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.

Jon Cortez won both the 50- and 100-yard freestyle events Tuesday when Wyoming Area lost to visiting Hazleton Area 125-27 in a Wyoming Valley Conference boys swimming opener.

Aaron Crossley scored Lehigh University’s only touchdown Dec. 6 when the Mountain Hawks lost 14-7 to visiting Villanova University in a Football Championship Series second-round game before a crowd of 8,848 at Goodman Stadium.

Wyoming Area shook off a fast start by visiting Nanticoke Tuesday to remain unbeaten through five non-league boys basketball games with a 73-51 victory.

Tim Riefler, Chase Baron, Brody Spindler and Noah Gruber all posted pins Wednesday night when Pittston Area opened the wrestling season with a 52-14, non-league victory at Lake-Lehman.

Morgan Janeski is averaging more than 16 minutes playing time per game coming off the bench for the Misericordia University women’s basketball team.

Luke Kopetchny continued his early-season scoring spree with 37 points Friday night, but Wyoming Area needed clutch plays by Drew Keating in the last second of regulation and Shane Pepe in the last minute of overtime to remain undefeated.

Lily Hintze made her final five free throws in the fourth quarter Friday night to finish off a 15-point effort and help Pittston Area pull away from host Riverside for its first girls basketball victory of the season 42-33.