Paid acceptances rise at PSU
<p>STATE COLLEGE (AP) — The number of paid acceptances to Penn State from incoming freshmen is up 4 percent this year despite a decline in applications overall to the school.
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Weather forecast
<p>“The mostly sunny, dry conditions we’ll have today, tomorrow and Monday will mean an elevated risk for wildfires.
Study: Exercise cuts women’s risk of kidney stones
<p>Women have another reason to exercise: It may help prevent kidney stones. You don’t have to break a sweat or be a super athlete, either.
Flight woes delay ‘Office’ cast member’s arrival for Scranton festivities
<p>SCRANTON (AP) —Dwight is running late. But not to worry, Scranton.
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Danville woman gets jail for DUIs
<p>DANVILLE — A Danville woman arrested twice for DUI over a three-day span told a judge she has stayed sober and remained in counseling since her arrests.
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Rider is candidate in Greenwood Township
<p><strong>Barry Rider</strong> is running on the Republican ticket for a six-year term as Greenwood Township supervisor, a press release says.
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Man pleads guilty in fatal Luzerne motorcycle crash
<p>WILKES-BARRE (AP) —A man has pleaded guilty to charges involving the hit-and-run deaths of two motorcycle riders.
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VIEWINGS AND MEMORIALS
<p>JOHNSON — William H., “John,” 71, of Mountain Road, Catawissa, husband of Faye Breech Garrison Johnson, was stricken at his home and died Monday, April 29, 2013.
Phillip D. Shultz
Funeral arrangements will be announced
<p>Phillip D. Shultz, age 72, Third and Market streets, Benton, died Thursday afternoon, May 2, 2013, in a two-car accident on U.S. Route 1 in Chadds Ford Township, Delaware County.
Mary Claire Wilt
Nurse, activist for women and elderly rights
<p>Mary Claire Wilt (née Soranno) died peacefully Saturday afternoon, April 27, 2013, in the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Dr. Elaine Maria Schwartz, M.D., and Dr.