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Incumbent U.S. Rep. Tom Marino easily won Tuesday’s Republican primary in the newly redrawn 12th Congressional District race, according to unofficial results. With nearly all precincts reporting, Marino of Lycoming Twp., Lycoming County, defeated longtime

LARKSVILLE — A borough woman is facing insurance fraud charges after police say she lied about a crash that happened during a lapse in her auto insurance policy. Amy E. Ellard, 43, of 435 Carver St., is accused of filing a claim with Progressive Corp., kn

Comedian and actor Sebastian Maniscalco returns to the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts Friday this fall. The fall leg of his tour, “Stay Hungry” features more than 30 shows across the United States and Canada, with a stop at the downtown Wilkes-

The Pennsylvania State Police at Wyoming will hold a child safety seat inspection clinic Thursday at the Wyoming station located at 475 Wyoming Ave., Wyoming. The clinic will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and is open to all drivers with a child safety sea

Polls for today’s primary election open at 7 a.m., and Republicans will decide who will challenge Gov. Tom Wolf and U.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr. Wolf and Casey are unopposed in their Democratic primary contests. If U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta defeats Jim Christiana

Local police departments will be on the lookout for seat belt violations for the next three weeks as part of a national “Click it or Ticket” initiative. The effort, which includes 350 departments across Pennsylvania, began Monday and will run through June

Forty Fort Mayor, Andy Tuzinski, led students from Dana Elementary on a walking tour of the Forty Fort Cemetery and Meeting House on Monday.

Sports gamblers could soon place their bets at Mohegan Sun Pocono in Plains Twp. Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment officials said Monday they look forward to working with state government officials to offer sports betting in a “legalized and regulated fashio

DALLAS TWP. — The Dallas School Board on Monday proposed a $38.6 million preliminary budget with a 1.5 percent increase in the property tax rate. It’s nearly identical to the budget proposal the board rejected last week so board members could spend more t

WILKES-BARRE — Wilkes University student Leah Thomas said she thought the opening of a new IHOP Monday on Kidder Street was a “big deal for Wilkes-Barre.” Thomas joined her friends, Wilkes University students Neishmy Rodriguez and Geraldine Ojukwu, at the