HAZLE TWP. — The Hazleton Area Cyber Academy hosted its first eighth grade graduation ceremony on Tuesday morning at the Laurel Mall. Read moreHazleton Cyber Academy first graduating eighth grade class 💬
The state is providing nearly $931.1 million for school districts to use this year for property tax relief. Read moreState fund for property tax relief up 20% to $931M 💬
Two state agencies will reach out to Hispanic residents of Greater Hazleton this month, starting Wednesday and Thursday with meetings of Penns… Read moreTwo state agencies reach out to Hispanic residents this month in Hazleton 💬
The Pennsylvania House Education Committee passed a bill Tuesday to write into law a plan to add more than $5 billion in basic education fundi… Read moreEducation committee passes bill to add $5B in education funding over 7 years 💬
A former deputy warden at Luzerne County prison now is supervisor of security for the campus of Hazleton Area School District. Read moreHazleton Area schools hire former prison official for campus security 💬
SHENANDOAH — Borough council members officially launched their “war on trash” Tuesday, cleaning up a heavily littered area of town they said h… Read moreVolunteers clean up littered area in Shenandoah; trail cameras to be installed shortly 💬
WILKES-BARRE — Luzerne County Council members got to see first-hand how American Rescue Plan funding they approved is helping to feed at-risk … Read more'Feed the community': County council members see Rescue Plan funding in action 💬
The state Treasury Department has sent refunds to about 31,000 Luzerne County residents who were owed money after the county eliminated its $5… Read moreRefunds issued for overpayment of vehicle registration fee, state treasurer says 💬
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' 💬
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MOOSIC — When he looked behind the scenes at PNC Field, away from the emerald green grass and spacious open concourse that has welcomed fans t… Read moreMajor renovation announced for PNC Field 💬
FOSTER TWP. — If MMI's baseball team had any nerves before its PIAA Class A first-round game, the Preppers certainly didn't show any Monday. Read morePIAA BASEBALL: Preppers breeze into Class A quarterfinals 💬
HAZLE TWP. — The only batted ball that wasn't caught in the bottom of the seventh inning on Monday traveled 70 feet at most. Read morePIAA BASEBALL: Cougars walk off with opening-round win 💬
Given the choice of going for two or settling for one, Hazleton's Swing Club has again opted for the former. Read moreSCOTTY ROMAN AWARD: Guzman, Kupsky, Hoffman earn prestigious honor 💬
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Editor: You know who controls the prices for everything during these post-pandemic times? The big corporations. Their profits have grown by more than 50 percent since the pandemic and they like it like that. 💬
Editor: President Joe Biden just made these comments about his son Hunter's current trial on gun charges, and I paraphrase: The trial is a witch hunt, a sham, the judge is corrupt, we're living in a banana republic, where they could go after a president's son for purely political reasons, on… 💬
Editor: It’s time for yet another reckoning in American politics. It’s often said the Founding Fathers would be rolling in their graves if they saw what goes on in American politics today. I say, nonsense. I think they’d be cheering us on. Sure, they’d have an objection here and there, but t… 💬
Editor: It was with great interest that I read the front page article on homelessness in our region (June 2). I could not put the paper down until I had completely read the entire article. Thank You to staff writers Jim Lockwood and Geri Gibbons for laying the situation out so plainly. 💬
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