WILKES-BARRE — Bill Jones, president and CEO of the United Way of Wyoming Valley, said when he woke up Thursday morning to the sound of thunder, he immediately looked at the weather radar on his phone and thought of the 750 volunteers scheduled to participate in the organization’s 31st Annual Day of Caring.

WILKES-BARRE — Students who participated in the Junior Leadership Northeast (JLNE) program over the past year were honored in a special graduation ceremony on Wednesday at the F.M. Kirby Center for Performing Arts.

In a filing sweep Wednesday, Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas judges outlined their rationale for denying election ballot tallying requests from both Republican 117th House District state representative contenders.

WILKES-BARRE — With surrogates like House Speaker Mike Johnson and Majority Leader Steve Scalise having already been in the area to support Rob Bresnahan, the Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC that is known as the Speakers PAC dedicated to winning a Republican Majority in the House of Representatives, announced on Tuesday that is has reserved $5.6 million for the 8th District race.

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PLAINS TWP. — At Wednesday’s Indicators Report presentation, Teri Ooms, president/CEO of The Institute, said the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in spiking unemployment and declines in gross domestic product (GDP) and tourism spending, though strong recovery emerged in 2021 and remains consistent through March 2024.

“I can buy myself flowers. Write my name in the sand. Talk to myself for hours, yeah. Say things you don’t understand …”

Luzerne County’s new seven-citizen Government Study Commission met for the first time Monday at the county courthouse in Wilkes-Barre to elect officers and briefly discuss organizational matters.

The election board is unlike other Luzerne County boards because its volunteer members put in many full days of unpaid work after every election reviewing ballots, processing write-in votes and addressing other time-sensitive decisions in adjudication.

Holy Redeemer tied the game with three runs in the seventh inning and then won it with two in the eighth as the top-seeded Royals escaped with a 5-4 win over eighth-seeded Lakeland in a District 2 Class 3A baseball quarterfinal game.

The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders walked-off the Syracuse Mets 12-10 on Wednesday afternoon at PNC Field. Caleb Durbin went 4-for-5 with the game winning home run to help the RailRiders to their International League-leading 30th win of the season.

NEW YORK — LeBron James is now the youngest — and the oldest — player to make an All-NBA team. And Dallas’ Luka Doncic and Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander are in position to make around $1 million per game a few years from now.

NEW YORK — Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner credits new clubhouse technology with helping New York get off to an AL-best 33-17 start, is pleased Juan Soto has bonded with teammates and fans, and is confident his club can return to the playoffs after a one-year absence.

KINGSTON — Down to his last strike, Dan Escalante tied the score for Wyoming Valley West in the seventh inning.

NEW MILFORD — Holy Redeemer quickly recovered from its one inevitable lull Tuesday night, regaining command before the midway point in the third set on the way to a sweep of Mountain View in a District 2 Class 2A boys volleyball semifinal victory that clinched a berth in the PIAA state tournament.

The Delaware Valley girls lacrosse team beat Hazleton Area 14-8 on Tuesday to win the District 2 Class 3A championship.

It was March of 2017 when Penn State first announced plans to renovate Beaver Stadium. Seven years later, it’s finally becoming a reality.