Cayle Spencer and Nikki Sutliffe combined for 33 of their team's 38 points and red-hot Lake-Lehman pulled one out of the fire Monday night with a 38-37 victory over visiting Meyers in overtime. Spencer led the winners with a game-high 20 points with Sutl […]

Lake-Lehman coach Tom Williams did sign a weigh-in sheet prior to Saturday night's District 2 Class AA Dual final with Western Wayne, contrary to a story published in Sunday's Citizens' Voice. Even if Williams had not signed the weigh-in sheet and Weste […]

WILKES-BARRE - Luzerne County Council on Monday affirmed last week's decision for a 2 percent tax hike by introducing a $122.6 million budget. Council is planning a budget hearing on Feb. 13, and a vote to adopt the budget is expected Feb. 14. The bud […]

DALLAS - Paige Cuba arrived at school Monday morning and waited in the long, long line - about 15 minutes in the February cold. In the past, the 17-year-old junior would walk right inside upon arrival, but Dallas High School students are now faced with […]

DALLAS TWP. - Water leaks at the new $38 million high school will be fixed over President's Day weekend, the Dallas School Board learned Monday. There are leaks in the heating system, the worst of which is in a corridor near the administrative offices a […]

The Luzerne County Convention Center Authority has pulled the plug on the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Shamrocks before the fledgling pro lacrosse team played its first game. Citing the team's failure to fulfill contractual obligations, the authority, which ow […]

Robert Zaruta may not have received the welcome he wanted, but he was certainly pleased to be appointed the new head football coach at Dallas High School at Monday night's Dallas School Board work session. After hearing final pleas from several parents, […]

Scranton police on Monday filed an arrest warrant for the South Side man they believe made a brazen attempt to murder his ex-girlfriend's new beau in the Valley View Terrace housing complex Sunday night. […]

North Scranton Neighborhood Association members on Monday quizzed state transportation officials on a project that involves the removal of a ramp from Oak Street to the McDade Expressway. […]

Commissioners Jim Wansacz and Corey O'Brien talked about two priorities in nearly every speech they gave during last fall's campaign. One was their plan to encourage private-sector job growth in Lackawanna County. […]

DUNMORE - Dunmore High School Principal James Forgione requested a leave of absence, Superintendent Rick McDonald said Monday, hours after an "unusually high" number of students were absent in an apparent protest sparked by reports that the principal was […]

DEP cracks down on radon tester SPRING BROOK TWP. - The state Department of Environmental Protection on Monday ordered a township man to surrender his certification for radon testing and pay more than $40,000 in civil penalties. The action against Willia […]

In a letter to a judge ruling on a traffic case, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sam Rohrer contended the state cannot legally force individuals to get driver's licenses or register their cars, and likened the continuation of the requirements to slavery. […]

HARRISBURG - A bill that establishes a county-option Marcellus Shale drilling impact fee and provides some revenue for statewide environmental programs cleared a hurdle Monday with approval from a special legislative committee. […]

HARRISBURG - Political tensions are running high as Gov. Tom Corbett unveils a proposed state budget today likely to contain a new round of spending cuts for public welfare and education. […]

Members of the public will get their chance to speak about the possible permanent closure of John Audubon Elementary School at a public hearing tonight. At Monday night's Scranton School Board meeting, board President Bob Lesh said the hearing will be th […]

Montrose council bolts from meeting MONTROSE - After an audience member made it known that she planned to videotape the Monday night Montrose borough meeting, council members walked out. Prior to the start of the meeting, Vera Scroggins told Council Pres […]

The NFL and a major television network are apologizing for another Super Bowl halftime show. […]

(AP) Russia's foreign minister is due in Damascus for talks with embattled President Bashar Assad, a day after the U.S. closed its embassy and Britain recalled its ambassador from Syria. […]

(AP) A few years ago, John Rachor painted his helicopter orange and yellow, so it would be easier to spot if he ever crashed and became the target of a search and rescue operation in the rugged forests of southwestern Oregon. […]

(AP) Josh Powell painted himself as a tortured man, ridiculed without reason in the disappearance of his wife, steadfastly insisting he was innocent until the end. […]

(AP) The New York Giants are returning from their Super Bowl win to a celebration the likes that only New York can throw: a ticker-tape parade in the Canyon of Heroes on Broadway, where the city has honored stars for almost a century. […]

After back-to-back fiascos in Nevada and Iowa, the term "caucus" may be on its way to becoming a bad word in the GOP lexicon. Those troubled contests cast a shadow over the volunteer-run presidential selection process as the GOP's caucus season begins Tuesday night in Colorado and Minnesota […]

(AP) Mitt Romney hopes his presidential campaign hasn't ignored Rick Santorum's aggressive attacks for too long, as caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota on Tuesday could reshuffle the race for the Republican presidential nomination. […]

(AP) Additional U.S. sanctions on Iran are more significant for their timing than their immediate effect on Iran's economy, coming as the United States and its allies are arguing that Israel should hold off on any military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities to allow more time for sanctions to work. […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The entire staff at an elementary school where two teachers were arrested on suspicion of lewd conduct will be removed while the school district investigates, the Los Angeles school superintendent said Monday night. […]

A majority of Luzerne County Council on Monday advanced a 2012 budget amendment that raises taxes 2 percent and uses $1.4 million borrowed for capital projects to help repay debt. […]

For the first time in 26 years, one of the most successful high school football programs in our area has a new head coach.  […]

Hundreds of thousands of state dollars are coming to a couple of communities in Luzerne County washed out by flooding last year. […]

The clock is ticking on candidates for the Pennsylvania State House and Senate to file their nominating petitions, but some of the candidates complain their district boundaries keep changing. […]

Governor Tom Corbett will unveil his latest budget proposal Tuesday in Harrisburg. […]

Two possible suspects in a robbery spree that spans two counties were arrested Sunday on other charges after a high-speed chase. […]

The health care company that has decided to close Marion Community Hospital in Carbondale has closed another clinic in Wayne County. […]

Hynoski mania continues in Columbia County. […]

The humane officer of Monroe County began with an investigation of at least one case of animal abuse in a community near East Stroudsburg. […]

Police in Dunmore hope surveillance video of a burglary will lead to the arrests of two men. […]

A woman accused of robbing a convenience store over the weekend blamed her drug habit for her actions. […]