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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A driver rammed a vehicle into a crowd of New Orleans revelers early on New Year’s Day, killing 10 people and injuring 35 others in what the FBI is investigating as an act of terrorism.

WILKES-BARRE — As we approach the end of 2024, I asked our federal legislators to share what they were most proud of in their work in Washington, D.C.

WILKES-BARRE TWP. — In an unexpected move, the Luzerne County Convention Center Authority on Monday approved a motion to request proposals for its solicitorship contract.

DALLAS TWP. — Presidential historian Larry Cook on Monday said when he hear that former President Jimmy Carter had passed, he and his wife, Diane, lost a true friend.

“And the music and the echo of the music went out into the void. And it was not void.” – J.R.R. Tolkien

WILKES-BARRE — Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Secretary and PA Turnpike Commission Chair Mike Carroll said this week he is proud that the Pennsylvania Turnpike isn’t afraid to reinvent how it does business or reimagine its place in the communities it connects.

WILKES-BARRE — The planning committee of the Babe Ruth Sultan of Swat Home Run Derby recently made a $2,200 donation to the Geisinger Children’s Miracle Network/Janet Weis Children’s Hospital.

WILKES-BARRE — The Valley Santa project is in its 41st year of operation and this year will serve more than 5,000 children.

HERSHEY — Santa has come to the town built on chocolate — and he brought all nine of his reindeer along with him.

AVOCA — Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport on Thursday intercepted a 9mm handgun loaded with 11 bullets at the airport checkpoint.