2021
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Golden, again: US beats France 87-82 for Tokyo title
SAITAMA, Japan Nothing about the summer was easy for the U.S. men s basketball team, and neither was the gold-medal game.
Governor says he won’t require masks in Pennsylvania schools
HARRISBURG Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday ruled out a mask requirement for Pennsylvania schools as the academic year is about to begin, saying he will leave the decision to school districts.
Finalists announced for Young Professionals Awards
WILKES-BARRE It s almost time for the Young Professionals Awards, and now we know who s been nominated.
Woman faces charges for alleged stabbing and drug possession
PLAINS TWP. Police filed assault and drug charges against a woman after she allegedly stabbed a man Thursday night at the Woodspring Suites on Bear Creek Boulevard.
COVID-19 increase looks like another surge, countywide and in ZIP codes
It s starting to look like a full-blown COVID-19 surge in Luzerne County after a week in which the daily counts went from 30 on July 31 to 61 on Friday. The 14-day increase per 100,000 residents, trac
PA Turnpike to close overnight Aug. 8 at Mid-County Interchange
A section of the Northeastern Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike will be closed for five hours Sunday morning for planned roadwork.
Phils win 6th straight, beat Mets to take over NL East lead
PHILADELPHIA Bryce Harper homered, Kyle Gibson pitched six strong innings and drove in the go-ahead run, and the streaking Philadelphia Phillies won their sixth straight game to take over first plac
Aide who says Cuomo groped her files criminal complaint
ALBANY, N.Y. A woman who accused Gov. Andrew Cuomo of groping her breast at the governor s state residence has filed a criminal complaint against him, the Albany County Sheriff s office said Friday.
Plains Twp. Fire Department receives federal grant
The Plains Township Fire Department was awarded a $93,104 federal grant to purchase a system to capture and extract diesel fumes from both firehouses.
A's outfelder Ramón Laureano suspended 80 games
Elmy released from federal prison
WILKES-BARRE With less than a year to go on his sentence, former county corrections counselor and one-time Wilkes-Barre Area School Board President Louis Elmy was released from a federal prison in W
Faye Flam: Not vaccinated? Here’s how you could kill someone’s father
Misinformation, or even mere scientific confusion, can cause a lot of trouble when it appears to come out of the Centers for Disease Control. That is what happened when a leaked CDC document helped se