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Our friends are starting to retire, and we get to celebrate with them and hear all about their exciting plans. Yet often enough I hear about sleep-killing money anxiety, too, even from the best-prepared. Only when it happened again recently did I realize

WILKES-BARRE — Luzerne County Council on Tuesday will vote on three requested budget transfers to fund projects supported by the county administration. Council will vote on county Manager David Pedri’s request to transfer $150,000 left over from a roof re

Two children molested by a Wilkes-Barre man might not have been victimized had Lackawanna County child welfare officials warned the man’s adoptive parents he had a history of sexual abuse, according to a federal lawsuit. Wilkes-Barre attorney Barry Dyller

FREELAND — The Community Cat Project continues to make strides forward as its volunteers work to reduce the feral/stray population and find homes for abandoned kittens and cats they find in the North Side communities. They’ve helped 149 cats and kittens s

DUPONT — Nearly 1,200 people were still without power Friday night after an afternoon outage in Dupont and nearby areas. PPL Corporation said a tripped circuit breaker or blown fuse was to blame for the outages. After originally estimating the outage woul

WILKES-BARRE — Decorated military veterans and a former city police officer are among four new officers who joined the police force Friday. Mayor Tony George administered oaths of service to Samuel S. Davis, Gregory D. Perez, Michael R. Dennis and James R

The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center will host a town hall next week for veterans, family members and the public to provide feedback on the department’s operations. The meeting will be at 5 p.m. March 13 in the second-floor recreation room at

WEST PITTSTON — A 19-year-old man was injured in a hit-and-run incident Friday night on Wyoming Avenue. Brandon Banta broke his elbow and collarbone after being hit. “I can’t move the whole right side of my arm,” he said. Banta was crossing at Wyoming and

Taxpayers won’t be footing the bill for painted portraits of government officials under a bill that cleared the U.S. House of Representatives this week. The measure — dubbed the Eliminating Government-funded Oil-painting, or EGO, Act — makes permanent a b

WILKES-BARRE — The Northeastern Pennsylvania Council of the Boy Scouts of America has come under fire after an awards ceremony Thursday night paid homage to a contender for U.S. Congress. When the scouts awarded a 2018 Distinguished Citizen award to forme

HAZLE TWP. — Hershey Co. leadership joined with community leaders and area legislators to break ground on a $60 million expansion of the company’s Hazleton facility, which will bring more than 100 jobs to the region. “I’m very excited that the company is

Luzerne County Council is again poised to vote on whether to approve a lawsuit settlement with the county’s former director of elections. A motion to approve an undisclosed settlement with Leonard Piazza is on the agenda for Tuesday’s meeting. Council dea

Students from more than 40 schools across the area competed in the Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Science Olympiad on Friday. The science competition, held at Penn State Wilkes-Barre in Lehman Twp., features various individual and team events. Winners of

BLOOMSBURG — A Bloomsburg bridal store that refused to sell wedding dresses to two Luzerne County women planning to marry each other will close. WW Bridal Boutique posted a message on its Facebook page saying the store will close at the end of March after

WILKES-BARRE — State Rep. Tarah Toohil on Friday got a restraining order against another state representative alleging he pulled a gun on her and threatened to murder her. Toohil, a Republican from Butler Twp., alleges in the complaint that state Rep. Nic

WILKES-BARRE — Fee increases initially proposed for Hollenback Golf Course this year could add anywhere from $2 to $7 to the cost of a round of golf and double the annual membership cost for city residents. City Administrator Ted Wampole had asked council

WILKES-BARRE — Mayor Tony George will swear in four new city police officers on Friday. The swearing-in ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. in council chambers on the fourth floor of City Hall, 40 E. Market St., Wilkes-Barre, according to a press release from

Wednesday’s winter storm tracked east at the last minute and dumped much less snow on the Wyoming Valley than forecasters predicted. The storm dropped several inches of snow in Mountain Top and up to a foot of snow on the highest elevations of the Poconos

FORTY FORT — After nearly four years in business, Millers Brunch at 91 Shoemaker St. will close on March 26, owner Valerie Gower said. Gower said she was renting the space and the landlord has sold the building. She did not identify the landlord, but reco

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania has failed its constitutional duty to provide its students with an adequate education, a long-running lawsuit brought by school districts, parents and activist groups alleged Wednesday before a panel of judges in Philadelphia.