2023
9,135 articles
New food truck sets up in downtown WB
WILKES-BARRE For those downtown looking to grab a quick bite to eat, a new food truck has set up shop outside of The Times Leader building on East Market Street.
Public meeting set for Thursday on N. Washington St. bridge replacement
WILKES-BARRE Citizens wishing to find out more information regarding the North Washington Street bridge replacement project can attend the city s public meeting and plans display later this week.
Crestwood wins girls team title at WVC coaches meet; Dallas’ Hedglin takes first
MESHOPPEN Two distinctly different words came to mind for Katie Kozich as she described what it is like for her unbeaten championship Crestwood girls cross country team to square off with Dallas.
Led by Ritz, Hazleton Area boys prevail for WVC coaches meet title
MESHOPPEN Franklin Ritz worked his way to the front of the pack for the Ed Narkiewicz Wyoming Valley Conference Coaches Championship Meet and brought his Hazleton Area teammates with him.
Summit with Arab leaders called off as Biden heads to Israel
WASHINGTON President Joe Biden s efforts to tamp down tensions in the escalating war between Israel and Hamas faced massive setbacks even before he departed for the Middle East on Tuesday, as Jordan
QB Drew Allar heads back home to lead Nittany Lions against Buckeyes
Penn State recruited Drew Allar for games like this.
Proposals would end Pa.’s closed primary system
HARRISBURG Proposals to let independent voters cast ballots in party nomination primaries passed a Pennsylvania House of Representatives committee Tuesday, raising the prospect that changes could pa
Local roundup: Tunkhannock field hockey wins in OT; Abington Heights takes division
Hailey Bartron scored at the 8:53 mark of overtime to lift Tunkhannock to a 2-1 victory over Berwick on Tuesday in Wyoming Valley Conference field hockey play.
LCCC names Yudichak next president
NANTICOKE Luzerne County Community College Board of Trustees took the next big step into LCCC s future during Tuesday s regular meeting, voting to make John Yudichak the next president after current
Prison guard warned that Danilo Cavalcante planned escape a month before he fled, emails show
WEST CHESTER (AP) At least a month before a convicted murderer escaped from a southeastern Pennsylvania prison, eluding a massive manhunt for two weeks before he was recaptured, a prison guard had w
Wyoming Seminary’s Nick Werner wins PIAA Class 2A boys golf championship
Nick Werner played the ideal round of golf for a frontrunner, even if he did not always know for sure that he still held that status.
Microsoft’s Dennis Ellis to speak at Wilkes-Barre Connect Conference Oct. 25
WILKES-BARRE Dennis Ellis, TechSpark Manager at Microsoft, will be the Keynote Spotlight presenter at the 2023 Wilkes-Barre Connect Conference.
Lake-Lehman Band Sponsors plan fall craft fair
The Lake-Lehman Band Sponsors will host their annual Fall Craft Show on Nov. 18, 2023 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Lake Lehman High School, with approximately 100 vendors a silent auction and bake sa
Cowboys win while finally playing a close game, but status as contenders still murky
FRISCO, Texas Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys were in the victory formation after a pair of game-sealing plays from the defense.
Tee Time for Kiel donates $3,000 to Allied Servicesto benefit patients with spinal cord injuries
Recently, Kiel Eigen and Brian Palma, one of the founding members of Tee Time for Kiel and member of the tournament s planning committee, presented Allied Services Integrated Health System with a dona
Homecoming Court named at Lake-Lehman Junior/Senior High School
Mr. Douglas Klopp - Principal of the Lake-Lehman Junior/Senior High School has released the Homecoming Court for the 2023/2024 school year. Lucy Honeywell and Bayne Raspen were crowned Homecoming Quee
Pair charged with obstructing police conducting child welfare check
WILKES-BARRE A man and a woman were arraigned on allegations they obstructed Wilkes-Barre police officers from conducting a welfare check on an 8-year-old girl they believed was the victim of a sexu
Marywood offers exploration days for prospective students
Marywood University in Scranton will host on-campus experiences to help prospective students explore several academic program areas, set to take place throughout the fall semester.
Kilo of cocaine seized during Kingston arrest
KINGSTON Police in Kingston and the Luzerne County Drug Task Force arrested a man from Albany, N.Y., on allegations he delivered a kilogram of cocaine Monday.
With humanitarian aid blocked at Egyptian border, Gaza draws closer to total collapse
RAFAH, Gaza Strip Truckloads of aid idled at Egypt s border with Gaza as residents and humanitarian groups pleaded Monday for water, food and fuel for dying generators, saying the tiny Palestinian t