Nikki Sutliff scored 17 points and Cayle Spencer added 16 as Lake-Lehman stunned Division 3 first-half champion Nanticoke Area, 50-37, on Thursday night at Lehman in the second half openers for the Wyoming Valley Conference. […]

LEHMAN TWP. - Joe Paterno may be gone, but his spirit lives on at Penn State Wilkes-Barre. Approximately 50 students, alumni and staff members gathered in the auditorium of the science center Thursday afternoon to watch a live broadcast of Paterno's memorial service and celebrate the life of a man whose influence was felt by Penn Staters everywhere. […]

HARRISBURG - The renovation of a former J.C. Penney store in Moosic for use by a medical firm is among development projects throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania receiving the latest round of local share slots revenues from Mount Airy Casino Resort. The […]

WILKES-BARRE - They need six. At the latest meeting in ongoing county budget negotiations, interim Manager Tom Pribula listed three options on the table for an updated budget. County commissioners adopted a $121.7 million budget last year, and if the c […]

PLYMOUTH - Wyoming Valley West gave Dallas an open window to take a lead Thursday night in a cross-over game to start the second half of conference play in girls basketball. […]

STATE COLLEGE - Jimmy Cefalo thought he had made a decision. The Pittston Area receiving star, fresh from a recruiting visit to the University of Georgia, bolted into his family home on a chilly night in February 1974, eager to tell his parents that he would accept the school's scholarship offer. […]

WILKES-BARRE - Stanley A. Davis Jr., accused of shooting and killing his girlfriend in front of her 18-year-old son, will face an open count of homicide in commonwealth court, Magisterial District Judge Richard J. Cronauer ruled Thursday. […]

With his sentencing set for Monday, former Lackawanna County Commissioner A.J. Munchak has been admitted to a hospital after experiencing dizziness and shortness of breath. As he sat slumped in a chair by his hospital bed Friday afternoon at Regional Hos […]

MOOSIC - Narcotics detectives with the Lackawanna County district attorney's office on Thursday arrested a borough woman and her 18-year-old son, whom she had been using to deliver crack to her customers, according to a criminal complaint. Stacey Robinso […]

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. economy grew late last year at a pace that in normal times would suggest it's healthy. […]

Dr. Joseph Mattioli, the man who built Pocono Raceway into one of the top tracks on the NASCAR circuit, died Thursday after a lengthy illness. He was 86. Affectionately known as "Doc," Dr. Mattioli ran the facility in Tunkhannock Twp. […]

MidValley talks fiscal concerns THROOP - Early fiscal concerns surfaced Thursday at the Mid Valley School Board meeting, five months before the 2012-13 budget must be approved. In a 5-3-1 vote, the board approved the replacement of a weight training an […]

Pittston's former code enforcement officer filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the city alleging he was replaced because he supported the mayor's opponent during the primary election. […]

The old train depot in Noxen was listed recently as an endangered historic property, but that could be a good thing. […]

DUNMORE - Penn State senior Lauren Perrotti walked to the podium in State College, blowing kisses in the direction of Sue Paterno and family, the collar of her white shirt crisp against the lapel of her blue suit jacket, a small smile on her face. […]

Drivers traveling on a ramp from Route 11 south in South Abington Twp. toward Dickson City and the Viewmont Mall will soon have to stop. The state Department of Transportation will place a stop sign at the end of the ramp on Tuesday. […]

A team of state parole agents and U.S. marshals arrested a West Scranton man Thursday morning, ending a hunt that lasted about three months. George Pavlovicz, 20, was found at 110 N. Everett Ave. and taken into custody without incident shortly after 10 a.m. […]

Hazleton Area Crestwood Boys Basketball […]

(AP) Tom Brady felt the power of the New York Giants' pass rushers when he was sacked five times in their first Super Bowl confrontation. […]

(AP) Meryl Davis and Charlie White are on a different level than their American competitors. […]

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(AP) A U.S. citizen kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta has been freed after a week in captivity, the U.S. Embassy said. […]

Longtime former Luzerne County Treasurer Michael Morreale died this evening in the company of his family, according to a close friend. […]

(AP) Republican insiders are rising up to cut Newt Gingrich down to size, testament to the GOP establishment's fear that the mercurial candidate could lead the party to disaster this fall. […]

(AP) Senegal's highest court ruled Friday that the country's increasingly frail, 85-year-old president could run for a third term in next month's election, a deep blow to the country's opposition which has vowed to take to the streets if the aging leader does not step aside. […]

(AP) The hands came out of the pockets. The gaze was intense. Mitt Romney leaned confidently into the lectern. […]

(AP) Because Cyrano weighs more than 20 pounds, amputating his cancer-weakened leg was out of the question. So the tubby tabby's owners turned to doctors and engineers at North Carolina State University to get him back into mice-catching trim. […]

It was a significant milestone for the town of Bloomsburg Friday night. […]

There is now a response to a response. […]

A home invasion is the latest in a string of crimes in Hazleton. […]

There is a small glimmer of hope for a flood-ravaged community in Luzerne County. The U.S. Postal Service announced it will repair and reopen the post office in Shickshinny. […]

Got a flat? Most of us would just replace it with the spare tire from the trunk. […]

Thanks to an influx of state money from Pennsylvania casinos, economic developers say a now vacant building in Lackawanna County will soon house at least 100 new jobs. […]

The grandson of Dr. Joseph Mattioli talked Friday about the death of his grandfather, the man who brought NASCAR racing to northeastern Pennsylvania. […]

A domestic violence call in Monroe County led to the arrest of a man on drug charges. […]

Two months after a bank in Luzerne County was robbed two rewards are being offered for information that leads to an arrest and conviction. […]

Two people face drug charges in Lackawanna County. […]