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A 23-year-old Nanticoke man faces charges after officers said he struck police cars with his vehicle during a high-speed chase after fleeing a traffic stop.

Members of the Lackawanna County Drug Task Force met with a confidential informant Thursday at about 1:50 p.m. to discuss heroin and crack cocaine sales, and the informant told officers about a man identified as “Brail,” according to the criminal complaint.

Officers conducted surveillance on Monahan Avenue in Dunmore and gave the informant money to purchase drugs, police said.

The suspect — later identified as Jabrail Crumbley — arrived at the location in a Ford Explorer. Then, when the informant exited Crumbley’s SUV, officers attempted to stop the vehicle for the narcotics transaction by using emergency lights and sirens with two fully marked patrol units and three unmarked patrol vehicles, according to the criminal complaint.

Crumbley (Courtesy Lackawanna County Central Processing)

Crumbley rammed his vehicle into police cars and led officers on a pursuit that ended on the Casey Highway, officers said.

Throughout the pursuit, Crumbley ran his vehicle into police vehicles three times, according to the complaint. He also drove into oncoming traffic at speeds exceeding 100 mph, officers said.

Crumbley was treated by medical personnel on scene and refused further treatment, police said.

A Dunmore police officer suffered minor injuries and was sent to a hospital for evaluation after the chase led to a three-vehicle crash, according to the complaint.

Officers obtained a search warrant for the vehicle after smelling a strong odor of marijuana, and found marijuana, codeine liquid, drug paraphernalia, packaging materials and three cellphones, along with the money used in the drug transaction, police said.

The informant also turned over crack cocaine and heroin to police from the drug transaction, officers said.

Police charged Crumbley with aggravated assault, fleeing or attempting…

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Millville‘s game last Wednesday was a loss, but they didn’t let that memory haunt them on Friday. They walked away with a 5-1 victory over the Northwest Area Rangers. For the Quakers, this counts as revenge for the 5-3 win the Rangers walked away with the last time they faced one another back in May of 2024.

The team relied heavily on Evan Brokenshire, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Shane Johnson, who went 1-for-2 with one double and one RBI.

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03/21/25 – Away	5-1 W
05/15/24 – Away	3-5 L
05/01/24 – Home	1-5 L
05/11/23 – Away	9-4 W
04/12/23 – Away	2-6 L
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The victory got Millville back to even at 1-1. As for Northwest Area, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 1-1.

Looking ahead, Millville will head out to face off against Bucktail at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. As for Northwest Area, they will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against Greater Nanticoke Area at 4:30 p.m. Northwest Area is facing Greater Nanticoke Area at the right time seeing as Greater Nanticoke Area is stuck on a three-game losing streak.

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Mar. 18—NANTICOKE — Pennsylvania American Water on Tuesday issued a boil water advisory for customers in part of Nanticoke due to a main break that affected a storage tank.

Approximately 75 customers are impacted.

Pennsylvania American Water experienced a loss in positive water pressure on Tuesday, March 18, due to a main break. A loss of positive water pressure is a signal of the existence of conditions that could allow contamination to enter the distribution system through back-flow by back-pressure or back-siphonage. As a result, there is an increased chance that the water might contain disease-causing organisms.

This notice applies to customers along the following streets:

—Vista Drive.

—Overlook Road.

—Industrial Park Road.

For a map of the affected area, visit http://alertsdetail.awapps.com/alert/78178.

The water company stated not to drink the water without boiling it first.

Bring all water to a rolling boil, let it boil for one minute, and cool before using — or use bottled water.

Affected customers should use boil or bottled water for drinking, making ice, washing dishes, brushing teeth and food preparation until further notice.

Inadequately treated water may contain disease-causing organisms. These organisms include bacteria, viruses and parasites, which can cause symptoms such as nausea, cramps, diarrhea and associated headaches.

These symptoms are not caused only by organisms in drinking water, but also by other factors. If you experience any of these symptoms and they persist, you may wish to consult with your health care provider. People with severely compromised immune systems, infants and some elderly may be at increased risk. These people should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers.

General guidelines on ways to lessen the risk of infection by microbes are available from EPA’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-426-4791.

Repairs were expected to be completed Tuesday evening.

Pennsylvania American Water will collect and analyze additional water quality samples including bacteria samples.

Customers…

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There isn’t much change in terms of the Wyoming Valley Conference.

Tunkhannock will enter as the preseason favorite to capture the Division 1 title. Also in the division will be Pittston Area, Hazleton Area, Wilkes-Barre Area, Wyoming Valley West, Crestwood and Dallas.

Division 2 will come down to the two regular-season battles between Lake-Lehman and Holy Redeemer. Unless a divisional playoff is needed, it will be the only two meetings between the two rivals in 2025 as they are now in different classifications.

Also in Division 2 is Berwick, Wyoming Area, Greater Nanticoke Area, Hanover Area, Wyoming Seminary and MMI Prep. MMI returns back to the division after not fielding a team for the last few seasons.

There are some changes in the district for 2025.

Holy Cross, normally a Class 2A contender, is now down in Class 1A. Holy Redeemer, a Class 3A contender, drops down to Class 2A. Redeemer and Dunmore added to 2A, in addition to Elk Lake, should make for an interesting class.

Class 4A seems to be the toughest. While North Pocono moved up to Class 5A, Wallenpaupack is now in 4A. Put the Buckhorns with Tunkhannock, Valley View and what could be an improved Dallas team, and it looks to be the deepest division.

The other change is that West Scranton, a normal contender in Class 5A, moved into the Class 6A subregional.

Here is a look at the classes:

Class 1A: Forest City, Holy Cross, MMI Prep, Old Forge, Susquehanna.

Class 2A: Blue Ridge, Dunmore, Elk Lake, Holy Redeemer, Lackawanna Trail, Montrose, Mountain View, Wyoming Seminary.

Class 3A: Carbondale Area, Lake-Lehman, Lakeland, Mid Valley, Riverside, Western Wayne.

Class 4A: Berwick, Dallas, Hanover Area, Honesdale, Nanticoke Area, Scranton Prep, Tunkhannock, Valley View, Wallenpaupack, Wyoming Area

Class 5A: Abington Heights, Crestwood, Delaware Valley, North Pocono, Pittston Area.

Class 6A: Hazleton Area, Scranton High, West Scranton, Wilkes-Barre Area, Williamsport, Wyoming…

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Multiple crews were on the scene of a brush fire in the Town of Nanticoke just before 4 p.m. Wednesday.

The brush fire located on Pendell Hill Road was started by electrical wires rubbing against trees.

The flames were knocked down before spreading to nearby homes but came as close as 20 feet from a house.

A red flag warning has been in effect all day in the Southern Tier, and Glen Aubrey Fire Chief Gary Smith says it’s important to follow the rules on days like this.

“There’s a burn ban in effect for a reason. It’s dry, people think because we got a lot of rain the ground is wet, the stuff on top is not wet it’s still dry. Until these trees green up and the grass greens up you just gotta use your head. Don’t do it.”

Fire departments on scene include Glen Aubrey, the Town of Lisle, the Town of Maine, and Chenango Bridge. New York State Forest Rangers were also on scene.

No one was injured.

Multiple crews are on the scene of a brush fire in the Town of Nanticoke. The fire started by electrical wires rubbing against trees, and was knocked down before spreading to nearby homes. A #redflagwarning is still in effect for the Southern Tier until 9PM. @wicztv pic.twitter.com/dZwZKEr2FZ

— Amanda Pitts WICZ (@AmandaPittsTV) May 2, 2018

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Nanticoke Creek overflowed Tuesday morning, washing out roadways and blocking the routes in and out of the Town of Maine. Highway Superintendent Joe Dohnalek says those waters did recede giving residents a way out of town in the late morning. A state of emergency was declared for the town, which saw the brunt of the flash flooding in Broome County. 

“Right now it’s just monitoring the water as it recedes and assessing the damage,” says the Director of Broome County Emergency Services Michael Ponticello. 

The Town of Maine fire station was center of operation for first responders and officials dealing with the Maine flooding. Police, Emergency Services, the town supervisor, County Executive Jason Garnar, and the highway department all using the station as a point of deployment to the affected areas of the town. Hopping in Highway Superintendent Joe Dohnalek’s truck, we were shown the places hit the hardest by the overnight flooding. 

Driving around the barriers put up on a still closed Nanticoke Ave, Dohnalek points out the window to his left, “See all this grass is muddy, the water up through here was about 4 feet deep.”

This portion of Nanticoke Ave was under about 4 feet of water on Thursday morning.

A black pickup truck is sitting in the middle of the road. Dohnalek says the driver tried to go through the washed out portion of Nanticoke Ave and stalled out. That truck is now a good reference point for how deep the water was just hours earlier. Dohnalek points out the license plate that is now crumpled up from the force of the water. “So, it was about up to the headlights,” says Dohnalek.

Just past that truck,…

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Florence E. (Butchie) Lynch OBITUARY

Florence E. (Butchie) Lynch, 88, of the Sheatown section of Nanticoke, passed away after a lengthy illness, on March 10, 2025 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, surrounded by her loving family.

Born on February 25, 1937, in Nanticoke, she was a daughter of the late Chester and Florence Resavy Baker. She was a graduate of Nanticoke High School Class of 1954.

She married the love of her life Lawrence E. (Larry) Lynch, on June 1, 1957. He preceded her in death on February 6, 2023, after almost 66 years of marriage.

Mrs. Lynch, had been employed by the K-mart retail store, Hanover Mall, as a front-end supervisor for many years. She later worked for Al Marcincavage Insurance Agency, until her retirement.

She was a member of St. Faustina Kowalska Parish, Nanticoke, and had been a member of Holy Child Church, Sheatown, prior to the consolidation.

Florence was an extremely loving, caring wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She was a wonderful homemaker and loved reading, doing seek-a-word puzzles, and painting ceramics in her spare time. She loved watching all sports with her husband, especially the Philadelphia Eagles, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Penguins hockey, and professional golf. Her favorite pastime was sitting on her front porch, in the day watching birds and admiring beautiful flowers, and in the evening watching fireflies and star gazing. She loved camping and campfires with her family as well as backyard cookouts. Her family was everything to her and she especially loved spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, who called her NANNY. They were truly the sunshine of her life.

Florence also enjoyed the companionship of her beloved dog, Arthur, who was always being spoiled by her.

She is now at rest and at peace with the Lord, her…

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