If the money becomes available, Luzerne County’s operational services division is asking council to earmark $3.85 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds to repair a 1.96-mile portion of Lower Demunds Road in Dallas Township and other county-owned infrastructure.

Applications supplied to Luzerne County Council Monday provide details on how $1.56 million in county opioid litigation settlement funds may be spent.

Luzerne County’s Election Board will meet Monday to complete the last step necessary to close out the Nov. 5 general election.

An inmate was wrongly released from Luzerne County’s Minimal Offender Unit Tuesday evening based on a court paperwork mixup stemming from a protection-from-abuse court hearing, according to an email sent to county council.

Wyoming Area infielder/pitcher Arianna Gaylord announced her commitment to play softball at Lackawanna College in a signing ceremony at the school. Gaylord batted .316 with five doubles a triple and 18 RBI in 20 games last season along with handling about half the team’s pitching and picking up two wins. From left, first row: Addison Gaylord, sister; Jason Gaylord, father; Arianna Gaylord; and Lisa Gaylord, mother. Second row: Brayden Gaylord, brother; Joe Pizano, Wyoming Area athletic director; Dr. Jon Pollard, superintendent; Eric Speece, principal; and Bryce Gaylord, brother.

WILKES-BARRE — Pittston Area was regarded as a co-favorite along with Hazleton Area in informal polling of Division 1 boys coaches during their Wyoming Valley Conference Media Day at Patte’s Sports Bar and Restaurant Nov. 24.

COVINGTON TWP. — Lukas Burakiewicz could only sit and watch as his Wyoming Area boys basketball team climbed to a first-place tie in Wyoming Valley Conference Division 2 last season.

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Wyoming Area built around a strong Class of 2024 to arrive at the .500 mark in league play in 2022-23 and become both a winning team and one that finished tied for first in the final Wyoming Valley Conference Division 2 standings last season.

Wyoming Area’s sophomore class has already begun establishing itself.