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- ‘Shopkins Live!’ to take stage at F.M. Kirby Center in downtown Wilkes-Barre
Wednesday - 09/27/2017 - 12:58 PMAn internationally popular toy brand has become the basis for a theatrical production that is touring the United States and making a stop in Wilkes-Barre.
“Shopkins Live!,” a show tailored around the Australian-created Moose Toys phenomenon Shopkins, will take the stage at 6:30 p.m.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Stars of HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’ Kit Harington, Rose Leslie are engaged
Wednesday - 09/27/2017 - 10:59 AMLONDON — Kit Harington and his former “Game of Thrones” on-screen romantic partner, Rose Leslie, are engaged.
A formal notice published in the Times of London newspaper today announced the upcoming marriage of “Mr K.C.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Police: 17-year-old stole over $4,000 in goods from Wilkes-Barre Twp. store
Wednesday - 09/27/2017 - 12:06 PMWILKES-BARRE TWP. — A 17-year-old female from Wilkes-Barre has been charged with stealing over $4,000 in goods from Kohl’s.
Wilkes-Barre Township Police responded to the department store just after 5 p.m.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Local BMX racers earn rankings at state championships in Pittsburgh
Wednesday - 09/27/2017 - 06:00 AMLocal BMX racers from Cedar BMX, Clarks Summit, earned top state rankings at the State Championship BMX race in Pittsburgh on Aug. 26.
Pictured, back row, from left, are Nick Brajuka, Peckville; Gavin Cook, Tamaqua; Keenan Cook, Tamaqua.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Puerto Rico emerges from storm; water and some food scarce
Wednesday - 09/27/2017 - 06:00 AMSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Supermarkets are gradually re-opening in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico but the situation is far from normal and many customers are going home disappointed.
Most food stores and restaurants remain closed.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Dallas boys soccer erases early deficit to beat Wyoming Valley West
Tuesday - 09/26/2017 - 10:20 PMDALLAS TWP. — Aside from a one-goal win over Tunkhannock on Sept. 19, the Dallas boys soccer team hadn’t faced adversity like it would Tuesday night against Wyoming Valley West.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Auditor General’s goal is to keep at-risk children safe
Tuesday - 09/26/2017 - 08:49 PMWILKES-BARRE — Tony Bellizia will never forget the day.
Bellizia has been a caseworker at Luzerne County Child and Youth Services on Pennsylvania Avenue for nearly two years.
In August of 2016, Bellizia and a co-worker went to a home in Wilkes-Barre to remove two young children because the father was using drugs.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Puerto Rico’srecovery needsTrump’s leadership
Tuesday - 09/26/2017 - 06:51 PMThe following editorial was written by Bloomberg View editors:
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Puerto Rico’s electric grid is down. The destruction of cellphone towers has rendered smartphones dumb. Roads have been washed away, a crucial dam has burst, hospitals are crippled.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Wilkes-Barre faces 20 years in jail for robberies of cab drivers
Tuesday - 09/26/2017 - 05:48 PMWILKES-BARRE — Two brothers accused of a string of robberies against taxi drivers pleaded guilty on separate charges on Monday.
Ibn McClain, 17, of Wilkes-Barre, pleaded guilty to two counts of robbery in connection to the 2015 thefts, in addition to a count of aggravated assault and other charges against him.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - College Corner: Crestwood’s Pitman scoring big goals for Susquehanna
Tuesday - 09/26/2017 - 06:29 PMThe Susquehanna field hockey team started this season with a 4-4 record and Hunter Pitman has the game-winning goal in all four of the victories.
The sophomore attack, a Crestwood grad, posted her winning goals in a 4-3 overtime victory over Wilkes on Sept.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- More Wilkes-Barre police officers disciplined, union and mayor confirm
Wednesday - 09/27/2017 - 01:18 PMWILKES-BARRE — Three more city police officers face suspensions in the latest round of disciplines that has prompted some city council members to call for an independent review of the department.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Wilkes-Barre Police: 15 trespassed on man’s property; one urinated on patio
Wednesday - 09/27/2017 - 11:20 AMWILKES-BARRE — Police are investigating reports that a group of people trespassed on a man’s property in the city, with one of the suspects allegedly urinating on the patio.
Police responded to a home on North Main Street in Wilkes-Barre on Sept.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pumpkin bread French toast rings in the autumn season
Wednesday - 09/27/2017 - 06:00 AMThere are some major misconceptions about brunch, like that it’s just an excuse for people to drink mimosas and bloody marys before noon. And, well, yes — but the drinks are only the third-best thing about brunch.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- OneSource HR Solutions to hold CASAblanca Gala at F.M. Kirby Center in WB
Wednesday - 09/27/2017 - 06:00 AMOneSource HR Solutions recently donated $10,000 to CASA of Luzerne County, which will hold its second annual CASAblanca Gala on Sept. 28 at the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Amish Cook: Preparation for wedding creates memories with family, friends
Wednesday - 09/27/2017 - 06:00 AMLife has been quite interesting around here these last days and weeks. We certainly haven’t had any worries about getting bored!
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Meyers continues volleyball excitement with win over Crestwood
Tuesday - 09/26/2017 - 09:37 PMWRIGHT TWP. — They slapped hands and celebrated as the screams bounced off the walls of a sauna-like Crestwood gymnasium.
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Really, you can’t blame the Meyers players. It’s been a long time since the Wilkes-Barre school has been in this position: Sitting at 7-1 and in a tie for second in the Wyoming Valley Conference girls’ volleyball standings. - ‘Obamacare’ survives; GOP concedes on last-gasp repeal try
Tuesday - 09/26/2017 - 09:16 PMWASHINGTON — “Obamacare” lives on.
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Senate Republicans, short of votes, abandoned their latest and possibly final attempt to kill the health care law Tuesday, just ahead of a critical end-of-the-week deadline. - Their view: NFL players should respect nation that has blessed them
Tuesday - 09/26/2017 - 06:56 PMI’m sure they are mightily proud of themselves, these athletes choosing to vent their frustrations through derision of the nation and its symbols.
For the record, all pampered millionaires are free to register whatever distaste they wish for America or any president of their choosing, on their own time.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Fired Wilkes-Barre officer denied unemployment appeal, hired at LCCF in February
Tuesday - 09/26/2017 - 06:20 PMA former Wilkes-Barre police officer disciplined multiple times and ultimately fired for pulling out his loaded gun and saying he would kill himself if he was sent back to night shift lost his appeal to collect unemployment compensation.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Indian judge acquits prominent man of rape, saying a ‘feeble no’ may mean ‘yes’ to sex
Tuesday - 09/26/2017 - 05:03 PMIn a case that has revived the debate in India over the meaning of consent in rape cases, a high-court judge there has set aside the rape conviction of a prominent Indian actor and director, saying a “feeble no” may mean a “yes” to sex.
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- Attorney: Louisville has ‘effectively fired’ Rick Pitino
Wednesday - 09/27/2017 - 01:04 PMLOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville has placed coach Rick Pitino and athletic director Tom Jurich on administrative leave amid a federal bribery investigation.
Interim university President Greg Postel said at a news conference Wednesday that Jurich is on paid leave, while Pitino is on unpaid leave.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Entercom Communications agrees to sell ‘Froggy’ radio station
Wednesday - 09/27/2017 - 11:38 AMEntercom Communications Corp. has announced it has entered into an agreement to divest three stations to Educational Media Foundation (EMF), including WGGI-FM 95.9 — “Froggy” — in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Entercom also agreed to sell KSWD-FM 100.3 in Los Angeles and KSOQ-FM 92.1 in San Diego.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Philadelphia police probe two sexual-assault reports at Temple
Wednesday - 09/27/2017 - 08:42 AMPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police say they’re investigating two sexual-assault reports on or near the Temple University campus.
According to police, four sexual assaults have been reported this school year, with the two most recent coming on Friday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Happy birthday Kayla Elizabeth Barnard!
Wednesday - 09/27/2017 - 06:00 AMKayla Elizabeth Barnard, daughter of Kevin and Heather Barnard, of Dallas, is celebrating her 10th birthday today, Sept. 27, 2017. Kayla is the granddaughter of Robert and Alberta Barnard, of Luzerne, and Edward and Harriet Posluszny, of Plymouth.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Scranton Fringe Festival hosts a variety of productions throughout downtown
Wednesday - 09/27/2017 - 06:00 AMIf you think about Lady Macbeth’s famous cry and turn it around in your head for a while, “Out, damned spot!” just might lead you to a laundromat.
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That’s where playwright David Parmelee, of Shavertown, has placed Rachel and Sam, two actors with small roles in the Scottish play who steal away from a theater to wash some clothes — and maybe get to know each other better, and maybe start to channel some of the major “Macbeth” roles — in the laundromat next door. - Luzerne County to proceed with suit against opioid manufacturers and wholesale distributors
Tuesday - 09/26/2017 - 10:08 PMLuzerne County will initiate litigation against prescription opioid manufacturers and wholesale distributors attempting to make them pay for the drug epidemic’s drain on county finances and resources, a council majority decided Tuesday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Activists hold demonstration to “defend healthcare”
Tuesday - 09/26/2017 - 09:00 PMWILKES-BARRE — Rebecca Zukauskas has a 4-year-old daughter with Autism, who relies on Medicaid to pay for speech therapy.
The therapy sessions would cost her and her husband $400 per month if they did not have Medicaid for their daughter.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Your view: Environment must be protected
Tuesday - 09/26/2017 - 07:51 PMHere we are in September with the Pennsylvania budget still unfinished.
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While I am not surprised by this lack of progress, I am concerned that some of our elected officials have been willing to include devastating anti-environmental legislation in budget bills to date. - Tom Mele blazing an unconventional path through the pro hockey ranks
Tuesday - 09/26/2017 - 06:05 PMWILKES-BARRE — Tom Mele’s approach to media interviews is the same as the way he does things on the ice: direct.
The 31-year old forward signed a deal with the Wheeling Nailers this summer and now he’s in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s training camp trying to make an impression.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Negotiations between Dallas School District and teachers’ union stalled
Tuesday - 09/26/2017 - 05:04 PMDALLAS TWP. — The Dallas School District does not have much left to offer the teachers’ union, district Solicitor Vito DeLuca said Tuesday.
The school board and Dallas Education Association members met for 45 minutes Tuesday afternoon, but no proposals were exchanged.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share