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							                                Hanover Area cheerleaders prior to a game against Nanticoke at Hanover Area Memorial Stadium on Aug. 30, 1980.                                 Courtesy of Hanover (Hawks) Area Football on Facebook

Look Back: Oldest active athletic field reopens this Friday

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To suit up once again would be amazing. To run onto the field with teammates through the paper banner held by cheerleaders to the loud cheers of fans and music from the band would be the greatest gift.

State police investigating fatal crash on I-80

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DENNISON TWP. — A man died at a local hospital and other people were injured in a multi-vehicle crash in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 80 Sunday night.

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PA Superior Court upholds Shaw’s first-degree murder conviction

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WILKES-BARRE — The Pennsylvania Superior Court upheld the first-degree murder conviction and life sentence of Anthony Dion Shaw in the stabbing death of Cindy Lou Ashton in May 2018.

Hanover Township man gets probation for stalking congressman, wife

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WILKES-BARRE — Admitting he made a mistake by sending emails perceived as threats directed at United States Representative Rob Bresnahan and his wife, John Arnone deeply apologized for his behavior.

Former teacher sentenced to probation for giving nicotine to students

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WILKES-BARRE — A former Wyoming Area teacher who admitted to giving marijuana gummies, nicotine vapes and pickle-flavored vodka to three students was sentenced in Luzerne County Court on Monday.

							                                Photo ID from left: Jim Brogna, Vice President, Allied Services; Daniel Horn, Vice President Sales, McCarthy Tire; Colleen Doyle, Chief Legal Counsel, McCarthy Tire; Gary Lambert, Vice President Operations, McCarthy Tire; Mary Kate Henry, Human Resources, McCarthy Tire; Kathleen Lambert, CFO, McCarthy Tire; John McCarthy, CEO, McCarthy Tire; Tim Lambert, Controller, McCarthy Tire; Bob Cole, Senior Vice President, Allied Services.

McCarthy Tire Donates in Support of Team Allied Services at the...

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Leadership from McCarthy Tire Service joined with two Team Allied Services runners who are preparing for the 50th running of the Marine Corps Marathon to present a generous $5,000 donation in support of Allied Services’ mission.

							                                Geisinger recruiters interacted with job seekers at the Times Leader’s career expo in April.                                 Times Leader File Photo

Times Leader career expo set for Tuesday

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WILKES-BARRE TWP. — Diane McGee, Times Leader Media Group advertising director, said the Times Leader is a leader in hosting job fairs for Northeast Pennsylvania.

							                                For voters who prefer to drop off their ballots instead of mailing them in, drop boxes are set up inside two county-owned properties: Penn Place Building, 20 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Wilkes-Barre, and Broad Street Business Exchange, 100 W. Broad St., Hazleton.                                 Times Leader File Photo

ELECTION 2025: What to know about mail ballot voting

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With the Nov. 4 general municipal election fast approaching, voters have until 5 p.m. Oct. 28 to request mail-in ballots.

							                                Katie Button, “The First Lady of Mountain Top,” enjoys the oldies at the Mountain Top Historical Society Sock Hop along with Bob Geiser.

Mountain Top Historical Society hosts Sock Hop

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Rocking and rolling to the oldies was the theme of the Mountain Top Historical Society’s Sock Hop held on Saturday, Nov. 8 at the Broadway Tavern.

AllOne Charities mobilizes regional nonprofits for Give Day 2025

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WILKES-BARRE — Mary Carroll Donahoe, chief program officer, AllOne Foundation and Charities, this week said Giving Tuesday is about giving back in whatever ways we can.