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SPORTS VOICES: Wyoming Valley Clutch basketball still undefeated
In this week's Sports Voices, Roger and Bob talk about the Wyoming Valley Clutch. The American Basketball Association team remains 15-0 with four games left in the regular season ahead of the 64-team playoff. We'll hear from Clutch coach Kevin Major about the team's success and how chemistry has fueled that.
Police investigating theft from foundation that supports students, teachers in Bradford County
State police are investigating the theft of $121,640 from a foundation that supports teachers and students in Bradford County. A statement issued Thursday from the Wyalusing Area Education Foundation calls the theft of funds “devastating and deeply painful for our board and our community.”
Police: One juvenile dead, another in critical condition in Kingston fire
Kingston Police are accepting donations for the survivors of a fatal fire that destroyed a home on North Welles Street on Wednesday night.
Lehigh Valley Hospital-Dickson City passes Health Department inspection, will reopen tomorrow
Officials said Thursday that the Dickson City hospital will reopen Friday morning, just over a week after last week’s fire destroyed its orthopedic institute.
Montrose coach is league's first woman to coach varsity boys basketball
Montrose Meteors head coach Tracie McComb is making history in Susquehanna County as the first woman to coach varsity boys basketball in the Lackawanna League.
EVENTFUL: True crime novelist book signing in NEPA, author hopes novel honors victims of tragic murder in Old Forge
Brian Kincaid will be signing copies of his recently published novel, "Murder in Old Forge, Pennsylvania: The Tragic Death of the Ziemba Children."
Shapiro praises first responders after Dickson City hospital fire
Gov. Josh Shapiro thanked first responders for their work last week during the fire at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Dickson City. He said the hospital's emergency room is aiming to reopen by Friday.
League's first woman to coach varsity boys basketball focuses on growth, family in Montrose
Few women coach boys varsity basketball. Montrose head coach Tracie McComb — the first woman to do so in the Lackawanna League — focuses on growth and bringing her team together.
Shapiro, other officials say Lehigh Valley Hospital-Dickson City eyes Friday reopening for ER
Gov. Josh Shapiro thanked first responders at the Dickson City Fire Department for their work last week during the fire at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Dickson City and highlighted investments proposed in his annual budget to support the state’s fire departments.
Federal judge sentences Lackawanna County-based art and memorabilia theft ring co-leader to 10-year prison term
Senior U.S. District Judge Malachy E. Mannion sentenced Nicholas Dombek, 55, of Thornhurst Twp., to 10 years in prison minus prison time already served for co-leading an art and memorabilia theft ring that operated for 20 years, targeted 20 museums and other venues and stole millions of dollars in one-of-a-kind jewelry, sports awards and paintings along with rare guns and minerals.