Luzerne County Manager Romilda Crocamo nominated county grants writer Michele Sparich to oversee the county’s operational services division, according to the County Council agenda posted Friday.

Luzerne County’s Election Board accepted 364 general election provisional ballots and 236 flagged mail ballots during Thursday’s post-election adjudication.

Incoming Luzerne County Council member Chris Belles said Wednesday he is seeing online postings and “fearmongering” wrongly characterizing his winning team of four Democratic council winners as “left wing lunatics.”

Luzerne County voter turnout was higher than usual in Tuesday’s general election, according to an analysis of the unofficial results.

WYOMING — Wyoming Area had its first and only shot of the second half Saturday afternoon at the midway point.

Wyoming Area won both division and district titles in girls soccer.

Pittston Area’s Isabella Dessoye finished in the top half of the Class 3A girls field during Saturday’s Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association Cross Country Championships.

KINGSTON — Wyoming Area may still have one of the best Class A field hockey teams in the state, but the Lady Warriors will not get a chance to prove it.

CLARKS SUMMIT — A season of progress for the Pittston Area boys soccer team came to a conclusion with an admirable effort in a loss to District 2’s top team.

WEST PITTSTON — Will McPartland hit his first five passes and his last five Friday night, leading to timely scores that allowed Scranton Prep to break away for a 42-0 romp over Wyoming Area in a District 2 Class 3A football semifinal at Anthony “Jake” Sobeski Stadium.

YATESVILLE — Yardage was at a premium all night Friday. Pittston Area found that out in a painful way in the second half.