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A Pennsylvania Lottery Cash 5 ticket that won the $400,000 jackpot was sold in Luzerne County. The ticket matched all five balls drawn, 5-12, 14, 21 and 38 and was sold at Sunoco at 581 Market St., Kingston. Sunoco will earn a $500 bonus for selling the w

PLAINS TWP. — An indoor skatepark soon will open in the Wyoming Valley for the first time in about a decade. Mikki St. Pierre and Jeff Mushell, founders of Keystone Rampworks, said an 11,000-square-foot park where skateboarders, in-line skaters and BMX bi

WILKES-BARRE TWP. — It’s the end of an era. The Sears store and Sears Auto Center at the Wyoming Valley Mall will close. It is the last Sears store in Northeast Pennsylvania. Sears spokesman Howard Riefs confirmed that Sears officials announced to store a

The state Superior Court upheld a Lackawanna County judge’s ruling that prevented a man who represented himself at a rape trial from questioning his accuser. Lackawanna County District Attorney Mark Powell said the ruling in the case of Patrick Tighe is i

SCRANTON — If transgender adults struggle to feel at home in their own skin, the task is magnified for children. Though it’s not perfect, health providers, insurers and scientists now have a body of research on how to help adults affirm their gender ident

WILKES-BARRE — The suspended state trooper who beat criminal charges alleging he fondled a young girl remains suspended pending an internal review, a Pennsylvania State Police spokesman said Thursday. Patrick J. Finn, 47, was cleared Wednesday of charges

The New York Yankees stepped up to the plate Wednesday for a bullied Scranton girl. A 2½-minute video posted Wednesday morning to the baseball team’s Twitter features an assortment of silent team members holding up messages to fourth-grader Cassidy Warner

Members of the Lehigh Valley Zoo Education Department visited the Wyoming Valley Montessori School in Kingston on Thursday. Representatives from the zoo brought many different animals for the kids to see including a penguin, an armadillo and a tegu.

A listing published in JumpStart! on Thursday, April 19, requires a correction. The Kingston High School Commemoration ceremony takes place at the Wyoming Valley West Middle School, 201 Chester St., Kingston. The Wilkes-Barre Twp. 18th annual “Kids Fishin

As counties across Pennsylvania seek more funding to meet a state mandate to purchase secure voting machines, Luzerne County’s elections director is calling for election reform to reduce costs and improve the voting experience on election day. Last week,