News
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Beyond the Byline: Of Lily, Becky and vibrancy
WILKES-BARRE — When I sat with Ben Bradlee Jr. this week to talk about his return to Luzerne County, he asked me a question.
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Beyond the Byline: On the porch with mom and playing Strat-O-Matic
WILKES-BARRE — It makes perfect sense to me that the inventor of Strat-O-Matic Baseball is married to a woman from Luzerne County.
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Strategy and success: ‘Strat-O-Matic Baseball’ inventor shares his story
WILKES-BARRE — Many kids growing up in the 1960s or 1970s played baseball, and when they weren’t on the sandlot or Little League field, chances are they were on a front porch or at a kitchen table playing the iconic board game “Strat-O-Matic.”
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NEPIRC event brings manufacturing, community together to learn and connect
PLAINS TWP. — Chelsey Coslett-Traver, the Northeastern Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Center (NEPIRC) Manager of Marketing & Stakeholder Engagement, this week said there was not one winner at Friday’s Mohegan Pennsylvania Convention Center in Plains Township — there were hundreds.
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Attorney General’s office testifies on human trafficking ‘misinformation’
WILKES-BARRE — The Office of Attorney General recently presented testimony at a House Republican Policy Committee hearing about human trafficking in Pennsylvania and how Attorney General Michelle Henry’s newly-formed Human Trafficking Section will promote awareness and education across the Commonwealth.
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Breeze adds new service from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton to Fort Myers
PITTSTON TWP. — Breeze Airways on Thursday launched service to Fort Myers from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport, with more service to Tampa starting Oct. 18.
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Former GOP Rep. Greenwood, local Republicans campaign for Harris-Walz in Wilkes-Barre
WILKES-BARRE — Calling former president Donald Trump a “malignant narcissist and a compulsive liar,” former U.S. Rep. Jim Greenwood joined other Pennsylvania Republicans to stump for Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz in Wilkes-Barre.
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Salvation Army W-B Corps volunteers Winborn, Jacukowicz helping in Florida
WILKES-BARRE — As communities across the south continue to recover from the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Helene, The Salvation Army is actively mobilizing its national Emergency Disaster Services (EDS) network to support survivors and first responders.
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Senate passes Baker’s bill to extend and strengthen PA One Call Law
WILKES-BARRE — Sen. Lisa Baker on Wednesday said the Senate passage of her bill to amend and extend the Pennsylvania Underground Utility Line Protection Law — commonly known as the PA One Call Law — demonstrates a strong, bipartisan commitment to public safety and worker protection.
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BEYOND THE BYLINE: Homeless resources are improving, but more needs to be done
WILKES-BARRE — When you drive by the Keystone Mission homeless shelter, you can see first-hand that there is a real problem in Luzerne County.