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A woman from Glen Lyon, Newport Township, charged by humane officers with the SPCA of Luzerne County of starving a Pit Bull pled guilty to a felony animal cruelty offense in Luzerne County Court.

With Timothée Chalamet’s Bob Dylan riding west on Beach Avenue on his motorcycle, watching Johnny Cash try to pull out of a Victorian-turned-Viking Motel parking spot, then being heartbroken at the ...

A Luzerne County judge dismissed a domestic assault case against Scott Bolton when he was deemed not competent to face charges at trial.

WILKES-BARRE — Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate was up one-tenth of a percentage point over the month to 3.6% in December. Still, the Commonwealth’s rate remained well under the U.S. unemployment rate ...

Lake-Lehman’s Olivia Corcoran guards Holy Redeemer’s Tessa Cegelka as she brings the ball down court in the first quarter. WILKES-BARRE — Lake-Lehman’s Kathryn Morgan woke up just in time Thursday ...

The Senate advanced the nomination of Pete Hegseth as President Donald Trump’s defense secretary Thursday on a largely party-line vote, despite grave objections from Democrats and stirring unease ...

It is a good week to give out nothing but diamonds, perhaps because of many events related to Martin Luther King Jr. day, or perhaps simply because there was a lot of genuinely good news.

The Supreme Court on Thursday revived a requirement that owners of millions of small businesses register with an arm of the Treasury Department charged with fighting money laundering and other ...

A 20-3 edge in the second quarter helped the Crestwood girls basketball team take control en route to a 47-39 win over Dallas on Thursday night, strengthening the Comets’ grip on second place in ...

Mayor George Brown, at Thursday’s regular council meeting, gave an update on efforts to rebuild a local baseball field after it was heavily damaged by a Fourth of July fire last year.

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