At 19 years old, Michael Costello has been chasing his dream since he was six years old, racing go karts, and now, racing in the second season of the USF Pro2000 Championship series, he’s just two steps away from his ultimate dream of racing at the Indy 500.

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.

Wyoming Area’s dominance of Wyoming Valley Conference Division 2 track and field is being put to the test early this season.

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.