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Acceptance, friendships and confidence flourish at a baseball diamond in Wilkes-Barre. The Wyoming Valley Challenger Baseball league, which has expanded and thrived at the field over the last six years, will play at the Little League World Series next month — with a national audience.
Latest Stories
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Opponents and supporters of a landmark gay bar's historic nomination aired their views Thursday at Pittsburgh City Council. -
Bucks County Judge Stephen A. Corr found Justin D. Mohn, 33, guilty in the January 2024 shooting death of his father at their home in the Philadelphia suburb of Levittown. -
The build out of new data centers could squeeze supply on the electric grid, driving up prices. Groups are calling for new regulations to make sure 'large load users' pay their fair share. -
The administration is withholding $230 million in federal grants for Pennsylvania after-school and summer programs, English language instruction, adult literacy and more. -
The vice president will speak Wednesday at a West Pittston business about President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act. -
WVIA News' Roger DuPuis and Sarah Scinto talk about ongoing coverage of Keystone Mission's financial troubles as the nonprofit deals with downsizing its operations and facing a possible lawsuit from Luzerne County. -
Verne Inc. will employ at least 61 people after opening a Lycoming County plant that builds tanks for storing highly dense hydrogen to fuel on-site electricity generators. -
Republicans in Harrisburg this week used a rare measure to force lawmakers to vote on a bill that would prohibit transgender girls from girls' sports in schools. But state House Democrats sidestepped the vote, leaving Pittsburgh Rep. Dan Frankel, who chairs a key committee, in charge of the bill's fate. -
An arts festival in State College, a barn concert in Wyoming County and a plant sale in the Poconos, and it's all happening this weekend in our region. -
Community organizations in Lackawanna and Luzerne counties have contributed 'millions of dollars' in recent months to help keep Community Health Systems’ struggling Scranton hospitals afloat as officials work to find a buyer. -
The media and technology company donated 35 new laptops to clients of Outreach, a Scranton-based nonprofit that helps community members overcome barriers to employment among other programs. -
Former executive director Justin Behrens departs as Keystone Mission is closing its Innovation Centers for Homelessness and Poverty in Wilkes-Barre and Scranton and Luzerne County intends to sue over federal money Keystone received.
News Briefs
- Dickson City Starbucks baristas vote to unionize
- Rising Tide Wellness to host Scranton wellness fair on June 26
- Police investigating teenage girl's shooting death in Bradford County
- Lehigh & Luzerne county airports receive funding for upgrades
- Free dental clinic coming to Wilkes-Barre on June 6 and 7
- John Oates to rock Wilkes-Barre’s Public Square at free concert
- Land preserved around Luzerne County reservoir
- Pa. American Water Company: Dimock Twp. one step closer to drinkable water by 2026
- State offers free fishing across Pennsylvania on Sunday
- Hazleton murder suspect arraigned in court today
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