WILKES-BARRE – City police reported the following incidents:

KINGSTON - Three people are facing mandatory prison time after being charged with selling crack cocaine Saturday afternoon to undercover police detectives near two schools in Kingston.

Myanmar freed an ailing American whom it had sentenced to seven years of hard labor and handed him to an influential U.S senator on Sunday, a move that could help persuade Washington to soften its hardline policy against the military regime.

NANTICOKE — Patriot Park came alive with musical entertainment, arts and crafts, and a homemade pierogie eating contest this past weekend during the fifth annual Coal Miners Heritage Festival.

One thousand six hundred and ninety-one days since it was first proposed, 410 days after it was certified by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and less than one day before the start of classes, The Commonwealth Medical College (TCMC) officially welcomed the school’s charter class on Sunday.

HARRISBURG — The waiting lists for Pennsylvania’s human service programs all have a beginning, but, it seems, none has an end.

WEST WYOMING – Snuggled safely between her father’s feet, 4-year-old Caitlyn Phillips blocked her ears as sirens blared during the fireman’s parade Saturday.

WILKES-BARRE – For 69 King’s College students, the countless hours of studying, reading textbooks and preparing for exams paid off – when they received their college degrees Saturday morning at St. Mary’s Church of the Immaculate Conception.

The ideal picnic location varies with the individual. Summer is not complete for some without a charcoal grilled hot dog, mustard potato salad and s’mores. Others pack their picnic basket with Farmers’ Market fruit, assorted cheeses and crusty bread. Still other turn a PB&J brown bag lunch into a picnic by taking their 60-minute escape from the workday outdoors.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger urged residents to heed mandatory evacuation orders Saturday as 6,800 firefighters battled to control nearly a dozen blazes across the parched state.