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The Bufalino crime family, [5] also known as the Pittston crime family, [6] the Pittston–Scranton crime family, [7] the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre crime family, [6] the Northeastern Pennsylvania crime family, [8] the Northeastern Pennsylvania Mafia, [9] [10] or the Scranton Mafia, [11] was an Italian-American Mafia crime family active in Northeastern Pennsylvania, primarily in the cities of ...
The Knox Mine disaster was a mining accident on January 22, 1959, at the River Slope Mine, an anthracite coal mine, in Jenkins Township, Pennsylvania.The Susquehanna River broke through the ceiling and flooded the mine.
Pittston also had a station on the historic Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad, commonly known as the Laurel Line. Besides mining anthracite coal, Pittston was home to many industries in the 19th and 20th centuries, including metals, plastics, paper products, apparel, electrical equipment and beverages.
Russell Alfred Bufalino [2] (/ ˌ b ʌ f ə ˈ l iː n oʊ /; born Rosario Alfredo Bufalino, [3] Italian: [roˈzaːrjo alˈfreːdo bufaˈliːno]; October 29, 1903 – February 25, 1994) was an Italian-American mobster who became the crime boss of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Italian-American Mafia crime family known as the Bufalino crime family, which he ruled from 1959 to 1994.
Seton Catholic High School (Pittston, Pennsylvania) T. Twin Shaft disaster; W. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights
A 2-year-old girl was found dead in a stroller by police days after she was thought to have been beaten to death by her mother's partner. Isabella Jonas-Wheildon was discovered deceased in her ...
William "Big Billy" D'Elia (born June 24, 1946) is an American former mobster who was the head of the Bufalino crime family and protégé of family namesake Russell Bufalino.
Ken Jennings is revealing which "Jeopardy!" icons would be on his version of Mount Rushmore. Appearing on "Good Morning America" Tuesday, Jennings responded to a viral trend which has "Jeopardy!"