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🌱 Why a ghost gun arrest has Kingston parents paying closer attention

Kingston, Pennsylvania Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning Kingston! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Why a ghost gun arrest has Kingston parents paying closer attention
  • How Kingston preschoolers got a surprise that could change their futures
  • Kingston man convicted after violent confrontation at West Wyoming dump site

Also on today's calendar: The Fab Four and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Riddle: David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: A couple of afternoon showers, with a high of 66 and low of 54 degrees.
  • Sunday: Rain; breezy in the morning, temps: high: 63, low: 55.
  • Monday: Cloudy with showers around, with a high of 65 and low of 53 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Police: Man brandished ghost gun at jogging students (timesleader.com) — Kingston police arrested a 21-year-old man after Wyoming Seminary students reported he pointed a gun at them while they were jogging near West Market Street and Chestnut Avenue. Officers later recovered what they say was a ghost gun with an extended magazine hidden off Rutter Avenue, and the suspect is jailed without bail on firearms and assault-related charges, underscoring safety concerns around local school routes.
   

2. Lighting the way: Pennsylvania Key Club leaders surprise Kingston Head Start kids with new books (timesleader.com) — Young volunteers from Pennsylvania Key Club kicked off a statewide literacy effort right here in Kingston, surprising 32 local Head Start children at Church of Christ Uniting with their own copies of “Square Cat.” The youth-led LiTEArary Society and Head Start are teaming up to fight “book deserts,” emphasizing how getting books into Kingston homes helps families read together and build early language skills.
   

3. Jury convicts Kingston man on felonious assault upon a state constable (timesleader.com) — A Kingston resident was convicted in Luzerne County court of felony aggravated assault for punching a state constable at West Wyoming’s residential waste site in 2022. The jury acquitted him of simple assault, and he remains free on bail while awaiting sentencing in November, a reminder of how regional dumping rules and enforcement can quickly escalate into serious legal trouble.
   

4. Community invited to walk for suicide awareness Sunday at Kirby Park (citizensvoice.com) — Kingston residents are invited to join Sunday’s Out of the Darkness suicide awareness walk, with routes that include both Wilkes-Barre and Kingston and start and finish at Kirby Park. You can register online or at the park, choose between shorter or longer non-competitive routes, and access on-site therapists, healing activities, and local suicide prevention resources.
   

5. ‘Not a miracle drug:' GLP-1 meds not effective without plan, exercise (citizensvoice.com) — A Kingston-based Commonwealth Health physician stresses that popular GLP-1 weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy only work well when patients in Kingston and across the region commit to diet changes and regular exercise. Local experts describe soaring prescription demand, new Medicare coverage options, potential side effects, and risks of unregulated compounded versions, urging residents to treat these medications as one tool in a broader lifestyle plan.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: David (Thank you Thomas F. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Kingston

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