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Cindy Li, Delaware Valley High School Cindy Li is much more than Delaware Valley High School’s 2018-19 valedictorian. She’s a National Merit Scholarship finalist and made it to district band, district orchestra and regional band and orchestra competitions

WILKES-BARRE Expect lengthy W-B detour A detour scheduled to be put in place next week will increase the travel time to Wilkes-Barre General Hospital and nearby locations for some. A major access point to Wilkes-Barre and Plains Twp. from the Back Mountai

Gov. Tom Wolf designated Blakely, Jessup and part of Scranton as “opportunity zones” under a new federal tax-incentive program intended to spur economic development. The designations, which stem from President Donald Trump’s tax-cut program, will allow bu

WILKES-BARRE — A Hudson man baby-sitting a friend’s infant got into a fight and car crash before abandoning the child at a local toy store this week, according to city police. Thomas Heath Himlin Jr., 24, of 104 Union St., is accused of leaving the baby w

With the 2017-18 school year nearing a close, the Scranton School District teachers union is still uncertain how many teachers will lose their jobs come September. “As of this moment in time we have not been told the names of any of the teachers,” Scranto

PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS n Paul S. Dmuchoski and Dolores A. Karcheski, Elmhurst Twp., to Dredge Management LLC, New Jersey; a property at Emerald Drive, Throop, for $295,000. n Robert and Rosemary Fisher, Dalton, to Martin and Amy Fotta; a property at 118 S.

Clarks Green Go green: Go Green festival, Saturday, May 19, 10-2p.m., vendors, exhibits, entertainment, recycling stations, food, recycled craft table, on the green in front of Abington Heights Administration Building, East Grove Street. Contact: clarksgr

A therapist admitted to Medicare fraud Friday for submitting paperwork that he treated students at two elementary schools without performing the work. Phillip J. Kuna, 39, of Clarks Summit, pleaded guilty to Medicaid fraud, theft by deception and tamperin

May 5, 1968 Couples in relationship study Researchers at Penn State University looking into the relationships of 1,000 recently married couples were working with county marriage license bureaus to find 250 couples in each corner of the state. In the north

A confidential informant killed after police say she set up a drug dealer for arrest was declared incompetent to care for herself in 2015, court records show. The handling of the case of Nina Jean Gatto raises questions about how carefully authorities scr