WILKES-BARRE — Standing next to a Scranton woman who survived being shot 12 times in 1972, Gov. Josh Shapiro rallied support at the Luzerne County Courthouse for his proposal to increase budget funding for law enforcement to prosecute gun violence. Read moreShapiro touts funding proposal to prosecute gun crimes in Luzerne County with Scranton shooting survivor 💬
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has awarded grants totaling more than $1 million to extend one trail and connect two others in L… Read morePennDOT awards $1 million to connect, extend trails in Luzerne County 💬
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 💬
WILKES-BARRE — The Luzerne County Board of Elections scheduled a public hearing for 1 p.m. Friday regarding challenges to 13 provisional ballo… Read moreElection board schedules Friday hearing on challenged ballots in 117th District state House race 💬
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 💬
The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency awarded $2.36 million to Luzerne County public schools in competitive school safety and s… Read moreLuzerne County public schools get $2.36M in safety grants 💬
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 💬
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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… 💬
The Pennsylvania Game Commission has a new executive director. 💬
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. 💬
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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 💬
From the time he stepped on the court for the Dallas Mountaineers as a freshman, Mikey Cumbo brought high expectations. Though there was a tremendous learning curve to navigate that season, he… Read moreBOYS BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Dallas' Mikey Cumbo 💬
Lake-Lehman softball hit two milestones Tuesday afternoon. Read moreTUESDAY'S HS ROUNDUP: Chipego, Finarelli hit milestones in the win 💬
Wilkes University's home game with the University of Scranton baseball team was suspended in the top of the fifth inning with Scranton leading, 6-5. The game is scheduled to resume Wednesday a… Read moreLOCAL COLLEGE: Wilkes, Scranton baseball suspended due to rain 💬
Caleb Durbin worked a walk and Everson Pereira was hit by a pitch in the eighth inning to give the RailRiders some breathing room in a 7-6 victory Tuesday over the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp at… Read moreRailRiders outduel Jumbo Shrimp in series opener 💬
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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 rush of news coverage following the death last week of O.J. Simpson brought back memories of the media frenzy that surrounded his arrest a… Read moreThe O.J. trial and the case for cameras in the courtroom 💬
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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