Luzerne County’s bipartisan Election Task Force will hold a public meeting next month to discuss its final recommendations on ways Pennsylvania can clarify and streamline election procedures.

NEW YORK — A man who was suspected for decades — before another man was charged — in the 1979 disappearance of New York first grader Etan Patz has died, authorities said this week.

SALEM TWP. — A group of 96 landowners in Salem Township was paid more than $500 million for approximately 1,700 acres by Blackstone QTS in what is being called one of the largest land aggregations for data centers in the country.

Luzerne County’s new voting system equipment is scheduled for delivery within the next few weeks, said county Election Director Emily Cook.

Sugarloaf Township resident Leann Busch is contesting the nomination petition of Bill Jones, a Republican candidate for State Representative in the 117th Legislative District.

HERSHEY — Two issues that cropped up sporadically in the first half Thursday night eventually were too much for Holy Redeemer to overcome in the second half.

GREENVILLE, S.C. — For most of Thursday, Duke looked nothing like the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament. Not with 16th-seeded Siena challenging the Blue Devils at every turn, determined to pull off the rarest of March Madness upsets.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Chase Johnston made his first 2-point basket of the season, a fast-break layup with 11.7 seconds remaining that gave No. 12 seed High Point an 83-82 victory over fifth-seeded Wisconsin on Thursday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

GREENVILLE, N.C. — Terrence Hill Jr. made a stepback 3-pointer with 15 seconds left in overtime and 11th-seeded VCU erased from a 19-point second-half deficit to stun sixth-seeded North Carolina 82-78 on Thursday night in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Wilkes-Barre Area took the lead in the bottom of the sixth and held off Wallenpaupack in the seventh to complete a 4-3 victory over the Buckhorns in a non-league baseball game on Thursday.

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The last time a Wyoming Valley Conference girls basketball team played for a PIAA state championship, the current arena wasn’t even there.