Here are a few servicemen from Northeast Pennsylvania who shared their D-Day experiences with local media over the years before their deaths. Read moreStories of Northeast Pennsylvania men who took part in D-Day 💬
Thursday Edition | June 6, 2024
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 💬
HAZLE TWP. — They are scholars. Read moreCeremony honors Hazleton Area's distinguished graduates 💬
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 💬
Hazleton Area's Graduation was postponed from Wednesday evening until no earlier than Thursday at 6 p.m. in front of Hazleton Area High School. Read moreHazleton Area graduation postponed until Thursday 💬
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 💬
HAZLETON — Arleen Hiraldo parked her vehicle in front of her mother's house with permission, but it was towed. Read morePA Human Relations Commission hears from Hazleton residents 💬
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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 💬
Drivers can expect a detour on Tank Road in Black Creek Twp. village of Tank around June 24 when contractors start a four-year project to repl… Read moreTank road detour for I-80 bridge rebuild could begin June 24 💬
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 💬
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Gardening has seen significant growth these past handful of years. There are people who strictly garden with outdoor plants and there are othe… 💬
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Most would agree that this spring has been a little cloudy, rainy and cool in Northeast Pennsylvania. But warm, sunny days are soon to come. 💬
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Editor: Back in the 70s, when I was a baseball-besotted youth attending Scranton Central High School, I would wonder across Vine Street to the Albright Library and ransack the book stacks. Specifically the baseball section. There I came across a whole other counter-narrative about the Nation… 💬
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… 💬
Nation & World News
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- Israeli settlers in the West Bank were hit with international sanctions. It only emboldened them
- Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama and Somalia are set to get seats on the UN Security Council
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