DEER LAKE — A group of fourth graders from a Philadelphia elementary school made their first-ever trip to Fighter’s Heaven on Wednesday, thanks to a charity operated by the camp’s owner. Read moreCharity funds trips to Fighter’s Heaven for Philadelphia elementary students 💬
The Crayola art company is searching for Marlene, a girl who grew up in Luzerne County. Read moreCrayola seeks help in finding 1990s child artist from Shickshinny school 💬
STATE COLLEGE — Penn State Health will discontinue its troubled liver and kidney transplant programs amid scrutiny from federal regulators. Th… Read morePenn State Health discontinues kidney and liver transplant programs, citing ‘ongoing challenges’ and federal scrutiny 💬
Fewer mail ballots were rejected for voter errors overall in this year’s primary election, a Votebeat and Spotlight PA analysis shows, an achi… Read moreRedesigned envelope leads to fewer rejected mail ballots, but a new type of error sticks out 💬
SHENANDOAH — The 80 graduating seniors from Shenandoah Valley High School’s Class of 2024 received their diplomas Friday at the school’s first… Read more80 graduate from Shenandoah Valley 💬
ORWIGSBURG — Call it the long blue line — 220 students in blue caps and gowns with white cuffs — making its way from Blue Mountain High School… Read moreBlue Mountain graduates told to pour their hearts into life at commencement 💬
Seventy-four students left the gymnasium at Marian Catholic High School on Friday night as graduates “prepared for our missions” and grounded … Read more74 Marian Catholic graduates 'prepared for our missions' 💬
Tri-Valley Junior/High School graduated 75 seniors at Friday’s commencement exercises at the Bulldog Stadium in Hegins. Read moreTri-Valley graduates 75 from senior class 💬
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PINE GROVE — While addressing her fellow graduating seniors from Pine Grove Area’s Class of 2024, Keily Chavez-Zunun took a moment to acknowle… Read moreLate Pine Grove Area student remembered during commencement exercises 💬
MINERSVILLE — Saying it will have an “immediate effect,” the Most Rev. Alfred A. Schlert, bishop of the Diocese of Allentown, blessed the new … Read moreCatholic Charities food truck to have 'immediate effect' in Schuylkill County 💬
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS — The 168 graduating seniors at North Schuylkill were told Thursday to continue to work toward surmounting the obstacles they… Read moreNorth Schuylkill students told to keep striving 💬
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Ignoring foreboding clouds, Schuylkill Haven Area High School forged ahead and held its commencement Wednesday on Rotary Field. Read moreSchuylkill Haven Area graduates 70, despite foreboding clouds 💬
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DUNKIRK, New York — Meeting a fellow angler for the first time, I assumed he was making a joke when he asked if the fish I had boated would be… Read moreOUTDOORS: Walleye action is heating up, and most anglers target these fish for tablefare 💬
WILKES-BARRE — Growing at a rate of one inch per day, whitetail deer antlers represent the fastest growing tissue known to man. Right now, buc… Read moreOUTDOORS: Amazing Antlers – Differences in deer décor depends on does, diets and DNA 💬
FORESTVILLE — Brett Kressley has spent the start to the 2024 season trying to figure out how to return to Victory Lane at Big Diamond Speedway. Read moreLOCAL RACING: Change of cars boosts Kressley to Big Diamond victory 💬
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ALLENTOWN — Massimo Rizzo walked into the empty locker room just behind the Phantoms bench at the PPL Center in Allentown earlier this month. Read moreRizzo aims to show he can make the jump from NCAA champion to the Flyers 💬
PINE GROVE — Blue Mountain’s late spark on offense was enough for the Eagles to prevail over Northwestern Lehigh, winning their second-consecu… Read moreD-11 SOFTBALL: Blue Mountain secures second straight 4A title 💬
Amazon sells its premier membership program with the slogan: “There’s more to Prime. A truckload more.” Read moreElected officials, regulators must protect the public interest in Amazon deal
The resegregation of America’s public schools has led to the same inequitable public education funding that prompted the 1954 U.S. Supreme Cou… Read more70 years after ‘Brown v. Board of Education,’ fair school funding is the only way to counter ongoing segregation
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