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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.