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Family and friends gather to remember former Kingston Mayor Jim Haggerty

Former Kingston Mayor Jim Haggerty died last Wednesday after a battle with cancer.

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Family and friends came together in part of Luzerne County to remember former Kingston Mayor Jim Haggerty.

Haggerty died last Wednesday after a battle with an aggressive form of cancer.

He served as Kingston's mayor from 1998 until 2017 and presided as a magisterial district judge since 2018.

Dozens gathered in the rotunda at the Luzerne County Courthouse in Wilkes-Barre Sunday afternoon to pay their respects to the former mayor.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday morning at St. Ignatius of Loyola Church in Kingston.

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