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In addition to voting on purchasing the historic train station in downtown Wilkes-Barre Tuesday, Luzerne County Council is set to discuss court leasing of a Kingston property to house

Domestic Relations and revocation of $3 million allocated toward a new hotel at the former Hotel Sterling property due to that project’s relocation.

FREELAND — MMI Preparatory School’s Class of 2025 graduated on Thursday evening at the 133rd commencement ceremony.

WILKES-BARRE — The United Way of Wyoming Valley’s 32nd Annual Day of Caring got underway on Thursday with a breakfast program at The Woodlands Inn. It was a rainy spring day, but that did

not stop the 650 volunteers from getting work done.

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WASHINGTON — House Republicans stayed up all night to pass their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package, with Speaker Mike Johnson defying the skeptics and unifying his ranks to muscle

President Donald Trump’s priority bill to approval Thursday.

NANTICOKE — Luzerne County Community College President John Yudichak on Wednesday said that in a world where educational accessibility and workforce development are more critical than ever,

LCCC is setting a standard for higher education innovation and regional partnerships.

WILKES-BARRE — Students from 17 area high schools graduated from the Junior Leadership Northeast (JLNE) program on Wednesday night at the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts.

Approximately 24.5% of registered Luzerne County Republicans and Democrats cast ballots in Tuesday’s primary election, according to a statistical report posted with the county’s online

election results.

GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Jalen Brunson has the award voted to the NBA’s best clutch player and landed the endorsement of Reggie Miller, one of basketball’s famed finishers. He had earned the

reputation as the league’s top closer in this postseason.

Both Crestwood lacrosse teams went up to Lackawanna County on Thursday and came home with a split in the District 2 Class 2A championship games.

Top-seeded Lake-Lehman opened the postseason with a bang, scoring in all but one inning on Thursday for an 11-2 victory over Western Wayne in the District 2 Class 3A softball semifinals.

The College Football Playoff will go to a more straightforward way of filling the bracket next season, announcing Thursday that it will place teams strictly on where they are ranked instead

of moving pieces around to reward conference champions.

KINGSTON — Wyoming Seminary’s offense made plenty of noise in the second inning Wednesday. Five hits, seven runs.

INDIANAPOLIS — Jim Irsay started his football career as a ball boy. He finished it as a team owner.

Wyoming Valley West boys volleyball opened the postseason with two set wins and dropped the third before regrouping to beat West Scranton 3-1 on Wednesday in the District 2 Class 3A

quarterfinals.

The case for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was simple. He’s the best player on an Oklahoma City Thunder team that had the best record this season and set a league mark for margin of victory. If

that wasn’t enough, he also won the scoring title.