Luzerne County Council members critique recommendation to build new Nanticoke/West Nanticoke Bridge

Several Luzerne County Council members expressed displeasure Tuesday with an updated outside consultant report that now recommends building a new Nanticoke/West Nanticoke Bridge over the Susquehanna River instead of mostly replacing the existing one.


			
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Luzerne County Council to discuss King’s College parking lot lease renewal

Luzerne County Council may renew a lease for King’s College to continue using an upper parking lot across from the county courthouse in Wilkes-Barre — but only for two years.


			
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Luzerne County will continue mail ballot deficiency curing for April 23 primary election

As in the past, Luzerne County will attempt to give April 23 primary election mail ballot voters an opportunity to “cure” deficiencies that would prevent their vote from being counted, officials said at this week’s county election board meeting.


			
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Ballot scrolling will be required in Luzerne County study commission race

The names of all 17 Luzerne County study commission candidates won’t fit on one screen of the ballot marking devices in the April 23 primary election, which means scrolling will be required, Acting Election Director Emily Cook announced during Wednesday’s election board meeting.

Pedestrian killed when struck by vehicle in Hazle Township

HAZLE TWP. — State police at Hazleton said a 34-year-old man died as a result of being struck by a vehicle at Harwood Road and Playground Court on Tuesday.


			
				                                Kevin Brobson, the Republican candidate for an open seat on Pennsylvania’s state Supreme Court, leaves with his wife Lauren after they voted at their polling place at Fishing Creek Community Center, Nov. 2, 2021, in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)

Pa. roundup: GOP’s Brobson wins open seat on Supreme Court

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Republican Kevin Brobson was elected Tuesday to serve on Pennsylvania’s highest court, leaving it with a 5-to-2 Democratic majority.


			
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Proposed 2022 Luzerne County budget presentation set for Tuesday

Luzerne County Acting Manager Romilda Crocamo will present her proposed 2022 budget during Tuesday’s county council meeting.


			
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Luzerne County Council vote on back tax clarification required for chamber property sale

After two decades of planning and environmental remediation, the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce is ready to sell the former Poseidon Pools property in Wright Township so it can be developed.


			
				                                FILE - In this March 29, 2018, file photo, the logo for Facebook appears on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York’s Times Square. Facebook prematurely turned off safeguards designed to thwart misinformation and rabble rousing after Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in the 2020 elections in a moneymaking move that a company whistleblower alleges contributed to the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, invasion of the U.S. Capitol.
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Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram suffer worldwide outage

(AP) — Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms were down across wide swathes of the world Monday. Facebook’s internal systems used by employees also went down.

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				                                NFL quarterback Tom Brady, a cast member and producer of “80 for Brady,” looks down the carpet at the premiere of the film, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, at the Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles.
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Tom Brady retires, insisting this time it’s for good

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tom Brady, who won a record seven Super Bowls for New England and Tampa, has announced his retirement.


			
				                                Lori Andrukaitis, right, of Miners Mills, poses for a photo with Doug and Rebecca Mastriano as the state senator and his wife made a campaign stop in Kirby Park on Friday.
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Trump backs Mastriano in GOP gubernatorial race

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump on Saturday endorsed Doug Mastriano in Pennsylvania’s Republican primary for governor, siding with a far-right candidate who was outside the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection and has worked with determination to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

PIAA field hockey: Wyoming Seminary, Wyoming Area win; Hazleton Area falls

Wyoming Seminary and Wyoming Area both advanced in the PIAA Class A state field hockey playoffs on Tuesday.

Hazleton Area field hockey edges Honesdale for program’s first District 2 championship

KINGSTON — Hazleton Area had never reached the top of District 2 field hockey.

Soler, Braves overcome Morton injury, top Astros in Game 1 of World Series

HOUSTON — A healthy swing by Jorge Soler powered the Atlanta Braves to a smashing start in the World Series.


			
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The new American way of getting everything wrong

Compassion is so, so important if civilization is to rise to the heights most of us wish for, but compassion without wisdom can produce Karl Marx communism.

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