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Rosie Yanchulis was honored for 10 years of service at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport.

Airport starting to see better days, as numbers increase slightly

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Aubriella Wojnarski, 10, demonstrates the handwriting skills that won her a Grand National Championship title at Lehman Jackson Elementary School. Her grip is unorthodox, but her penmanship is impeccable. Mark Guydish | Times Leader

The write stuff: Lake-Lehman student nabs national cursive championship

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Collins denies sexual assaults while testifying at trial

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Wilkes-Barre City Council Thursday met in a joint live and virtual combined session. Council Chairman Bill Barrett, left, was at City Hall with staff from the Clerk’s Office and the four other council members participated remotely due to the coronavirus. The public was provided an online feed. Jerry Lynott | Times Leader

Smooth sailing for proposed preservation ordinance in WB

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Kaufer

Rep. Kaufer’s mental health parity legislation goes to governor’s desk

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Wolf announces plan to waive liquor license fees for restaurants, bars

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Sen. Yudichak lauds passage of Senate Bill 94

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Moderator Kristen Welker of NBC News speaks before the second and final presidential debate Thursday at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. Patrick Semansky | AP photo

Final Trump-Biden debate marked by clashes but less chaos

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Activists opposed to the confirmation of President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, dressed as characters from ‘The Handmaid’s Tale,’ protest at the Supreme Court on Thursday in Washington. Jose Luis Magana | AP photo

GOP-led Senate panel advances Barrett as Democrats boycott

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Trump supporters, including a Japanese contingent affiliated with a Wayne County religious sect, are seen outside Penn Place in Wilkes-Barre on Thursday afternoon. Jerry Lynott | Times Leader

Trump supporters from Japan ratchet up volume at WB rally

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Luzerne County is extending the hours for voters to drop off their completed Nov. 3 general election mail ballots at the county’s Penn Place Building in downtown Wilkes-Barre. File photo

Luzerne County extending hours for mail ballot drop off

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Hanover Township police detain man in middle of busy intersection

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Police searching for ‘Bone Daddy’ on drug trafficking charges

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112 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Luzerne County; 1 new...

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Biden

VP Joe Biden to hold rally at Dallas High School Saturday...

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Luzerne County’s administration wants to use federal coronavirus funding to add a medical observation area above the sally port at the county prison on Water Street in Wilkes-Barre, which is shown here. Times Leader file photo

Luzerne County coronavirus-funded prison projects under discussion

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Nearly 1,600 heroin/fentanyl packets found during search of Nanticoke apartment

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U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, right, in his office with U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett. Photo courtesy of Office of U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey

Toomey will vote to confirm Barrett

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Nancy Potsko, 36, is seen during her battle with breast cancer, which was diagnosed earlier this year. Courtesy Nancy Potsko

Nanticoke mom, 36, on road to recovery after lingering bump diagnosed...

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Luzerne County up to 66,400 mail ballots issued

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Joe Rinkus, left, a partner with 140 Hazle Street Properties LLC, the owner of the building on Hazle Street in Wilkes-Barre where a methadone clinic was proposed, shows a site plan to attorney Mark McNealis, representing clinic operator Pinnacle Treatment Centers, at the Wilkes-Barre Zoning Hearing Board’s meeting Wednesday night. Jerry Lynott | Times Leader

WB Zoning Hearing Board denies application for Hazle St. methadone clinic

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Superintendent: WVW high school closed rest of week due to 2...

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Democrats to boycott Barrett vote, Senate GOP pushes ahead

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Defense witnesses’ claims at odds with alleged rape victims’ claims in...

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