new directional signage on the hospital grounds.
The new signage was the last piece to complete the hospital’s front entrance renovation project, which began last summer.
The state will install a traffic light at the hospital entrance as part of the Broad Street corridor widening project sometime in the coming months.
WILKES-BARRE
Man faces homicide trial
A city man charged in the Dec. 16 shooting death of his girlfriend will stand trial in June, a county judge said Wednesday.
Stanley Davis, 45, of Sterling Street, will face charges of criminal homicide and a firearms related charge at a June 11 trial, Judge Fred Pierantoni said.
Davis was arraigned in county court Wednesday, when he entered a not guilty plea.
City police allege Davis and Carlotta Springer-Howard were arguing before he picked up a shotgun and fired it in front of her 18-year-old son, Fred Lassiter. Her two younger children also were in the apartment.
Davis was captured when he was stopped driving a van on Academy Street minutes after the shooting.
WYOMING COUNTY
Grant to help creek fixes
The state Department of Environmental Protection has awarded $60,000 to the Wyoming County commissioners to repair several waterways damaged by last year’s storm and flood damage.
According to state Reps. Karen Boback, R-Harveys Lake, and Sandra Major, R-Bridgewater Township, the funding will be used to stabilize the Oxbow, Moneypenney and Bowman creeks in Lemon and Eaton townships.
Public can see progress
Shickshinny residents, business owners, visitors and other interested stakeholders are invited to attend a community project presentation to see the progress made by the community towards flood recovery after the damage caused by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee.
The public will be welcome to offer comments. The meeting, hosted by the Shickshinny Forward community recovery group, begins at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Northwest Area High School cafeteria, 243 Thorne Hill Road, Shickshinny.
