1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (916+ words) Multicultural Parade and Festival returns to Public Square Participants carry a large Dominican Republic flag and wear traditional clothing as they march along S. Main Street during Saturday’s Multicultural Parade in downtown Wilkes-Barre. Aztec dancers take the stage during the ninth…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (422+ words) Leadership Northeast executive director will serve as grand marshal Leadership Northeast Executive Director Jessica Cronauer will lead Wilkes-Barre’s 2026 Multicultural Parade and Festival on Saturday, Sep. 12. WILKES-BARRE — Longtime businesswoman and Leadership Northeast Executive Director Jessica Cronauer will lead the city’s annual…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (603+ words) By Tom Mooney Out on a Limb With Labor Day on the horizon, here’s an appropriate question for genealogists. Do you know exactly what your ancestors did for a living? If you’re lucky, you have an obituary telling you that…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (728+ words) Annual Pride Parade and Festival held in downtown WB Parade participants, decked out in all colors of the rainbow, made their way along the parade route on Sunday. Grand Marshal Drew Popish leads the Pride Parade down South Main Street…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago   (396+ words) Mrs. Kasha Davis, known for her time on RuPaul’s Drag Race, will explore the intersections of drag, community, and resilience in an ‘Art in Context Lecture’ at 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 15. ‘PULSE Nightclub: 49 Elegies’ by artist John Gutoskey honors and…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (770+ words) By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Revelers participate in the Pride Parade on June 29, 2025, in San Francisco. Participants carry a large pride flag during the World Pride parade with the U.S. Capitol in the background on June 7, 2025, in Washington. Members of Gotham…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (384+ words) The Pride Flag flies on Public Square. Shea Hughes, Rainbow Alliance executive director, offers remarks during Monday’s flag raising. People hold mini Pride flags. Wilkes-Barre Mayor George C. Brown speaks on Monday at the city’s raising of the Pride flag…...

4+ mon, 3+ day ago   (516+ words) A revised version of a proposed, sweeping anti-discrimination ordinance is up for introduction at Tuesday’s Luzerne County Council meeting. The legislation would create a county human relations commission to rule on discrimination complaints that extend beyond county government and involve…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (622+ words) By ANNIE MA Associated Press The U.S. Department of Education building in Washington on Dec. 3, 2024. WASHINGTON — The Education Department said Monday it has terminated agreements with five school districts and a college aimed at upholding protections for transgender students, backing away…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (403+ words) Times Leader Editorial Board With 23 buildings sprawled around nearly 183 acres, the Center served as a residential facility for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities, at one point housing as many as 1,800 clients. The state kept trimming the population of the…...