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Exeter/Wyoming/West Wyoming: Here's to a kinder, gentler school year
There’s an old adage by Maya Angelou, one that has probably become cliche with how overused it is, but with students returning back to school, I thought it was worth sharing again this week. She said, “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
Crash closes section of I-476 for 16 miles
EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — A section of I-476 was closed for around 16 miles due to a crash Wednesday morning. Crews tell 28/22 News a crash occurred on I-476 Southbound shutting down the roadway from mile marker 117 Clarks Summit to Wyoming Valley, which is around 16 miles. Officials said around 3:00 a.m. a dump […]
Avoca: County zoning board will discuss solid waste transfer station
Avoca residents are invited to the Luzerne County Zoning Hearing Board meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, in the second-floor jury room of the Luzerne County Courthouse, 200 N. River St., Wilkes-Barre. The board will discuss several variance and special exemption requests, including one from Big Rocks, LLC, headed by John Terrana of Wyoming, to build an 11,975-square-foot solid waste transfer station on five acres of land in Avoca.
The Biever era begins at Wilkes with a local focus
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — The new era of Wilkes football is local focused. David Biever enters his first season as the Colonels head coach after serving as an assistant with the team for 10 seasons. Biever served as the Associate Head Coach, Offensive Line Coach, and Recruiting coordinator before the promotion.
National Park Foundation Impacts Local Community
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) — The National Park Service covers more than 85 million acres nationwide – preserving and educating about parks, monuments, and historical sites like Steamtown in Scranton. The site joined the National Park Service in 1995 to enhance public understanding of steam locomotives' impact on...
Dallas officer killed and 2 wounded by man who targeted police, chief says
DALLAS (AP) — Dallas’ police chief said Friday that a man intentionally set out to shoot police when he killed an officer sitting in his patrol car and wounded two others in a late-night attack that set off a highway chase and ended with officers fatally shooting the suspect.
Fatal Police Shooting Dallas
Dallas officer killed and 2 wounded by man who targeted police, chief says. The Dallas police chief says a man accused of fatally shooting a Dallas police officer and wounding two others was targeting police. Chief Eddie Garcia said at a news conference Friday that the officers “were targeted for nothing more than the uniform they wear.” The suspect was later killed by officers after a highway chase. Garcia said Officer Darron Burks was shot in his squad car on Thursday night while in a parking lot. When two other officers arrived on the scene, they were shot and wounded. Officers chased the suspect to Lewisville, about 25 miles northwest of Dallas, where he was shot and killed on the highway.
'Out of our way:' Speakers defend Chermak, Gaughan stands by criticism of minority commissioner
SCRANTON — Several speakers objected Wednesday after Lackawanna County Commissioner Bill Gaughan lambasted fellow Commissioner Chris Chermak as an "absentee commissioner" in recent remarks to The Sunday Times. In a Sunday article on the potential impact of a probable 2025 county property tax hike, the Democratic majority commissioner accused...
Hughestown: It can't always be about the moon landing
When it comes to crafting a lede for a column, I only ever write something I myself would like to actually read. This is a generally good rule of thumb for all writers. If you don’t have fun writing it, nobody is going to have fun reading it. I wouldn't take up your valuable time on a Sunday morning with something that I didn’t think was genuinely useful in some way or another. Every issue, I strive to use this column to say something that might set the tone for the week.
Hornets Finish 5th Second Time Around At Towanda
The Wellsboro Golf Team improved one spot on their second trip to the Towanda Golf Club by finishing 5th on Thursday, August 29. The Hornets shot 380 as a team. Athens won with a round of 338, followed by North Penn-Mansfield and Towanda (341), Wyalusing (361), Wellsboro, Cowanesque Valley (424), and Sayre (531).
Man pleads guilty to shooting woman outside nail salon
PITTSTON TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE CO. (WOLF) — A man has pleaded guilty to shooting a woman in Pittston Township in 2022. According to our newsgathering partners at the Times Leader, Christopher Carmona, 39, pleaded guilty to attempted homicide in a plea agreement for shooting a woman in Pittston Township in June of 2022.
'The Kammander' wins overall title in kid's division of USA Mullet Championships
Aug. 29—SWOYERSVILLE — "The Kammander" is the champion. Kamden "The Kammander" Cunningham, 6, of Swoyersville, has won the overall kid's category in the 2024 USA Mullet Championships. Killian Depew — "Killi Ray Cyrus" — age 3, of Avoca, finished in third place. As champion, Kamden will...
Big second half pushes Towanda past CV
TOWANDA — The Cowanesque Valley Indians (0-1) hung with a veteran Towanda Black Knights (1-0) team here throughout the first half, but turnovers and some defensive lapses in the second half doomed them as they fell 24-6 in their season opener. Throughout the first half, the CV defense held...
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