Five votes now separate the Republican candidates for state representative in the 117th District — incumbent Mike Cabell and Jamie Walsh — and there are still more votes that may be added Monday.

WILKES-BARRE — Mark Bronsburg went about his business on Friday afternoon like it was just another day at his Mimmo’s Pizza on Public Square.

NANTICOKE — Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski on Friday said the shortage of teachers in Pennsylvania is reaching a critical stage and a solution must be found.

WILKES-BARRE — The city took a step toward alleviating the struggles of homelessness during Thursday night’s combined city council session. Council members unanimously approved the awarding of $109,500 in American Rescue Plan funds to Keystone Mission, a faith-based nonprofit.

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NEW YORK — New York’s highest court on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein ’s 2020 rape conviction, reversing a landmark ruling of the #MeToo era. The court found the trial judge unfairly allowed testimony against the ex-movie mogul based on allegations that weren’t part of the case.

WRIGHT TWP. — Teacher layoffs are now a possibility after the Crestwood School Board voted 6-3 at Wednesday’s monthly meeting to adopt a resolution to potentially suspend as many as six employees for the upcoming 2024-2025 school year in order to reduce “a substantial budget shortfall.”

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he was immediately rushing badly needed weaponry to Ukraine as he signed into law a $95 billion war aid measure that also included assistance for Israel, Taiwan and other global hot spots.

WILKES-BARRE — Wilkes-Barre’s annual Cherry Blossom Festival will be held rain or shine from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. April 27 and 28 at Kirby Park on Market Street.

PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid scored 50 points, making all four 3-point attempts and scoring 18 in a potential series-shifting third quarter on Thursday night to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 125-114 win over the New York Knicks in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference first-round series.

NEW YORK — Defensemen Brent Burns and Dmitry Orlov got Carolina off to a fast start and the Hurricanes held on to beat the New York Islanders 3-2 on Thursday night for a 3-0 lead in the first-round series.

The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders hammered the Durham Bulls 14-2 Thursday evening at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Eight of the nine hitters in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre lineup had at least one hit and all nine reached at least once as the RailRiders captured their second straight win in the series.

The Hazleton Area boys track and field team maintained their hold on first place in Division 1, improving to 4-0 with a 97-53 win over Dallas on Thursday.

Marissa Hoffman hit for the cycle and drove in eight runs as Hazleton Area outslugged Dallas 20-13 Thursday in Wyoming Valley Conference softball.

I always find myself stumbling through this part of the sports calendar, and it feels a bit strange.

HUGHESTOWN — Pittston Area’s Gabby Gorzkowski doesn’t consider herself a fast runner.

LEHMAN TWP. — As it did last year — as it seems to every year — the annual meeting between the Wyoming Area and Lake-Lehman track and field teams carried some regular-season significance to it.