A violent career criminal who was born in Wilkes-Barre in 1938 was identified as the suspect in the rape and murder of a 9-year-old girl inside a church in Bucks County 63 years ago.

The final line of set scores for Holy Redeemer was 25-22, 22-25, 25-22, 25-21 — four sets that featured several lead changes, very few extended runs and a big Royals comeback in the third set to ...

The Wyoming Valley Conference played 10 weeks of football to eliminate three of 12 teams from the District 2 playoffs.

Right out of the gate, Berwick found itself in slightly unfamiliar territory in Thursday night’s District 2 Class 3A championship match.

At the end of the Cold War, global powers reached the consensus that the world would be better off with fewer nuclear weapons. That era is now over.” ...

Dictionary.com’s word of the year isn’t even really a word. It’s the viral term “6-7” that kids and teenagers can’t stop repeating and laughing about and parents and teachers can’t make any sense of.

If Lake-Lehman was going to win its first district championship in three decades, it certainly wasn’t going to come easy.

In Pennsylvania, Judge and School Board candidates can cross-file to appear on both party ballots, supposedly to keep these races “non-partisan.” But here in Luzerne County, that’s a joke.

After months of extraordinary steps to ensure his party maintains control of the U.S. House of Representatives in next year’s midterms, President Donald Trump is turning his sights toward the voting ...

Dozens of people listened intently as tour guide Sarah Hamill stood in front of a plot at Laurel Hill East Cemetery, recounting the story of one of the men buried there — and his out-of-the-ordinary ...

According to Pennsylvania Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor, career development programs like “Intern to Hire” and “Luzerne Learns to Work” are essential to the future workforce and economy.” ...

Owner Dez Sabecky and front-of-house manager Jean Ballou pose by the Kindness Wall at the Burnt Norton restaurant in downtown Wilkes-Barre. The Kindness Wall is filled with tickets paid for by ...