WILKES-BARRE — Students who participated in the Junior Leadership Northeast (JLNE) program over the past year were honored in a special graduation ceremony on Wednesday at the F.M. Kirby Center for Performing Arts.

In a filing sweep Wednesday, Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas judges outlined their rationale for denying election ballot tallying requests from both Republican 117th House District state representative contenders.

WILKES-BARRE — With surrogates like House Speaker Mike Johnson and Majority Leader Steve Scalise having already been in the area to support Rob Bresnahan, the Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC that is known as the Speakers PAC dedicated to winning a Republican Majority in the House of Representatives, announced on Tuesday that is has reserved $5.6 million for the 8th District race.

PLAINS TWP. — At Wednesday’s Indicators Report presentation, Teri Ooms, president/CEO of The Institute, said the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in spiking unemployment and declines in gross domestic product (GDP) and tourism spending, though strong recovery emerged in 2021 and remains consistent through March 2024.

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“I can buy myself flowers. Write my name in the sand. Talk to myself for hours, yeah. Say things you don’t understand …”

Luzerne County’s new seven-citizen Government Study Commission met for the first time Monday at the county courthouse in Wilkes-Barre to elect officers and briefly discuss organizational matters.

The election board is unlike other Luzerne County boards because its volunteer members put in many full days of unpaid work after every election reviewing ballots, processing write-in votes and addressing other time-sensitive decisions in adjudication.

Over the past decade, skill games have become an increasingly popular form of entertainment.

It was March of 2017 when Penn State first announced plans to renovate Beaver Stadium. Seven years later, it’s finally becoming a reality.

Makayla Brown threw a complete-game shutout, quieting the Wyoming Area bats as Berwick defeated the Warriors 3-0 in a District 2 Class 4A softball quarterfinal on Tuesday.

The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders fell 12-1 to the Syracuse Mets to open their homestand Tuesday night at PNC Field. Oswald Peraza drove in the only run in the ninth inning to help avoid the shutout.

WILKES-BARRE — Five days after striking out nine and shutting out the Western Wayne bats, Anne Carter managed to one-up herself in her second outing against the Wildcats.

NEW YORK — Ty France hit a go-ahead RBI single in Seattle’s four-run ninth inning against reliever Clay Holmes, and the Mariners rallied to beat the New York Yankees 5-4 on Monday night.

FRISCO, Texas — Pete DeBoer has gotten used to deep runs in the NHL playoffs, even though he never takes them for granted. The only thing that could make that any better for the veteran coach would be to win it all.

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark showed her persistence Monday night.

WRIGHT TWP. — After a bit of a sluggish start to Monday’s semifinal contest with Scranton Prep, the Crestwood girls lacrosse team needed a spark.