There won't be as many Americans hitting the road this Memorial Day weekend according to AAA projections, but there will still be a lot of travelers. Just over 35 million Americans are expected to travel 50 miles or more from home of over the Memorial Day weekend. That's down about one percent from last year. About 9 out of 10 will travel by car. Air travel is expected to decrease. Median
A car driven by a 72 year old Wilkes-Barre woman ran off Route 115 in Bear Creek Township yesterday afternoon and hit a 26 year old man from Clearfield County. Both were killed. Investigators say Ann Rinko was behind the wheel when her car struck Ryan Jacobson. He was setting up traffic control signs at a tree-trimming site wen he was hit.
HAZLETON, Pa. (AP) Gov. Tom Corbett says American Eagle Outfitters Inc. is planning a $160 million-plus distribution center near Hazleton that is projected to generate nearly 400 jobs.
The governor said Tuesday the million-square-foot center on a 120-acre site will also bring construction jobs and additional hiring during peak business seasons.
A district magistrate from the Abingtons virtually assured he will become a Lackawanna County judge after capturing both the Democratic and Republican nominations in Tuesday's primary.
With 93 percent of precincts reporting Tuesday night, Magisterial District Judge James Gibbons seized the most Democratic and Republican votes in the race, totalling 15,202 of the 40,183 votes cast.
Scranton democratic mayoral hopeful Liz Randol told supporters after 10 p.m. that she was conceding the race to Bill Courtright but would continue her campaign until the Republican write-in votes are counted. She said she believes she got enough write-in votes to secure the Republican nomination.
Randol said "We know that the voter turnout was significantly low but I think what we did in
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