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IN FRAME: Meet Norman Reilly Raine, Luzerne County’s forgotten Oscar winner
It’s about time we talk about Norman Reilly Raine, the quiet member of the Luzerne County Oscar winners’ club. Unlike Jack Palance and the Mankiewicz brothers, you don’t hear much conversation about Mr. Raine, who won his Oscar for best adapted screenplay for 1937’s “The Life of Emile Zola” — which also won best picture.
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Dozens gather for vigil for thousands who could lose health care coverage
SCRANTON — 240 battery powered candles rested on the steps of Scranton City Hall Sunday representing the 240,000 Pennsylvanians who could lose their health care coverage if Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits expire this year.
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Times Leader career expo set for Tuesday
WILKES-BARRE TWP. — Diane McGee, Times Leader Media Group advertising director, said the Times Leader is a leader in hosting job fairs for Northeast Pennsylvania.
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Soprano, longtime Times Leader newsman, named to PNA Hall of Fame
Joe Soprano, the longtime Times Leader writer and editor, has been announced as a posthumous inductee into the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association (PNA) Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025.
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Republican Garrity seeks to challenge Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro’s reelection bid
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Stacy Garrity, Pennsylvania’s two-term elected state treasurer, said Monday that she will seek the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro ’s reelection bid, setting up what could be a contest between a low-profile officeholder and a potential White House contender in 2028.
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Bloom/Funkhouser Duo will open Arts at First Presbyterian series
The 2025-26 Arts at First Presbyterian concert series will open at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 14 at 4 with the internationally-acclaimed Bloom/Funkhouser Duo (Peter H. Bloom, flute, and John Funkhouser, piano).
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2 winning PA Lottery Cash 5 tickets totaling $450,000 sold in Luzerne County
The Pennsylvania Lottery is recognizing two jackpot-winning Cash 5 with Quick Cash tickets worth a combined total of $450,000 sold from the weekend drawings.
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King’s College celebrates 2025 Summer Commencement
WILKES-BARRE — More than 100 students received their bachelor’s and master’s degrees this week before family, friends and faculty during the King’s College Summer Commencement at the William S. Scandlon Physical Education Center.
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IN FRAME: ‘The Wizard of Oz’ turns 86
86 years ago, MGM’s “The Wizard of Oz” premiered at the Leows Capitol Theatre in New York City.
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Geisinger to host Narcan distribution events in Wilkes-Barre, Scranton
Geisinger’s pharmacy, emergency medicine, addiction medicine and Free2BMom teams are collaborating again this year on two Narcan (naloxone) distribution events in Northeast Pennsylvania, according to a press release.