Thomasw Obrien News Today

I have been exchanging e-mails and telephone calls with Kathy Larson in California about her husband’s grandfather, James A. McNeil. Her enthusiasm about her research is infectious. Aside from passing references, McNeil is not chronicled in any book that I have ever read about the gold rush.

State police at Hazleton say they found nearly 9 ounces of crystal methamphetamine when they stopped a Nanticoke man driving through Hazle Twp. on Monday morning. Thomas W. O’Brien, 51, was arrested and charged with manufacture, delivery or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver, driving under the influence of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance, use or possession of drug paraphernalia and three summary violations. His bail was set at $30,000 Monday by Ma...