WEST PITTSTON – Despite raindrops and falling temperatures, the final day of West Pittston’s Cherry Blossom Festival brought hundreds of area residents to the banks of the Susquehanna River to eat, shop and enjoy entertainment. […]
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A World War II veteran who flew planes for the Navy has received his college degree to a standing ovation 68 years after he took his last class. Ninety-six-year-old Bob Barger […]
John Aciukewicz and his staff at Court Appointed Special Advocates of Luzerne County (CASA) are looking for a few good volunteers. Actually, they’re looking for more than a few. The nonprofit group, which advocates for […]
Luzerne County Chief Public Defender Steven Greenwald is seeking a $100,000 transfer from the county’s 2018 budget reserve to cover the cost of an expert witness and other increased requirements in a death-penalty case. The […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump insisted Friday that “we’re not changing any stories” about the 2016 hush payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels, even as he further muddied the explanation for the settlement by […]
HARRISBURG – State Attorney General Josh Shapiro on Thursday announced that an investigation he is leading has determined 2,960,311 Pennsylvanians’ Facebook data was shared with Cambridge Analytica and other third parties. Facebook provided this estimate […]
WILKES-BARRE — A day before bids are to be opened for the Solomon Creek wall reconstruction, state officials Thursday delivered an additional $1.4 million for the infrastructure project to push the available funding over the […]
WILKES-BARRE TWP. — Authorities were on Nicholson Street investigating a death late Wednesday, Luzerne County Coroner Bill Lisman confirmed. A body was reportedly found in the house at some point last night. Lisman stressed it […]
ASHLEY — A reported abduction at gunpoint in Wilkes-Barre drew police from several departments to a residence in Ashley on Wednesday afternoon. Wilkes-Barre police received a report that an adult was abducted at gunpoint in […]
FORTY FORT — To hear children’s book author Gordon Korman tell it, the first and second grade students he talked to Tuesday still have five years to write their first book. “I wrote my first […]
WILKES-BARRE — Wico van Genderen is pleased Pennsylvania is ranked 9th as a “fun” state. But the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce president/CEO finds it hard to believe the Keystone State didn’t rank higher. “I […]
WILKES-BARRE — While the city has seen a significant resurgence in recent years, the head of the Greater Wilkes-Barre Partnership says there has been a regional economic surge as well. Wico van Genderen, president/CEO at […]
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