2020
25,616 articles
Geisinger 65 staff receives visually impaired accessibility training
KINGSTON The Geisinger 65 Forward Health Center received special visually impaired accessibility training from representatives of Northeast Sight Services on Wednesday afternoon.

Nearing 90, Bonczewski celebrating 75 years repairing shoes
WILKES-BARRE Like he has for some 75 years, Tony Bonczewski was repairing shoes Wednesday in his shop in the Bicentennial Building on Public Square.

Inmate charged with threatening woman
WILKES-BARRE An inmate at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility awaiting a trial on charges he assaulted his girlfriend was arraigned Wednesday on allegations he threatened to harm her and anothe
Wolf proposes minimum wage increase for sixth time
WILKES-BARRE Gov. Tom Wolf on Tuesday joined legislators and workers to renew his call to raise Pennsylvania s minimum wage to $12 an hour with a pathway to $15.

W-B Area rookie team nabs Robotics honors
WILKES-BARRE Call him Robot 17596. It s new, it s inexperienced, and it s a bit of an upstart. Robot 17596 and 20 Wilkes-Barre Area STEM Academy students went up against 23 other teams from seven sta

Pittston man will be Rep. Cartwright’s guest at State of the Union
PITTSTON In 2016, Pittston resident Ben Tielle suffered a heart attack and underwent open heart surgery.
“Eurydice” heads to LA Opera and then Met

Jurassic World coming to Mohegan Sun Arena in November
WILKES-BARRE TWP. This November, dinosaurs like Velociraptor Blue and Tyrannosaurus Rex will again roam the earth, well, at least inside the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza.

Grandson charged with killing grandfather
WILKES-BARRE State police Wednesday formally charged 19-year-old Joshua Bacon in causing the death of his grandfather, George Bacon, inside their Ross Township home last week.