Luzerne County Council Vice Chairman Brian Thornton is no longer advocating placing council members on the county election board, according to an email he sent to the county’s Government Study Commission this week.
Luzerne County’s Government Study Commission is set to start discussing the composition of the county election board at its Thursday meeting, the agenda said.
PLAINS TWP. — Amid freezing temperatures and high winds, hundreds of unionized registered nurses at Geisinger Wyoming Valley began a historic five-day walkout at 7 a.m. Monday to protest what they claim are unfair labor practices.
The District 2 Wrestling Championships for individuals are scheduled to get underway Friday at 4:30 p.m. at Wilkes-Barre Area with a preliminary round and quarterfinals.
HAZLE TWP. — Dallas buried 10 shots from beyond the arc Thursday night before allowing Wyoming Area its only 3-pointer of the Wyoming Valley Conference Basketball Tournament boys semifinal at Hazleton Area’s McGeehan Gymnasium.
Pittston brothers Brycen and Brody Martin and Old Forge resident Maya Jenkins are starters on Scranton Prep teams that have wrapped up Lackawanna League Division 1 titles and claimed the top seeds for District 2 Class 4A tournaments.
PITTSTON — For the third consecutive year, the Pittston Area (PA) alumni squared off against the Wyoming Area (WA) alumni in a fund-raising battle on Facebook to help raise money for their program’s booster clubs.
