Nov. 4 general election write-in winners must submit acceptance paperwork to Luzerne County’s Election Bureau by Monday if they are eligible for the elected office and interested in serving, county Election Director Emily Cook said this week.

Luzerne County is still awaiting an outside vendor inspection to conclusively determine if photographs were captured as promised by a mail ballot drop box used in the Nov. 4 general election, county Election Director Emily Cook told the county Election Board Wednesday.

A Luzerne County Council majority voted Tuesday to remove a Wilkes-Barre Township tax break extension request from the agenda, which means the matter won’t come before the legislative body again until 2026.

After a dozen years overseeing the Wyoming Valley Levee System along the Susquehanna River, Christopher Belleman attended his last Luzerne County Flood Protection Authority meeting on Tuesday.

DALLAS TWP. — Before the Mountaineers could start looking toward next week’s district playoffs, they had one important bit of business to attend to first.

PLAINS TWP. — Wyoming Area girls soccer has been on the cusp for over 10 years, always putting a quality product on the field yet unable to pass either Lake-Lehman or Holy Redeemer for a divisional championship.

LEHMAN TWP. — Lake-Lehman packed plenty of mistakes into one half of football Friday night.

HAZLETON — Any hopes of a second straight shutout for the Dallas defense were dashed on the opening drive, as Hazleton Area turned a good kick return into an early lead.

DALLAS TWP. — Dallas needed something to awaken a dormant offense Friday night.

LEHMAN TWP. — The coin set the stage, but the execution told the story.

DALLAS TWP. — A good defense, as it turns out, is the best answer to any rabbit that you could pull out of a hat.