Luzerne County Council

Federal investigators have retrieved data cards from a Pennsylvania state police helicopter and Cessna plane that collided at a small airport near Carlisle last week, killing the plane’s pilot and injuring two troopers.

Since Luzerne County Council passed an anti-discrimination ordinance in June, the local law has been tied up in a petition battle to either repeal it or put it up for a county-wide vote. WVIA's Roger DuPuis sits in as host to discuss the ordinance and petition with WVIA’s Sarah Scinto.

Petitioners seeking to repeal Luzerne County's anti-discrimination ordinance or put it to a referendum submitted more than 15,000 signatures on Monday, organizer Walter Griffith said.

Luzerne County Council member Joanna Bryn Smith has scheduled a public meeting for Thursday night to give residents a chance to ask questions about the county’s anti-discrimination ordinance.

Lackawanna County Commissioner Chris Chermak said he's more than qualified to serve as the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport's new executive director.

A non-discrimination ordinance passed by Luzerne County Council in June is caught in a battle to either repeal it or put it up for a county-wide referendum.

The Luzerne County Council is set to vote on a payment in lieu of taxes, or PILOT, Agreement as well as Tenor Health System’s financing plan for Wilkes-Barre General Hospital at this evening’s council meeting.

For the first time, Lackawanna County will contribute to the cost of having local police patrol the airport. Previously, Luzerne County split the cost with the airport after federal funding to pay the officers expired.

Democrats won a lot of elections statewide Tuesday and that includes in Northeast and North Central Pennsylvania. Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti won the marquee race of the night, the third time city voters elected her mayor.

Democrats rode to victory in the race for Luzerne County Council Tuesday night, reclaiming the body's majority, while voters handed the county controller's office to another member of their party and rejected proposed changes to the county's home rule charter.