2020
25,616 articles
Your view: Work-zone speed cameras don’t work
Work-zone speed cameras are part of an enforcement-for-profit scheme adopted by the Pennsylvania Legislature to furnish a reliable, constant stream of driver s money into special interests and govern

Jay Ambrose: How to dislodge Trump
It could almost have been Saturday Night Live, satire intended for giggles instead of what was hypocritically intended. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave a speech about impeaching President Trump and

Video: MLK’s blueprint celebrated at King’s College event
WILKES-BARRE Even the cookies on trays outside the room had icing arrows on them, reflecting the theme of Monday s Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at King s College: Moving Forward.

Solar project may be coming to Hanover Township site
A New Jersey company is exploring a solar farm with panels designed to float in the flood-prone Breslau Reservoir in Hanover Township.

Our view: Bring back Rocky Glen? Why not?
Those of us of a certain age remember the place well.
Three arrested after car ends up in creek
HAZLE TWP. A Hazleton man drove his 2002 GMC Denali into a creek during a pursuit with state police on Hazle Township Boulevard on Sunday, according to a news release.

Decision on sale/lease of Wilkes-Barre sewer system expected by end of March
WILKES-BARRE In a move to further distance himself from the previous administration, Mayor George Brown said he s disconnecting a decision on the sale or lease of the city s sewer system from an upc

As trial nears, Trump lawyers call impeachment case ‘flimsy’
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump s legal team asserted Monday that he did absolutely nothing wrong, calling the impeachment case against him flimsy and a dangerous perversion of the Constituti

Super Bowl a tossup at legal sports books
LAS VEGAS (AP) Even the bookies are having a problem figuring out a favorite in the Super Bowl.

Area students nominated for appointments to service academies
SCRANTON U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright proudly announced the students from Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties nominated for appointments to attend the United States Service Academies. Each student nominate