WILKES-BARRE — Gov. Tom Wolf Thursday said his $25 million child care tax credit program is just a start.

WILKES-BARRE — They held a press conference outside, but the real action was inside. Well, more exactly, virtual reality action.

Wilkes-Barré Preservation Society director Tony Brooks will host the annual fall architectural walking tour of downtown Wilkes-Barre at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 1 starting at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 35 South Franklin St.

Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge endorsed Republican Mehmet Oz for U.S. Senate on Thursday, giving the cardiothoracic surgeon and TV celebrity the stamp of approval from a longtime mainstay of the GOP’s establishment.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Hurricane Ian destroyed a cross-section of Florida, trapping people in flooded homes, forcing patients from nursing homes and hospitals, cutting off a popular barrier island and obliterating a historic waterfront pier. Nearly 2.7 million people lost power as rain fell and waters rose.

Two options for a Hazleton mail ballot drop box were conditionally approved for the Nov. 8 general election — at the Luzerne County Community College campus in the city’s downtown or the Hazleton One Community Center on East Fourth Street.

CHICAGO — The Phillies lost their fifth straight game and dropped into a tie for the National League’s final wild card berth as the Chicago Cubs swept the season series from Philadelphia with a 2-0 victory on Thursday.

The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (83-67) concluded the 2022 season with a 3-0 win over the Buffalo Bisons Wednesday evening. The victory moved Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to a season-high 16 games over .500.

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Zach Wilson was back under center for the New York Jets, taking snaps and preparing to start for the first time this season.

Tunkhannock changed classifications in girls golf this season but wound up with the same result – a district runner-up finish.