Criminal charges will be filed against anyone caught vandalizing or trespassing on the closed Nanticoke/West Nanticoke Bridge over the Susquehanna River, Luzerne County officials warned Thursday.

Luzerne County’s Planning Commission is scheduled to continue discussion Thursday on a data center zoning amendment that would apply to 19 municipalities.

Planning for a new Luzerne County prison will be a main focus of county council’s new Correctional Services Committee, members said during the first meeting Wednesday.

Luzerne County Manager Romilda Crocamo zeroed in on the county Election Bureau at the start of Tuesday’s town hall meeting in Exeter, saying the office “takes a lot of abuse.”

Tori Para led all National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III players in the country in doubles per game last season and is threatening to do it again.

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New coaches are in place at all three Greater Pittston high school lacrosse teams and they will have many new players with which to work.

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

Sophomore Nadia Rawhouser contributed three wins Wednesday when visiting Pittston Area opened the girls track and field season by knocking off defending District 2 Class 3A and Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1 champion Dallas 78-72.

PITTSTON — Mia Hopkins has been on top of her game ever since her days at Pittston Area, scoring 1,000 career points, excelling at the collegiate level, playing for the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters, and for the last few years, playing professional basketball in Brazil.

Joe Bradley shut out visiting Abington Heights over the final four innings, and Alex Rosencrance drove in the winning run on March 21 when Pittston Area opened the baseball season with a 5-4, nine-inning victory.