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Lego wars: Bots battle to be best at LCCC robotics camp
News

Lego wars: Bots battle to be best at LCCC robotics camp

· July 30, 2021

NANTICOKE It started with four but had been whittled down to two. The onlookers egged on the competitors.

Our View: Diamonds to return of Osterhout book sale
Opinion

Our View: Diamonds to return of Osterhout book sale

· July 30, 2021

Editor s Note: Starting today, our weekly Diamonds and Coal editorial will appear on Fridays.

Faye Flam: Legitimate pain research is more crucial than ever
Op-Ed · Wire

Faye Flam: Legitimate pain research is more crucial than ever

· July 29, 2021

The damage from the opioid crisis extends beyond the harms of addiction and overdose. Some doctors say it also hurts people with chronic pain by derailing research intended to help them.

Nation/World

Not left out: Yankees get big lefty bats with Gallo, Rizzo

· July 29, 2021
Nation/World

Yankees get Cubs 1B Anthony Rizzo, cash for 2 minor leaguers

· July 29, 2021
Nation/World

AP sources: Lakers acquiring All-Star Westbrook from Wizards

· July 29, 2021
GOP-controlled Tioga County declines election audit request
News · Wire

GOP-controlled Tioga County declines election audit request

HARRISBURG A rural Pennsylvania county formally declined to participate in a forensic investigation of the state s 2020 presidential election sought by backers of former President Donald Trump, de

RailRiders bats come alive late with two homers in ninth to beat Syracuse
Sports

RailRiders bats come alive late with two homers in ninth to beat Syracuse

· July 29, 2021

The RailRiders had no hits through seven innings. They had no runs through eight.

Biden orders tough new vaccination rules for federal workers
News · Wire

Biden orders tough new vaccination rules for federal workers

WASHINGTON President Joe Biden on Thursday announced sweeping new pandemic requirements aimed at boosting vaccination rates for millions of federal workers and contractors as he lamented the Americ

Nation/World

Indians' Francona steps down for rest of season, surgeries

· July 29, 2021
State

Pennsylvania to text people who missed second vaccine shot

· July 29, 2021
Nation/World

Tribes seek order banning digging at Nevada lithium mine

· July 29, 2021
State

County declines election audit without new voting machines

· July 29, 2021
Nation/World

Mariners' Santiago banned 80 games for positive drug test

· July 29, 2021
Senior judge travels from Reading only to continue sentencing hearing in Luzerne County Court
News

Senior judge travels from Reading only to continue sentencing hearing in Luzerne County Court

· July 29, 2021

WILKES-BARRE A senior judge from Berks County traveled to Luzerne County on Thursday only to be compelled to continue a case he was specially appointed to preside over.

Pennsylvania to text people who missed second vaccine shot
News · Wire

Pennsylvania to text people who missed second vaccine shot

· July 29, 2021

HARRISBURG Pennsylvania s Department of Health will carry out a text messaging campaign to encourage roughly 254,000 people in the state to follow through and get the second shot of the two-shot COV

Penn State adds one four-star recruit in Cristian Driver, loses another in Tyreese Fearbry
PSU

Penn State adds one four-star recruit in Cristian Driver, loses another in Tyreese Fearbry

· July 29, 2021

James Franklin spent just one year as receivers coach of the Green Bay Packers. But in that time he made a lifelong friend in Pro Bowl wideout Donald Driver.

CoronaVirus Wire

Nats star Turner tests positive for COVID-19, exits game

· July 29, 2021
Nation/World

Scherzer shines in possible Nats bow; Phils split twinbill

· July 29, 2021
Nation/World

Florida virus cases soar, hospitals near last summer's peak

· July 29, 2021