Times Leader Daily Headlines 12-04-2024

12-04-2024

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	Skating with Tux WILKES-BARRE TWP. — Mohegan Arena at Casey Plaza hosted its annual Toys for Tots Open Skate on Tuesday. This special event offers a rare opportunity to skate on the arena’s AHL regulation ice while supporting the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program. Admission was a new, unwrapped toy or a $5 contribution to Toys for Tots.

New Luzerne County road and bridge projects proposed If the money becomes available, Luzerne County’s operational services division is asking council to earmark $3.85 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds to repair a 1.96-mile portion of Lower Demunds Road in Dallas Township and other county-owned infrastructure.

	Utility law will lapse after Pa. legislature deadlocks on expanding consumer protections Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign up for our free newsletters.

	Penn State up to No. 3 in CFP rankings; Carter, Warren win Big Ten honors Win on Saturday, and the situation is pretty straightforward for Penn State.

Miami’s playoff hopes nosedive as Alabama rises in the latest College Football Playoff rankings Miami’s playoff hopes took an all-but-final nosedive while Alabama’s got a boost Tuesday night in the last rankings before the 12-team College Football Playoff bracket is set next weekend.

	H.S. Basketball roundup: Wyoming Valley West girls edge Dallas Thalia Irizarry scored a game-high 21 points and Anya Richet added 13 as Wyoming Valley West defeated Dallas 53-49 Tuesday night in high school girls basketball.

	Older adults need protection from financial abuse by family members A mentor once told me that we take better care of our pets than we do older victims of mistreatment. As a researcher, I have sat across from people, including grown men, crying while recounting harrowing experiences of discovering and confronting elder financial exploitation within their families — by siblings, sons and daughters, nieces and nephews, girlfriends and neighbors.

Tech Talk: Does wearable tech live up to all the hype? One tech trend I’ve always had trouble getting on board with were the so-called “wearables” – smart watches, smart glasses, etc. Smart glasses, they’re pretty much a fad so far. As for smart watches, I get the cool factor, believe me – years ago I had a Pebble watch that was kind of neat, and I had a first-generation Apple Watch, but I’d either forget to wear them, forget to charge them, or just not feel like dealing with them that day.

	Around Town: Region has much to be thankful for As I sat at St. Maria Goretti Church in Laflin on Thanksgiving morning, I thought about everything I had to do that day and for the impending weekend.

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