A Luzerne County Council majority confirmed Ted Ritsick’s nomination Tuesday as the new Community Planning and Economic Development Division head, but it did not vote on a real estate tax break extension for a Wilkes-Barre Township warehouse project as planned.

Luzerne County’s bipartisan Election Task Force released eight recommendations for Pennsylvania to improve election procedures.

Luzerne County’s administration is recommending a real estate broker to sell an unused county-owned property in Wilkes-Barre, according to Tuesday’s County Council work session agenda.

Luzerne County Council is set to vote Tuesday on a real estate tax break extension, a revised American Rescue consultant contract, and two opioid settlement fund earmarks that had been tabled.

Trevor Winslow and Jason Wang use different approaches, but the two junior singles players were each able to produce decisive victories Tuesday when host Wyoming Area downed rival Pittston Area 4-1 in a Wyoming Valley Conference boys tennis match.

Emily Krevey scored points in two events for Misericordia University women’s track and field team in the April 1 York Twilight Invitational.

HUGHESTOWN — Just when Pittston Area put itself back into the game Thursday, Tunkhannock took the Patriots out of it that quickly.

DALLAS TWP. — Dallas entered Wednesday the second-highest scoring team in Division 1 of Wyoming Valley Conference baseball.

Pittston Area was the first Wyoming Valley Conference baseball team to reach 4-0 overall this season and the Patriots will be the last.

First-year performers were prominent Friday when Wyoming Area ended a six-game losing streak in its softball rivalry series with Pittston Area.

Wyoming Area’s dominance of Wyoming Valley Conference Division 2 track and field is being put to the test early this season.