Scranton police are asking motorists to avoid travel downtown today, when President Joe Biden returns to his boyhood hometown to kick off a three-day campaign swing across the state. Read moreBiden to address tax policy in Scranton, police ask motorists to avoid downtown travel 💬
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LUZERNE — Water flow was almost entirely restored to Toby Creek on Monday after a mine subsidence Sunday morning sent its waters into undergro… Read moreWater flow restored to Toby Creek in Luzerne after mine subsidence 💬
Luzerne County officials will need to find a funding source to pay for remediation of mold found in the chambers of Judge Lesa Gelb at the cou… Read moreLuzerne County will pay for mold remediation in judge's chambers at courthouse 💬
WILKES-BARRE — Dozens of volunteers scoured Nesbitt Park on Saturday to clean it up for Earth Day and planted trees to help keep the Susquehan… Read moreVolunteers plant trees, clean up Nesbitt Park for Earth Day event 💬
A federal grand jury last week indicted four Luzerne County residents — including one of Hugo Selenski’s co-defendants in a 2003 double-homici… Read moreProsecutors: Selenski homicide co-defendant snared in federal drug, gun case six months after parole expires 💬
Tuesday is the deadline to apply for a mail-in or absentee ballot for the April 23 primary election in Pennsylvania. Read moreTuesday is deadline to request mail ballot for April 23 primary 💬
Wilkes-Barre public works employees were busy sprucing up Public Square last week in anticipation of numerous events slated for the prominent … Read moreWilkes-Barre DPW preps Public Square for year full of events 💬
SCRANTON — Innaaya Qaiser spent part of her Saturday extracting DNA from strawberries, as part of an event aimed at exposing girls to the fie… Read moreGirls in Science program exposes students to medical, science fields 💬
The Luzerne County Flood Protection Authority is set to vote Tuesday on a policy that would regulate the use of electric bicycles on the path … Read moreFlood protection authority to vote on e-bike policy Tuesday; stops short of outright ban 💬
The trial for two men accused of abducting and sexually assaulting a teenage girl in Luzerne Borough is on hold until one of the defendants le… Read moreKidnapping case delayed by defendant's federal conviction 💬
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to … Read moreOpioid settlement cash a boon to Pa. prosecutors but public defenders are being turned away 💬
SWOYERSVILLE — A day after a mine subsidence drained Toby Creek in Luzerne, a suspected mine subsidence opened up in a residential section of … Read moreDEP investigating ground collapse behind Swoyersville home 💬
To showcase the area’s many artists, In Concert With The Arts presented its Spring Showcase on Sunday. The event included many local emerging … Read morePHOTOS: Spring showcase celebrates the arts 💬
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SWOYERSVILLE — A day after a mine subsidence drained Toby Creek in Luzerne, a suspected mine subsidence opened up in a residential section of … 💬
To showcase the area’s many artists, In Concert With The Arts presented its Spring Showcase on Sunday. The event included many local emerging … 💬
MOOSIC — An ammonia leak Monday morning at a meal preparation facility prompted the evacuation of 105 employees and sent 14 people to area hos… 💬
Wyoming Seminary held its annual International Dinner on Sunday at its Upper School campus. The event featured representation from 40 countrie… 💬
“Agnes,” a documentary film that chronicles the Agnes Flood of 1972 and its impact on the Wyoming Valley, will be screened June 21 at the Mill… 💬
Luzerne County Community College’s AllOne Recovery Educational Institute (AERI) hosted a Collegiate Recovery Day event Monday at the college’s… 💬
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Nanticoke Area scored three runs in the top of the 10th inning to break a tie and defeat Lake-Lehman, 6-3, in a Wyoming Valley Conference baseball game Monday. Read moreHS BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Nanticoke Area defeats Lake-Lehman in 10 innings 💬
Three goals in the third period enabled the Hershey Bears to defeat the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, 4-1, on Sunday at the Giant Center, snapping the Penguins’ season-high, seven-game winni… Read moreHershey halts Pens' win streak 💬
Connor Maryniak hit and pitched the Misericordia University baseball team to a 7-4 win over FDU-Florham as the Cougars completed a series sweep Sunday at Tambur Field. Read moreLOCAL COLLEGE ROUNDUP: Misericordia baseball team completes sweep of FDU-Florham 💬
At Gibby Field, Drew Cisney scattered four singles over five innings and worked around four walks to help Holy Redeemer defeat Valley View, 3-1, in a nonleague game on Sunday afternoon. Read moreHoly Redeemer picks up baseball victory over Valley View 💬
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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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