30+ min ago   (770+ words) Wyoming Area rebounded from a lopsided loss to Dunmore in the opener to earn a decisive win over Hanover Area on Friday. Hanover Area’s Angel Tejada looks for room to run on Friday at Wyoming Area. Wyoming Area’s Luke Kopetchny…...

1+ hour, 38+ min ago   (219+ words) Jerald McNair Chicago Tribune Brookings Area United Way Executive Director Heidi Gullickson along with a cutout of Dolly Parton show off some books from Parton’s Imagination Library, which is one of the dozens of programs funded by BAUW. How do…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (472+ words) Molly and Frank Hoegen are flanked by their daughters, Sara Latcham and Lael McGann, at the recent Osterhout Library Gala and Auction, which Molly Hoegen co-chaired with Lindsay Griffin-Boylan. If you happened to mention the Osterhout Free Library to 7-year-old…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1142+ words) Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks in the library at Neil Armstrong Elementary School in Scranton about increases in the investment Pennsylvania has made in education in recent years. Gov. Josh Shapiro gestures to second-grade students at the start of his news…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (521+ words) Gloria Yoder The Amish Cook Tonight we came home from a drive with Selah. It was getting dark, which, at this time of year, signals us to start thinking of getting everyone settled down for the night. It seemed too…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (366+ words) By Rick Miller Executive director, Osterhout Free Library … to books and so much more Midway through the Friends of the Osterhout Book Sale, which is held each June, there is a day devoted to children. Giant bubbles courtesy of ‘That…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (653+ words) By Dr. Stanley Martin When I was in medical school in the 1990s, my professor told the class that we wouldn’t need to worry about measles, because we would probably never see it. Now, less than 30 years later, I have seen…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (127+ words) The Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Knights of Columbus Council #12976 recently made a $500 donation to the Wyoming Valley Children’s Association in support of their 34th Annual “Do it for the Kids” Walkathon. Posing with some Wyoming Valley Children’s Association children are WVCA…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (706+ words) The Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg. WILKES-BARRE — To help keep children safe from potential threats online, the week of Aug. 17-23 was designated as Social Media Safety and Parental Awareness Week in Pennsylvania under a resolution introduced by Sen. Rosemary Brown,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (581+ words) By Sarah Harris For Times Leader Hourigan, Kluger, & Quinn provides free helmets to children HKQ Kids distributed free bicycle helmets during the Pittston Tomato Festival Saturday, as part of its 15th annual giveaway, a program organizers say has provided approximately 15,000 helmets…...