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DALLAS — There are 2.4 million unpaid caregivers helping 3.4 million seniors in Pennsylvania, according to Secretary of Aging Jason Kavulich.

WILKES-BARRE — In announcing his retirement as chief executive officer at the Greater Wilkes-Barre YMCA, Jim Thomas said the YMCA has never just been a job for him — it’s been a calling.

SALEM TWP. — A group of 96 landowners in Salem Township was paid more than $500 million for approximately 1,700 acres by Blackstone QTS in what is being called one of the largest land aggregations for data centers in the country.

WILKES-BARRE — There were a lot of major announcements this year for Luzerne County — the biggest of which was made in Columbia County, but it was about a major company coming to town.

WILKES-BARRE — Ten local celebrities took to the dance floor Saturday to raise money for a local children’s theater, providing an exciting night out for those attending the special event.

PORT CLINTON — One of the largest operating steam locomotives on the East Coast will be hauling three special passenger excursions this summer, including trips to bring visitors up to the Pittston Tomato Fest and Tunkhannock Founder’s Day Festival.

LEVITTOWN — A man accused of beheading his father in suburban Philadelphia and posting a gruesome video on social media that shows him holding up the severed head has been charged with first-degree murder and abusing a corpse, authorities said Wednesday.

Seton Hall University’s student-run radio station, WSOU 89.5 FM, has been honored by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) with a Marconi Award, and the station’s Program Director is Joey Nardone, grandson of legendary local music icon Joe Nardone Sr.

PITTSTON — It was billed as “A Day to Care,” and hundreds of people showed that they do.