Luzerne County Council may reconsider a process already underway to seek purchase offers for the county-owned Broad Street Business Exchange in downtown Hazleton, according to Tuesday’s voting meeting agenda.

Luzerne County Correctional Services Division Head James Wilbur recently presented statistics on outside medical care for inmates to convey the magnitude of the situation to County Council.

Luzerne County Sheriff’s Department K-9 Hylee recently executed her first on-duty find — a gun buried under a stack of clothes inside a dresser, officials said.

Luzerne County’s proposed 2026 real estate tax increase has been reduced from 1.9% to 1.5% due to cuts approved last week, county Budget and Finance Division Head Mary Roselle said Tuesday.

TUESDAY, 12/2

Returning District 2 champion Brody Spindler is among the many experienced wrestlers Pittston Area will take into a season in which it seeks to defend its Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1 title.

Pittston Area went 17-7 last season, with all seven losses coming to state-qualifying teams that are Wyoming Valley Conference Division 1 members in girls basketball.

For most of his five years at Penn State, Dominic DeLuca has been focused on the next game, the next goal.

Riley Pierce is back after placing sixth in District 2 Class 2A a year ago, making him the only returning medalist on the Wyoming Area wrestling team.

Old Forge returns four starters from a team that won a District 2 title and made it to the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association state quarterfinals in Class 2A boys basketball last season.

Pittston Area held Northwest without a field goal in the first quarter, then added a new offensive weapon in the second quarter on the way to a 74-19 rout of the host Rangers in a Friday night boys basketball opener.