2021
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Fewer medals, more heart for US at a most unusual Olympics
TOKYO Kara Winger is the American record-holder in the javelin throw who just wrapped up her fourth Olympics. She has never finished higher than sixth place.

Fans feeling ‘Happy Together’ on Monday night at the Kirby Center
WILKES-BARRE With the Happy Together Tour taking the stage on Monday night, the F.M Kirby Center is officially back.

Giants take Barkley off physically unable to perform list
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. While he isn t in football shape and is unlikely to play in a game anytime soon, star running back Saquon Barkley is back practicing with the New York Giants.

Music City launches a smash hit event in IndyCar return
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Marcus Ericsson thought for sure his car would snap in half as he treated the slowed car in front of him like some sort of Monster Jam ramp and soared through the air and leapfrogge

Hamlin, Larson in dead heat atop NASCAR standings
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. It took five wins by Kyle Larson to catch the most consistent driver in NASCAR s Cup Series this season, but he finally did it.

More Luzerne County residents getting vaccinated as coronavirus hospitalizations rise
As Luzerne County s coronavirus cases and hospitalizations rise, its vaccination rate has inched upward, the latest state statistics show.

Times Leader P.M. Update: Monday, August 9
Kevin Carroll is here with your P.M. Update: Live music returns to the F.M. Kirby Center for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, over a dozen cats have been removed from an Andover Street

Back-to-school checkups are the cornerstone of a healthy school year
WILKES-BARRE Commonwealth Health Physician Network says with home-schooling and hybrid learning disrupting classroom learning for the past 18 months, it s easy to forget what preparing for a normal

Hometown Hero banners going up in Wilkes-Barre
WILKES-BARRE It s taken longer than expected, but the 2021 Hometown Hero banners were being installed Monday throughout the city.

Look Back: BMX racing track at Barney Farms in Wilkes-Barre
In the late 1970s to the mid-1980s, there was a growing popularity of racing bicycles.