The nonprofit prospective buyer of Wilkes-Barre General Hospital has agreed to pay Luzerne County $850,000 in lieu of taxes annually from 2026 through 2029, according to Tuesday’s County Council agenda.

Luzerne County’s prison system remains the top departmental expense in the proposed 2026 budget, as it has been for many years.

Luzerne County workers and prison inmates hauled in and set up the holiday tree in the county courthouse rotunda on River Street in Wilkes-Barre on Friday.

Luzerne and Lackawanna counties have reached a tentative agreement to continue funding law enforcement at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport in Avoca, prompting cancellation of a Wednesday night public meeting to discuss the matter, according to county officials.

FRIDAY, 11/28

The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association will expand from four to six classifications in girls volleyball for the next two-year enrollment cycle.

Pittston Area senior middle infielder Beau Widdick did not feel the need to look anywhere else after visiting the University of Massachusetts.

Lucia Campenni could not name just one reason for choosing Temple University as the place where she will continue her academic and athletic careers.

Elijah Barr is not quite ready to have the bat taken out of his hands just yet.

EXETER — Exeter Borough officials, led by Mayor Denise Adams, held a Veterans Day program at the Borough Building on Nov. 8.

Speedy Wyoming Area leadoff hitter Jake Snyder was just in the summer of his freshman year when he attended a camp at Rutgers University along with his Northeast Pride travel baseball team.