Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas Judge Stefanie J. Salavantis will be the new president judge starting Jan. 4 — the first woman to hold the leadership post in county history.

Denise Williams announced Wednesday she is stepping down as Luzerne County Election Board chairwoman, effective immediately, because she is running for county council.

Luzerne County Council voted Tuesday to extend a heating/utility assistance program through this winter and reprogram $1.477 million in remaining federal American Rescue Plan Act funds for three internal projects.

Luzerne County Manager Romilda Crocamo looked back on work completed in 2024 during Monday’s annual public forum required by the county’s home rule charter.

DALLAS TWP. — Dallas football may have never had a seven-minute span in the program’s history like it did in the second quarter Friday night.

On a chilly gridiron Week 9 autumn Friday night under the lights at Nanticoke Area High School celebrating Senior Night, the hometown Hanover Area Hawkeyes fell to the Lake-Lehman Black Knights by a commanding 48-6 margin.

WEST PITTSTON — Wyoming Area ran just 13 plays in the first half Friday night compared to 35 by Lake-Lehman.

WRIGHT TWP. — Fans hoping to see a glimpse of the aurora borealis from the top of the Penobscot Mountains might have been disappointed at the cloudy skies on Friday night. But Crestwood and Dallas fans didn’t even need their cell phone cameras to witness an out-of-this world performance by Mountaineers receiver Gavin Lewis.

KINGSTON — It took Dallas until Week 7 to break .500. As far as Mountaineers coach Rich Mannello figures, they are getting hot at just the right time.

WILKES-BARRE TWP. — Diane McGee, Times Leader Media Group advertising director, said the Times Leader has always taken the lead for hosting job fairs for Northeastern Pennsylvania. McGee said this week’s expo, at the Mohegan Arena concourse, is set for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1.

NANTICOKE — The start was sluggish for Lake-Lehman, but once the Black Knights got locked in there wasn’t much that Nanticoke Area could do.