WILKES-BARRE — With only days until the window closes, district attorneys from several Northeast Pennsylvania counties gathered Tuesday to strongly urge the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to pass a bill that would maintain life in prison without parole for those convicted of felony murder, notably second-degree murder.

PITTSTON TWP. — Each year since 2017, July 20 is Pennsylvania Day — a day to honor the Commonwealth’s history, cultural heritage, and contributions to the development of the United States.

WILKES-BARRE — Baby, it was warm outside on Sunday, but the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins were getting into the holiday spirit with a Christmas in July community event on the Toyota Sportsplex Dek Hockey Rink.

NorthPoint Development’s new real estate tax break request for a proposed warehouse development on coal mine-scarred land in Nanticoke will be up for Luzerne County Council approval at the next voting meeting July 28, said council Chairman Jimmy Sabatino.

PITTSTON TWP. — In a recent news report, Lackawanna County Commissioner Chris Chermak asserted he is not only qualified to be the next executive director of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport, but he also implied that he “has the votes” to secure that post.

The number of data centers — facilities that house thousands of servers, storage systems, and networking equipment in order to store massive amounts of digital information — have been massively increasing throughout the United States in recent months. Northeast Pennsylvania is no exception to this trend: numerous data centers have been planned throughout the region.

WILKES-BARRE — The 8th annual Rockin’ the River summer concert series kicked off Friday evening on Millennium Circle at River Common. The show featured Every Breath You Take: A Tribute to Sting & The Police, with special guests Aaron Fink & The Fury.

WILKES-BARRE — The Greater Wyoming Valley Chamber of Commerce hosted its 2nd annual STARS of the Valley Awards Friday evening in the Grand Hall of the Westmoreland Club.

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre scored four runs in the sixth inning and five more in the eighth as the RailRiders defeated the mistake-prone Syracuse Mets 13-5 Tuesday night at PNC Field.

MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee manager Pat Murphy says the Brewers want to monitor Jacob Misiorowski’s workload coming out of the All-Star break.

In each of the last two innings of Tuesday night’s Section 5 championship game, Valley East had the tying run on third with less than one out.

There are a lot of things that could have gone wrong during this summer’s World Cup — a complicated logistical undertaking that included three host nations, 16 stadiums, 48 teams, 104 games and endless opportunities for controversy on and off the soccer field.

The countdown is over. NFL training camp has arrived.

TAMPA, Fla. — It used to be the biggest rivalry game of the week, the month — maybe the entire season.