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The business mogul and activist has been in ailing health and has already spent more than 1,800 days in solitary confinement in Hong Kong before his guilty verdict.

Once overgrown, the Shady Lane Cemetery's Clover section includes unmarked graves of babies and toddlers. Volunteers now maintain the cemetery in Lackawanna County.

Winter is coming. And with colder weather comes sicknesses. People spend more time indoors and increase the chance to spread diseases. Representatives from the state stopped in Lackawanna County on Thursday to encourage all citizens, especially older adults, to get three vaccines before the holidays.

At a state-of-the-county dinner, they highlighted advances in medical care, employment and veterans assistance.

Signs of the season are evident with the return of Santa Claus at area malls and holiday events around the region.

The center for students in the Delaware Valley, Wallenpaupack Area, Wayne Highlands and Western Wayne school districts also would offer adult education. Area leaders say the center would have a major impact on the local workforce.

Bob Casey made one of his last stops as a U.S. Senator in Northeast Pennsylvania on Friday, visiting King’s College’s new Frank and Carolyn Kowalski Center for Advanced Healthcare in downtown Wilkes-Barre. Casey secured a $450 million federal grant for the project.

A state Public Utility Commission administrative law judge will host hearings in Tunkhannock on Verizon's plan to buy Frontier Communications, but Rep. Tina Pickett wants PUC to require Verizon to keep Frontier's commitments for better internet access.

Former city finance director Bill Nichols is accused of misdirecting money for bus system to riverboat and other public agencies.

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