WILKES-BARRE — King’s College has announced a new scholarship program targeting New Jersey residents who are accepted to the Wilkes-Barre institution.

WILKES-BARRE — At a special meeting on Friday, Wilkes-Barre City Council approved five requests for application for grants totaling more than $1.9 million from the Commonwealth Financing Authority of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

WEST PITTSTON — Maxim W. Furek held the audience’s attention Thursday evening with his tales of researching life from beyond the grave, a mission Furek said pursued him, not the other way around.

PITTSTON TWP. — They may be young, but now they have the accolades to prove that they are trailblazers in NEPA.

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HARRISBURG — Republican David McCormick announced Thursday that he will make his second bid for U.S. Senate in swing-state Pennsylvania, this time to take on Democratic Sen. Bob Casey after losing in last year’s bruising and crowded Republican primary.

WILKES-BARRE — Zoning officials on Wednesday approved an exception that will allow a vacant garage on Scott Street to be converted to a catering and pizza business, following a lengthy hearing at which they heard from supporters and opponents of the plan.

WILKES-BARRE — A beloved local tradition will wind its way through Hollenback Cemetery this weekend.

PECKVILLE — Valley View sent a wave of rushers – both the type that chase passers and the ones who carry the football – at visiting Pittston Area Friday night.

HANOVER TWP. — Wyoming Area came out the gates firing as the Warriors routed Hanover Area 47-0 in a Wyoming Valley Conference Division 2 game on Friday night.

TAMPA, Fla. — The Philadelphia Eagles and Tampa Bay Buccaneers insist they aren’t listening to “noise” outside their locker rooms.

PLAINS TWP. — Wilkes-Barre Area already had a variety of playmakers to attack opponents. The Wolfpack added another Friday night.

The Times Leader’s Joe Soprano and Kevin Carroll offer up their picks for this weekend’s college and pro football.

On a chilly late September Friday night under the lights on the black turf, the visiting Nanticoke Area Trojans were dominant from start to finish in their impressive 42-0 road shutout over the Lake-Lehman Black Knights.

After four straight weeks of tense, close games, Crestwood finally found some breathing room.

The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders were walked off by the Syracuse Mets 4-3 in 10 innings on Friday night.