PLYMOUTH — Marie Ondish, co-owner of Polish Connection on Main Street, was busy Thursday getting ready for the Plymouth Alive Kielbasa Festival and she summed up the general feeling about the upcoming event.

WILKES-BARRE — The crime scene of a reported shooting on the West Side expanded to the Heights Thursday night where police focused on a car parked on South Grant Street.

WILKES-BARRE — Having been “inundated” with calls and texts following the filing of animal cruelty charges against City Controller Darren Snyder, Mayor George Brown Thursday said he has no authority to discipline another elected official.

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is asking a federal court to unseal the warrant the FBI used to search the Mar-a-Lago estate of former President Donald Trump, Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday, acknowledging extraordinary public interest in the case about classified records.

PITTSTON — Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Acting Secretary Neil Weaver toured downtown Pittston as part the Wolf Administration’s Investments in Communities program on Wednesday.

Luzerne County may provide its own security cameras for mail ballot drop boxes, which would address a frequent criticism that the county cannot guarantee access to video recordings belonging to outside entities hosting the boxes.

Owen Blazick and Derek Johnson shared medalist honors with 2-over 38s at Irem Temple Country Club to lead Crestwood past Dallas 162-175 in a Wyoming Valley Conference golf match Thursday afternoon.

MINNEAPOLIS — Clarity about the end of her exceptional WNBA career came for Sylvia Fowles last year through a feeling of resistance familiar to everyone from elite athletes to average fans.

Ronald Guzman couldn’t make a play for the RailRiders in the seventh inning on Wednesday. So he won the game in the eighth.

A day after losing one of the top-rated prospects in the class, Penn State added a surprise commitment from a blue-chip wide receiver.