SPORTS VOICES: Crestwood Lady Comets face off against the Hazleton Area Lady Cougars in this week’s high school hoops, plus the end of the Penn State football season begins the Matt Campbell era and Ide looks forward to FIFA World Cup and the Olympics. Also, could there be an Eagles Super Bowl appearance?
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John 'Stanky' Stankovic, the Nanticoke-born polka musician whose band performed all over the United States and around the world, died early Christmas Day. He was 89.
News Briefs
- Lackawanna College names new football coach
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- Red Cross assisting residents displaced by West Side Hotel fire in Scranton
- Police say remains of two people were removed from crypts in Plains Twp. mausoleum burglary
- Lackawanna County issues Code Blue frigid weather alert
- UPDATED: Nanticoke police identify young man who was located near bridge
- 'No Kings' rallies planned nationwide, across region for Saturday
- Steamtown Marathon world-record attempt falls short
- Pa. officials say NY trash bag manufacturer will relocate to Hazleton, creating 101 jobs
- Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders name new president/general manager
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