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Former Luzerne County worker Lisa Price won’t receive funds she paid toward her county pension due to her conviction for stealing funds when she worked as a magisterial district judge clerk, the county Retirement Board decided Wednesday.

In a split vote, a Luzerne County Council majority voted Tuesday to appoint Wilkes-Barre Township Mayor Carl Kuren to the county Convention Center Authority, which oversees the Mohegan Arena in the township.

Philadelphia-based band Low Cut Connie has received its contractually required payment even though it won’t be performing at Luzerne County’s Rockin’ the River Friday, said county Manager Romilda Crocamo.

The frontman of Philadelphia-based band Low Cut Connie is publicly accusing Luzerne County Rockin’ the River promoters of cancelling its Friday night performance due to politics.

Luzerne County Council is set to vote Tuesday on two AFSCME District Council 87 union contract memorandums that update compensation for some positions, according to the voting meeting agenda.

Luzerne County is laying the groundwork for a possible zoning ordinance update.

Luzerne County Council would be reduced from 11 to nine members at the start of 2028 if voters adopt a revised county home rule charter in the Nov. 4 general election, the Government Study Commission drafting the charter decided Thursday.

In This Together NEPA Voting and Elections Manager Beth Gilbert said the organization’s recent survey found 70.8% of Luzerne County voters who responded are unlikely or very unlikely to vote in favor of the proposed charter in the November general election.

Luzerne County Council’s Infrastructure Committee voted Tuesday to recommend a resolution opposing a new PPL transmission line through several rural southern county communities but tabled a decision on advancing another resolution against a plastics plant in Sugarloaf Township.

Flooding from intense rain storms Sunday and Monday blew out a Luzerne County-owned bridge, prompted the evacuation of approximately 30 people at a faith-based camp in Fairmount Township and caused dangerous water pooling on area roadways, officials said.