WILKES-BARRE — The rock band Starship, featuring Mickey Thomas, will be landing downtown in August to perform a free concert on Public Square. Read moreStarship to perform free concert on Public Square in Wilkes-Barre 💬
WILKES-BARRE — Standing next to a Scranton woman who survived being shot 12 times in 1972, Gov. Josh Shapiro rallied support at the Luzerne Co… Read moreShapiro touts funding proposal to prosecute gun crimes in Luzerne County with Scranton shooting survivor 💬
Here’s some good news for PPL customers. Read morePPL to decrease electricity supply prices 💬
A multiday jazz festival returns this weekend to Wilkes-Barre, which lays claim to the first jazz festival in the country. The headliner Satur… Read moreCheck out the Wilkes-Barre Cavalcade of Jazz this weekend 💬
First came a beer trail, then a pizza trail. Now, just in time for summer, ice cream lovers have their own sweet and official trail to follow … Read moreVisit Luzerne County launches Ice Cream Trail web app 💬
The state Transportation Department will hold a public meeting at Wyoming Area Secondary Center on May 8 to present plans for the proposed rep… Read morePennDOT to hold public display of plans for Pittston/West Pittston bridges project on May 8 in Exeter 💬
A Hanover Twp. teenager opened fire at another man during a dispute at the Hilltop Apartments in Edwardsville earlier this year, with a stray … Read moreTeen charged in shooting that narrowly missed family 💬
Five Luzerne County residents interviewed with a county council committee on Tuesday for the citizen seat on the county’s newly formed Commiss… Read moreFive interview for citizen seat on Luzerne County opioid commission 💬
Tova Friedman, one of the youngest survivors of Auschwitz, will tell her story as part of a Yom HaShoah celebration 7 p.m. May 8 at the Friedm… Read moreAuschwitz survivor to tell her story at Friedman JCC 💬
The Pennsylvania Game Commission has a new executive director. Read morePGC has new executive director 💬
Motionless in White, led by frontman and Pittston native Chris Motionless, will return to Northeast Pennsylvania to headline the Scranton/Wilk… Read moreMotionless in White, Apocalypse Fest return to area 💬
Luzerne County Community College will host an opening reception for the 2024 Communication Arts Student Exhibition at the Schulman Gallery on Friday. Read moreLCCC to showcase student artwork at Schulman Gallery 💬
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Motionless in White, led by frontman and Pittston native Chris Motionless, will return to Northeast Pennsylvania to headline the Scranton/Wilk… 💬
Luzerne County Community College will host an opening reception for the 2024 Communication Arts Student Exhibition at the Schulman Gallery on Friday. 💬
Fork Over Love will host five meal distributions in May in communities throughout the region. 💬
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From the time she stepped on the court as a freshman for the Dallas Mountaineers, it was easy to see that for four seasons Molly Walsh would be a problem for the rest of the Wyoming Valley Con… Read moreGIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYER OF YEAR: Dallas' Molly Walsh 💬
TUNKHANNOCK — The thought wasn’t lost on Gianna Adams. Read moreHS SOFTBALL: Adams strikes out 20 in Patriots' win 💬
DALLAS TWP. — Sometimes in a tight game, the toughest out to get is the final out. Along those same lines, when you’re the team looking to delay the last out for as long as possible, putting t… Read moreHS BASEBALL: Hazleton Area rallies past Dallas 💬
The Wyoming Seminary tennis team opened the District 2 Class 2A Team Tournament with a 5-0 win over Dunmore in Wednesday's quarterfinals. Read moreWEDNESDAY'S HS ROUNDUP: Wyoming Seminary advances to Class 2A tennis semifinals 💬
Scranton broke open a tie game with a three-run seventh inning on its way to a 9-7 victory over Wilkes in the continuation of a game suspended Tuesday. Read moreLOCAL COLLEGE: Royals hold off Colonels in Landmark baseball 💬
Clayton Beeter struck out nine over 5⅔ innings and Luis Torrens drove in four runs as the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders beat the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, 5-0, on Wednesday evening at 121 … Read moreTorrens, Beeter lead RailRiders past Jumbo Shrimp 💬
The New York Yankees have a well-earned reputation as an organization that finds diamonds among piles of forgotten relief pitchers on the minor-league free-agent market. Read moreBottom of order providing boost for RailRiders offense 💬
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia 76ers off-court strategy heading into Game 6 of their NBA playoff series is to keep New York Knicks fans out of Wells Fargo Arena on Thursday night. Read more76ers owners buy 2,000 tickets for home playoff game. Aim for fewer Knicks fans in arena for Game 6 💬
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In an election year shaping up to be one of the more consequential in recent memory, Tuesday’s primary features little drama for voters in Nor… Read moreTuesday's low-stakes primaries set the table for November 💬
The fall season once again is upon us, and as All Hallows Eve and All Saints Day approach, so does our fascination with the unexplained. Our area has two nationally known haunts that although they haven’t been in the news for a good while, have divided paranormalists for years. Read moreSeason of 'hauntings' is upon us 💬
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