Nanticoke, PA

A trio of Wyoming Valley Conference squads went on the road for non-conference games on Friday night and came home with 0-2 records on the season.

Trailing by a goal early in the second quarter, Dallas got an immediate answer from Caitlyn Mizzer, sparking a huge performance that gave the Mountaineers a 7-3 win over Nanticoke Area on Monday in a WVC field hockey game.

As custom of the era, the bodies of five men instantly killed in the Buck Mountain slope of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company in Warrior Run were taken to their homes on Aug. 28, 1908. A sixth man died after being taken to Nanticoke Hospital.

Berwick’s long trip to Moscow quickly went sour for the season opener as the Bulldogs’ climb from a big halftime hole fell short in a 36-20 loss at North Pocono in a non-conference game on Friday night.

WILKES-BARRE — There will be driving lane restrictions/closures on Interstate 81 northbound in Luzerne County between Nuangola (Exit 159) and Nanticoke/South Cross Valley Expressway (Exit 164) from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 29, for emergency bridge pothole repair.

WILKES-BARRE — Homicide suspect Kawan Ikee Scarborough previously decided on a non-Luzerne County jury trial on allegations he fatally assaulted a woman inside her Nanticoke apartment in 2023.

WILKES-BARRE — A Nanticoke man on pled not guilty to attempted homicide charges alleging he shot an ex-girlfriend after she dropped her child at school in April, which resulted in the temporary lockdown of an elementary school and a municipal building.

Luzerne County Community College celebrated the accomplishments of its newest paramedic graduates during a graduation ceremony Friday, Aug. 14, at the Educational Conference Center on the College’s main campus in Nanticoke.

Luzerne County Community College’s (LCCC) Surgical Technology program recently celebrated the Class of 2026’s graduation at the Educational Conference Center (ECC) on the college’s main campus in Nanticoke.