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WRIGHT TWP. — The Crestwood School Board voted Thursday for a union agreement that will save four teaching jobs and around $500,000 this upcoming school year. The board also proposed a preliminary budget that would increase the property tax rate by 5.5 pe

WILKES-BARRE — A new restaurant supply store is under construction in the city, and a company official says its arrival should help smaller, independent eateries up their profits. Restaurant Depot is expected to open its seventh Pennsylvania store late in

Cops: College kids were harassed WILKES-BARRE — A homeless man was arrested on several charges after he allegedly trespassed and harassed some Wilkes University students. Officers were dispatched to a South Main Street location at about 8:30 a.m. Monday f

WILKES-BARRE — With the state budget process kicking into gear and millions of dollars in funding at stake, child advocates touted the merits of the Childhood Begins at Home campaign at Luzerne County Head Start on Thursday. The campaign emphasizes the im

WILKES-BARRE — A Luzerne woman accused of concocting a story with her boyfriend to win a custody dispute by having a 6-year-old girl lie about being sexually abused was convicted at trial Thursday. After about two hours of deliberations, a jury convicted

The Luzerne Intermediate Unit held its 12th annual Field Day on Thursday at Valley West’s Spartan Stadium. Students with special needs from all over Luzerne County gathered to participate in a day of recreation, fun and games. There were field events, kar

WASHINGTON — In an unusual political twist, a major conservative group is taking aim at U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, the Republican who is the party’s nominee in Pennsylvania’s key U.S. Senate race. Americans for Prosperity, which supports limited government,

The governing board of the West Side Career and Technology Center has scheduled a hearing to determine if a carpentry teacher should be fired for sending “an excessive number of inappropriate text messages” to a student, according to a copy of the hearing

WILKES-BARRE — It’s too late for this year, but some Luzerne County residents and officials hope the county will take part in spraying to kill gypsy moth caterpillars starting in 2019. County council on Tuesday heard Mountain Top residents describe how ba

SCRANTON — A federal grand jury has indicted two men accused of robbing a Plains Twp. bank at gunpoint last week. Gerald Paul Pambianco, 29, of Plains Twp., and Derek Lee Spaide, 26, of Hanover Twp., are now facing federal charges of conspiring to commit