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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.

For Mountain Top resident Demetri Patitsas and his family, hospitality is in their blood.

WILKES-BARRE — Straight out of NEPA, Burn the Jukebox just celebrated its five-year anniversary as a band. Since its debut, the band has been climbing with TikTok fame into the hearts of fans across the world, and all this while the musicians are still in high school.

Tucked away inside a Drums dance studio, a class of about 50 was just starting their afternoon stretching session Saturday afternoon.

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

BUTLER TWP. — A man from Wapwallopen is jailed without bail on allegations he assaulted a Butler Township police officer during a traffic stop on East Butler Drive near Drasher Road on Thursday.

WILKES-BARRE — Wilkes-Barre City police detectives arrested Quinton Reiley Yachera on allegations he caused the death of an 11-month-old boy in May.

SHICKSHINNY — The Pennsylvania State Police at Shickshinny released surveillance pictures of an unidentified man suspected in depositing stolen checks and withdrawing cash.

WILKES-BARRE — Two women pleaded not guilty to charges they physically abused and withheld food from a malnourished 12-year-old girl who was constrained to a bed inside their Exeter residence in Birchwood Estates.

WILKES-BARRE — An accidental bump inside a hookah lounge led to a fatal shooting on Hazle Street early Saturday morning, police say.