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Three people from Indiana are charged with holding up a Scranton pharmacy early Monday morning at gunpoint then binding the clerk to make their getaway, police said. Coreon House, 20, Rashad Coleman, 24, and Nicola Dunlap, 21, all of Indianapolis, were ca

Last year, they forgot a ‘u’ and directed people to the Luzerne County ‘Courthose.’ Now, the folks tasked with proofreading the new local wayfinding signs along the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor added an ‘e’ to the namesake of downtown Wilk

Ted Geffert retired as superintendent of the Crestwood School District in 2004, but he continued taking college courses to learn more about computers and technology. He did it in part because his son works in the internet-security field and he also consid

Just in time for summer travel, The Crossings Premium Outlets in Tannersville will welcome five new retailers — Bath & Body Works Outlet, Old Navy Outlet, Kitchen Collection, Cronin’s Irish Cottage and Juicy and Smoothie Café — within the next few months.

WILKES-BARRE — The Dallas School District is appealing an arbitration ruling to reinstate a high school technology teacher terminated last year and pay him back lost wages. The district fired Scott Zedar in February 2017 for not disclosing a 2009 resignat

HANOVER TWP. — An assistant coach for the Lackawanna Lightning travel softball team was charged Monday with having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl. Charles Steven Kearney, 52, of 1705 Capouse Ave., Scranton, is accused of having repeated sex

Sixty-eight percent of businesses that are members of the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce have hired or added new positions during the past year, according to results of the chamber’s Government Affairs Committee survey. The committee conducts a

Karen Boback, R-117, Harveys Lake, is moving her office from the current location in the Twin Stacks complex to 105 Lieutenant Michael Cleary Drive in Dallas. The new office will open 9 a.m. Thursday. Boback’s current office will close at 5 p.m. Thursday.

Move over, bronze medal, and make room for the Mirrorball trophy. Adam Rippon, Olympic bronze medalist figure skater and Clarks Summit native, and his professional dance partner Jenna Johnson won ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars: Athletes” competition Monday

WILKES-BARRE — Mother Goose has recited nursery rhymes to two generations of children at the Fine Arts Fiesta over the past quarter-century. “Children who were in their strollers then now bring their children in strollers,” said Saskia Van Oot, who has st

A college math professor read about the Susquehanna Warrior Trail’s problem and opted to become part of the solution. John Loftus has volunteered to help re-create the trail group’s construction committee that is charged with seeking grants to extend the

Ground has been broken for the Judy and David Rimple Loop Trail that eventually will connect to the Back Mountain Trail in Dallas. Also dubbed the Mile 7 Trail, the 2,700-foot loop will offer a scenic path through woods and wetlands. In fact, boardwalk se

No matter the age or life stage, everyone makes mistakes when it comes to homebuying. Whether it’s picking the wrong location or buying more house than you can afford, the mistakes are often universal, says Ilyce Glink, author of “100 Questions Every Firs

In a pivotal moment when women are using bold public demonstrations in the name of equality, women of faith see their role differently. “We’re not throwing our weight around saying, ‘We ain’t going to take it anymore,’ ” said Judy Landrieu Klein, a Cathol

WILKES-BARRE — Luzerne County council on Tuesday will vote on a proposed contract with unionized county employees represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, or AFSCME. The workers are considered part of the “residual

Dear J.T. & Dale: I am about to graduate with an engineering degree. I think I don’t know how to search or apply for a job. I haven’t applied for any jobs till now because it always says “experience needed.” I want to apply to be an intern or a project as

The state Department of Transportation announced the following upcoming road work projects: Interstate 80 n May 1 to June 30 there will be a permanent single lane closure on Interstate 80 westbound between Exit 40 (White Haven) and Exit 39 (Mountain Top).

MOOSIC — Montage Mountain is bustling with two major projects in various stages of development while a third is planned. Construction crews are laying the foundation for Glenmaura Senior Living, a 130-unit luxury retirement community on the hillside betwe

King’s College held its 69th commencement exercises on Sunday at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre Twp. Graduates from Luzerne County include: Master of Education Curriculum and Instruction Kristina D. Carlyon, Drums; Kyley R. Henry, Mounta

Some Wright Twp. residents banded together to spray for gypsy moth caterpillars after the defoliating pests kept them inside and devastated numerous trees over the past three years. Others weren’t as lucky and fear another ruined, miserable summer and wid