WILKES-BARRE —Even the cookies on trays outside the room had icing arrows on them, reflecting the theme of Monday’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at King’s College: “Moving Forward.”
SCRANTON — U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright proudly announced the students from Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties nominated for appointments to attend the United States Service Academies. Each student nominated by Congressman Cartwright will go through the academies’ competitive application process. If offered an appointment, the students will join their respective academy’s Class of 2024.
NEW YORK — When it comes to unanimous picks for baseball’s Hall of Fame, Derek Jeter quite appropriately has the chance to be No. 2.
MELBOURNE, Australia — Everyone had the same question when the Australian Open draw was revealed: What were the odds that Coco Gauff and Venus Williams would face each other again in the first round at a Grand Slam tournament?
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Oscar Tshiebwe had 13 points and 11 rebounds, Derek Culver scored 13 points, No. 14 West Virginia jumped to a big early lead and coasted to a 97-59 victory over Texas on Monday night.
Work-zone speed cameras are part of an enforcement-for-profit scheme adopted by the Pennsylvania Legislature to furnish a reliable, constant stream of driver’s money into special interests’ and government coffers. The only “studies” showing that speed camera enforcement adds to safety are paid for by camera proponents, who profit from cameras, and their “studies” suffer from improper methodology.
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