The Citizens' Voice

22/03/2025

POTTSVILLE — There was a point late in the second quarter of Saturday’s PIAA Class 2A boys basketball semifinal where Northwest Area was down nine, but had the ball and some momentum. Unfortu…

22/03/2025

OREFIELD — As the fourth quarter clock dwindled down, Crestwood coach Mary Mushock Namey sent in the substitutes a few at a time. Leaving the court to an ovation from the Crestwood fans came the ma…

22/03/2025

Get the scores from all the PIAA playoff games involving District 2 teams.

22/03/2025

Class 5A Girls Semifinal Archbishop Wood (21-7) vs. Crestwood (24-4) When: Saturday, 1 p.m. Where: Parkland High School How they got here: Archbishop Wood defeated Lower Moreland, 70-25; Villa Mari…

22/03/2025

SHICKSHINNY — Northwest Area scored three runs in the first, and added another three in the sixth to pull away from Wyoming Valley West, 8-1, for the nonleague softball victory Friday afternoon. Av…

22/03/2025

DOYLESTOWN — The Misericordia baseball team took a one-run lead after one inning, then scored four runs in the second and fourth innings in a win on the road over Delaware Valley, 18-2, in the firs…

22/03/2025

The Providence Bruins set the early tone, scoring three first-period goals, on the way to a 10-2 win over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on Friday night at Mohegan Arena. The Penguins fall to 3…

22/03/2025

George Foreman, the fearsome heavyweight who lost the “Rumble in the Jungle” to Muhammad Ali before his inspiring second act as a 45-year-old champion and a successful businessman, died Friday nigh…

21/03/2025

“Persecution of the Christian church is not strange,” Dumitru Asanache, pastor at the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Hazleton said recently after preaching a sermon in English with a S…

21/03/2025

Mary Mushock Namey understands the landscape of girls high school basketball in the eastern part of the state. So much so, it is not necessary for the Crestwood coach to seek any sort of history le…

21/03/2025

As far as the Northwest Area basketball team is concerned, they played a game last Saturday and have another one this Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Martz Hall in Pottsville. Practices were held during t…

21/03/2025

SCRANTON — Crestwood scored a run in the top of the seventh inning to pick up the 4-3 victory over West Scranton in nonleague softball Thursday at the University of Scranton’s Magis Field. Br…

20/03/2025

Bresnahan “all aboard” for passenger train between Scranton, NYC

U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan, R-8, Dallas Twp., is on board for the Scranton to New York City train project. Making it clear that he endorses the rail project with full force, Bresnahan sent letter of s…

20/03/2025

Hanover Twp. police chief retiring after storied career

Police Chief Dave Lewis is retiring as a proud man.

20/03/2025

Wilkes-Barre zoners OK halfway house with full support of neighbors

People typically have a “Not In My Back Yard” attitude when a halfway house or similar facility is proposed for their neighborhood, but residents in the Wilkes-Barre’s North End h…

20/03/2025

County orders ailing Nanticoke bridge to close

The aging Nanticoke-West Nanticoke Bridge was ordered closed effective immediately amid concerns about public safety due to its deteriorating condition, county officials said Thursday.

20/03/2025

LCCC hosts Pysanky workshop

Luzerne County Community College hosted a Pysanky Egg workshop on Wednesday. The class, taught by Tammy Budnovitch, was a beginner’s guide to creating the egg, which originates in Ukraine. &n…

20/03/2025

Romanian organized crime suspect charged in skimming case

A Romanian member of an organized crime syndicate responsible for stealing thousands of account numbers was charged Thursday with surreptitiously installing two skimming devices at the Walmart in W…