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Dallas School Board approved a new transportation contract Thursday, which didn't go over well with supporters of the company that didn't get it.

Solar Impulse pilot Andr Borschberg completed a record-setting flight in the wee hours this morning after flying more than 950 miles on solar power alone, even if he was, strictly speaking, going backward for part of the trip.

The Pond, through May 31. Photography exhibition featuring images by Mike Burnside and Philip Dente.

A legal action to prod the Dallas School Board's awarding of a busing contract is on hold until after board members meet today to decide on their own.

Several in-plants have added engraving to their repertoires and are etching signs, desk plates, plaques and many other items.

Dallas School Board will hold a special meeting at 5 p.m. Thursday in the administration building to vote on a five-year bus contract.

The committee for "Market on the Pond", the Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center's Auxiliary's largest fundraiser, is planning for the annual event, which will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 15 on the center grounds, 4 E. Center Hill Road, Dallas.

On Saturday Misericordia University in Dallas graduated almost 400-students. The challenges facing new graduates was the focus of the key note speech given by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Carl Berstein.

Almost every kid with markers has tried to connect them cap-to-end, maybe getting as far as four or five before they fell apart.

The 58th annual celebration of the arts continues today on Public Square in downtown Wilkes-Barre. Festivities include art exhibits, live music and performances and children's activities.

Coughlin High School, Class of 1968, will celebrate its 45th reunion July 26 at Appletree Terrace, Newberry Estates, Dallas.

Suspect Fred Koptcho, 48, of Dallas is led into the Hanover Township police station for questioning.

For the first time in two years, folks who live in the Mountain Top area of Luzerne County have their own liquor store.

The threat of losing several million dollars was enough to spook many on the Wilkes-Barre Area School Board into staying in the controversial Northeastern Pennsylvania School District Health Trust for another year.

The board unanimously passed a resolution to reconsider the previous bus transportation proposals, and give Emanuel's Bus Line and G. Davis Inc.

Saturday will be a historic day for the Commonwealth Medical College in Scranton as 57 students from the school's charter class will get their Doctor of Medicine Degrees.

"Barefoot in the Park:" May 11, 17-18, 8 p.m.; May 12, 19, 3 p.m., Little Theatre of Wilkes-Barre . 570.823.1875. A newly married couple should find bliss in every moment, happiness at every turn, and bask in the glow of the "honeymoon" period for quite some time - unless, of course you're Paul and Corie Bratter, lead characters in the stage show ... (more)

Coughlin High School, Class of 1968, will celebrate its 45th reunion July 26, 2013 at Appletree Terrace, Newberry Estates, Dallas.

Scranton, Lackawanna County-People in Scranton strapped on their helmets and hit the trails Sunday for a good cause.

Doctors say Lyme Disease cases have risen over the years and the disease is not always easy to diagnose.