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LCCC president gets 9% raise; student center approved

NANTICOKE — Noting that he didn’t get a raise for the last three years, the Luzerne County Community College Board of Trustees unanimously approved a 9% raise for college President Thomas Leary at Tuesday’s meeting. […]

Mullery supports Sunday hunting proposal

October 22, 2019

WILKES-BARRE — State Rep. Gerald Mullery on Tuesday said the positive economic impact of allowing Sunday hunting led to his vote for the legislation in the House Game and Fisheries Committee. “Increasing the amount of […]

Smoke causes temporary evacuation at two Greater Nanticoke Area schools

October 22, 2019

NANTICOKE — The fire alarm went off shortly before 10 a.m. at the Kennedy Early Childhood Center, and students filed out from it and the adjacent Elementary Center, waiting nearby for arrival of firefighters. In […]

Wilkes University holds walk as part of Alcohol Awareness week

October 22, 2019

WILKES-BARRE — Some 400 Wilkes University students signed up for an alcohol awareness walk, though it appeared the heavy gray clouds may have discourage a few as they gathered on Fenner Quadrangle Tuesday shortly before […]

Pittston man allegedly threatens ex-girlfriend

October 22, 2019

EXETER TWP. — A Pittston man with an alleged history of terrorizing his ex-girlfriend was arraigned Monday on charges he threatened to kill her after breaking into her residence, according to court records. State police […]

Hearing held on planned closures of White Haven, Polk state centers

October 22, 2019

HARRISBURG — At a hearing Monday in Harrisburg, Susan Jennings, mother of a White Haven State Center resident, said deinstitutionalization is a national disgrace. “It’s a failed social experiment that has left 40 years of […]

Beaumont Inn, Crabby’s Seafood among multiple winners at Best of the Back Mountain awards

October 22, 2019

DALLAS — The best and brightest Dallas area shop owners, medical personnel, restaurants and more were all honored at the Times Leader Media Group’s Best of the Back Mountain awards ceremony at Fire and Ice […]

Luzerne County confirms Election Board meetings not properly advertised

October 22, 2019

Luzerne County Council candidate Walter Griffith said Tuesday he has discovered this year’s county election board meetings were not publicly advertised in a newspaper as required. Griffith said the failure is “egregious” because the county […]