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Sixty-eight percent of businesses that are members of the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce have hired or added new positions during the past year, according to results of the chamber’s Government Affairs Committee survey. The committee conducts a

HANOVER TWP. — An assistant coach for the Lackawanna Lightning travel softball team was charged Monday with having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl. Charles Steven Kearney, 52, of 1705 Capouse Ave., Scranton, is accused of having repeated sex

WILKES-BARRE — The Dallas School District is appealing an arbitration ruling to reinstate a high school technology teacher terminated last year and pay him back lost wages. The district fired Scott Zedar in February 2017 for not disclosing a 2009 resignat

Just in time for summer travel, The Crossings Premium Outlets in Tannersville will welcome five new retailers — Bath & Body Works Outlet, Old Navy Outlet, Kitchen Collection, Cronin’s Irish Cottage and Juicy and Smoothie Café — within the next few months.

Ted Geffert retired as superintendent of the Crestwood School District in 2004, but he continued taking college courses to learn more about computers and technology. He did it in part because his son works in the internet-security field and he also consid

Last year, they forgot a ‘u’ and directed people to the Luzerne County ‘Courthose.’ Now, the folks tasked with proofreading the new local wayfinding signs along the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor added an ‘e’ to the namesake of downtown Wilk

Three people from Indiana are charged with holding up a Scranton pharmacy early Monday morning at gunpoint then binding the clerk to make their getaway, police said. Coreon House, 20, Rashad Coleman, 24, and Nicola Dunlap, 21, all of Indianapolis, were ca

Wilkes University launched a $3.3 million campus enhancement project Monday. The project combines university resources with state Department of Community and Economic Development funds to beautify the campus and surrounding neighborhood, while improving p

WILKES-BARRE — The Luzerne County Blighted Property Review Committee is planning a workshop that will help elected officials and the public understand the committee’s mission. “I still think there’s a lot of confusion out there,” committee Chairman Harry

A story about overdose victim Heather Hoffmaster in Sunday’s edition requires a correction in regard to the custody of her children, Josh, 10, and Amari, 3. Both are in the custody of Heather’s father, Michael Hoffmaster, and his wife, Stephanie, of Drums