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The cost of public education in Luzerne County is set to rise by $19.5 million next year, according to budgets approved by all 11 school districts, and the obvious question for most residents is: “How does that hit me?”

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Wilkes-Barre Area’s dollar increase of $5.1 million is much more than Hazleton’s, but because Wilkes-Barre Area’s budget is a bit smaller at $96.4 million, ...

Pastor Paul Rowland will retire, after more than 16 years at the Steuben and North Western United Methodist Churches, following Sunday’s services at 9 a.m. in Steuben and at 10:30 p.m. in Nor...

A 22-year-old North Lebanon Township man was charged with rape Thursday following an assault earlier in the day in Lebanon, police said. Police said they were contacted by a woman who said she was assaulted early Thursday morning in the 700 block of Arnold Street.

HARRISBURG — A state budget that boosts education spending and borrows for energy, infrastructure and economic development projects easily passed the state Legislature on Friday and was signed into law by a visibly pleased Gov. Ed Rendell.

A request came from lawyer for the Rev. Joseph Sica. Some news reporters subpoenaed over alleged leaks from a grand jury investigation of Mount Airy Casino Resort owner Louis DeNaples said Thursday that they were contacted by people who wanted to confirm their cell phone numbers or names.

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One of the partners in a Wyandotte County casino proposal dropped out of the running Monday. Mohegan Resorts Kansas LLC, a subsidiary of the Connecticut-based Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, said Monday it has acquired for an undisclosed sum the one-third interest in the proposed Legends Sun casino project held by Las Vegas-based Olympia Gaming.