2020
25,616 articles
H.S. Football: Hazleton Area’s Matthew Cusatis, Williamsport’s Nassir Jones named all-state
The Wyoming Valley Conference had two players selected to the Pennsylvania Football Writers All-State team in Class 6A on Wednesday.

Feeling ‘a little like Santa Claus’
Fourteen-year-old Juliet Price of Sweet Valley felt a little like Santa Claus as she quietly entered the hallways of the Meadows Apartments in Dallas and left gift bags, not only for her grandmother

Wolf seeks $145M fund shift to help businesses with pandemic
HARRISBURG Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday proposed spending $145 million in a worker s compensation fund to help the state s businesses cope with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

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326 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Luzerne County; 9,605 statewide
WILKES-BARRE The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Wednesday reported 326 new cases of COVID-19 in Luzerne County and the death count has reached 413.

Wilkes-Barre man arrested after video allegedly shows him improperly touching girl
WILKES-BARRE Luzerne County detectives and city police arrested Joshua Edwards, 26, after a woman discovered videos on his laptop computer allegedly showing him improperly touching a young girl.

Susquehanna River to crest at 30.5 feet Saturday, topping major flood stage
The high water predicted for Christmas will get higher over the weekend pushing the Susquehanna River to a predicted crest of 30.5 feet and into the major flooding stage, the Middle Atlantic River For