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DALLAS — A field representative for state Sen. Lisa Baker, R-20, Lehman Twp., will be available for consultation Thursday. Tom Yoniski will be at the Wright Twp. Municipal Building, 321 S. Mountain Blvd., from 10 a.m. to noon and at the Forty Fort Borough

DALLAS — A staff member for U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, R-11, Hazleton, will be available to meet with constituents on March 19. A staff member will be on hand from 1 to 3 p.m. on March 19 at state Sen. Lisa Baker’s office in the Dallas Shopping Center, along

HAZLE TWP. — Rebecca Foose entered Hazleton Area High School with books for classes, books for her piano studio, with lunch, a water bottle and a challenge: “How to carry it all?” Foose, a sophomore, said Monday morning when a backpack ban began at the hi

Police charged a Nanticoke man with drug trafficking on Monday after officers allegedly found drugs and paraphernalia during a search at his home. Desmond Knott, 38, of 218 W. Ridge St., was arraigned Monday on felony counts of possession with intent to d

Old Forge and state police returned to Ghigiarelli’s restaurant Monday, the last place anyone saw Robert Baron more than 13 months ago. On Monday, investigators took another look at evidence gathered there, borough police Chief Jason Dubernas said. When a

WILKES-BARRE — All high school students in the Wilkes-Barre Area School District must now enter school through metal detectors. The metal detectors were already at the schools, but officials were using them randomly when students entered, Superintendent B

PITTSTON TWP. — A simple modernization, long common at most airports nationwide, should finally arrive at the local airport in April. In one overnight push, the Transportation Security Administration checkpoint will move to a location ahead of the Wilkes-

PITTSTON — A mother and three children are displaced after fire ravaged their Pittston home Sunday afternoon. The family escaped the fire at 156 Panama St. without injury, as did a dog, according to Pittston Fire Chief James Rooney. The single-family home

Eligible veterans who served on active duty in the Persian Gulf Theater of Operations from Aug. 2, 1990 to Aug. 31, 1991, have six months to collect a special one-time payment to honor their service and sacrifice. Applications for the Persian Gulf Conflic

Police in Luzerne County aren’t just carrying opioid reversal doses for addicts; they’re also carrying them for fellow first responders and anyone else who may accidentally come into contact with the drugs. Accidental exposure does happen, and first respo

State Rep. Aaron Kaufer will host a small games of chance seminar from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, at the Wyoming Hose Company, 70 E. 3rd St., Wyoming. “If you are a member of an organization that uses a small games of chance license, or your group is

Tax filing season certainly isn’t at the top of most people’s list of fun times of year. But for most taxpayers, there is something to look forward to each spring: a refund. According to the IRS, the average refund has been close to $3,000 in recent years

Project yourself forward in time. It’s April 2018. Your direct deposit tax refund just hit your bank account. You’re feeling on top of the world. You think to yourself, “Maybe I should treat myself to a nice steak dinner...” Snap out of it! Your refund do

WILKES-BARRE — They bowled strikes and spares to strike out cancer and spare lives. The fifth annual Bowl for a Cause on Sunday raised thousands of dollars for the American Cancer Society, according to organizer Ronald Davis, of the R.J. Financial Service

Luzerne County Council members will get a first-hand look at planned improvements to the basement entrance of the county courthouse on Tuesday. That could help them decide whether to approve a six-figure budget transfer to fund the project, which is on ho

Eliminating school property taxes in Pennsylvania will require raising more than $14.4 billion from other taxes, but huge numbers have never discouraged the idea’s supporters. If anything, they think they’re closer than ever to accomplishing what seemed i

This could be the Year of the Mine Cars at the Anthracite Miners’ Memorial Park in Ashley. Two mine cars once used to transport anthracite at local collieries are being restored and the plan is to get both on site in 2018. Don Kane, of Ashley, is working

SCRANTON — The force was just strong enough to get the starfighters across the finish line. Jake Barninger, 11, his brother Ben, 9, and Owen Lucas, 11, of Lake Twp. in Wayne County barely made it over the line in their X-Wing and TIE fighter sleds, which

Dear J.T. & Dale: I want to become a real estate agent. However, I’m the main breadwinner in our house, and we don’t have enough savings to live on while I get going. It would take me another five years to save that much. I don’t want to wait. Suggestions

WILKES-BARRE Police reported the following incidents: n A gold Ford 500, with PA registration KNX8149, was reported stolen from Bradford Street on Sunday morning. n Someone threw a brick through a window of an East Northampton Street home on Sunday. n Dev