Proposed Luzerne County anti-discrimination ordinance explained

Luzerne County Council is poised to vote Tuesday on a sweeping anti-discrimination ordinance that would impact businesses and entities outside county government itself, warranting further explanation of specifics.

Crowd speaks for and against proposed Luzerne County anti-discrimination ordinance

A crowd appeared at Thursday’s Luzerne County Council public hearing to passionately speak for or against a proposed anti-discrimination ordinance.

One Luzerne County ethics complaint closed, and three awaiting processing

One Luzerne County ethics complaint has been dismissed, and three new ones must be forwarded to outside attorneys for review, officials said during Tuesday’s county Ethics Commission meeting.

H.S. Baseball: Lake-Lehman, Wyoming Area suspended by brightness

WEST PITTSTON — When neither team’s bats are heating up, like on a 53-degree Wednesday afternoon, manufacturing runs becomes essential.

PIAA Boys Basketball: Dallas’ state tournament run ends in 4A second round

BETHLEHEM — By the time Dallas straightened out its offensive woes in the third quarter Tuesday night Carver E&S had done damage.

District 2 Boys Basketball: 2nd-half surge downs Dallas in 4A championship

WILKES-BARRE TWP. — Perhaps the worst 10 minutes for Dallas on Saturday was when a little boy was on the court trying to make shots to win a prize.

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Compromise is difficult to find

The prolonged negotiations among four senators that produced this week’s compromise on a modest gun control bill show how hard it is to reach bipartisan agreement on contentious issues in a time of sharply partisan politics.

Our View: We support train station tourism office plan

For more years than we want to remember, it has seemed as if salvation for the historic downtown Wilkes-Barre train station was always just out of reach.

Remember When: Raising a glass to resourcefulness

I can’t find any record of a patron saint of bootleggers. But if there ever had been one, a lot of Wyoming Valley people would have been praying to him during holiday time a century ago.

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