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Negotiators for the Dallas School District and the teachers union are at odds again after a bargaining session Tuesday night. The last union agreement expired in 2015. Teachers went on strike in 2016 and 2017 and are planning another strike at the beginni

HANOVER TWP. — Police are seeking a driver who pulled away from a gas station with the pump still inserted into his vehicle, causing damage. The man pulled into the Sunoco gas station on the Sans Souci Parkway around 6 p.m. May 23 to get gas, police said.

SCRANTON — A Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning playwright and a renowned furniture designer are among the winners of the 2018 Governor’s Awards for the Arts, which will be given in the Electric City this summer. The highest honors the state presents

Two Starbucks stores in Luzerne County were among more than 8,000 stores nationwide that closed temporarily Tuesday to conduct anti-bias training. A Starbucks store on Wilkes University’s campus in downtown Wilkes-Barre closed at 1:30 p.m. and will reopen

SCRANTON — Magisterial District Judge Paul J. Ware’s decision on whether or not a former Lackawanna County Prison guard will stand trial on charges of sexually abusing an inmate will wait until at least next week. That’s when memos are due addressing thre

For most visitors to Las Vegas, the idea of winning a jackpot is nothing more than a pipe dream. But the odds are currently in favor of one Forty Fort native, all because of his passion for both ice hockey and video games. David Roebuck, 21, will be in Si

NANTICOKE — A police officer has filed a federal labor lawsuit against the City of Nanticoke over 15 hours of overtime pay she said she is owed because officials would not let her go to physical therapy during work. Kara Kroll, who was hired in 2015, alle

WILKES-BARRE — A wanted man allegedly causing a disturbance now has a warrant out charging him with fleeing from police. Officers responded to a report of a disturbance along South Main Street around 2:30 p.m. Monday and encountered James K. Jackson, 30,

Police are looking for the person who shot a pregnant cat that was found wounded over the weekend in Plymouth. An animal rescue group brought the cat to a local veterinarian in the middle of the night Saturday and the animal doctor once again did the work

NANTICOKE — Wyoming Valley Habitat for Humanity is looking for a family that needs a home. The organization is soliciting applications for a “partner family” that will help build a home on what is currently a vacant lot in Nanticoke. The building process