Luzerne County Council unanimously agreed Tuesday to allocate an additional $850,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funding to the county-owned Wyoming Valley Airport in Forty Fort and Wyoming, increasing the total earmark to $8.3 million.

Luzerne County’s Flood Protection Authority has received a $561,000 state grant to address a railroad crossing atop the Wyoming Valley Levee in Edwardsville, with the goal of eliminating an unpopular fencing barricade that impedes levee trail users, officials said Tuesday.

Due to intense backlash over a video he posted, NEPA Republicans founder Theodore “T.J.” Fitzgerald cancelled a Feb. 22 “United We Stand” event he had scheduled in Wilkes-Barre Township and is removing himself and his group from the political scene temporarily — and possibly permanently.

Luzerne County may raise the threshold required to seek comparison price quotes for purchases, according to Tuesday’s County Council agenda.

Pittston Area won twice in three days, creating a three-game winning streak that allowed the Lady Patriots to reach .500 in Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1 girls basketball play and move above that level overall.

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Brody Spindler needed just 37 seconds to post a pin at 215 pounds, clinching the victory Tuesday when Pittston Area defeated host Columbia-Montour Vo-Tech 47-30 in a non-league wrestling match.

Jimmy Spindler is a redshirt sophomore, wrestling for Pitt-Johnstown, the country’s fifth-ranked National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II team.

CLARKS SUMMIT — Pittston Area avenged its two conference losses in one extended night of precision wrestling Wednesday to get to the District 2 Class 3A Dual Meet Championships final.

Zhiwen Tang and Jonathan Cortez each produced the maximum four victories Jan. 23 when Wyoming Area topped visiting Pittston Area 64-46 in a meeting of Wyoming Valley Conference teams seeking their first boys swimming victory.

Sofia Menta posted four freestyle wins, including taking the day’s longest and shortest races, Jan. 23, to lead host Wyoming Area past rival Pittston Area 134-47 in Wyoming Valley Conference girls swimming.