Wyoming County Press Examiner

10/28/2025

HS Boys Soccer: Tunkhannock beat Riverside 4-3 in overtime in a District 2 Class 2A semifinal to advance to the district title game. Caden Newswanger scored all 4 goals including the game winner in OT shown here ⚽️

10/25/2025

HS Football: Lackawanna Trail beat Riverside 40-14 to win the Lackawanna Football Conference Division III title. Isaac Ryon rushed for 370 yards and scored 5 touchdowns. A special season by a special player and top tier team 🏈

10/24/2025

Authorities offer reward in cold case Back Mountain slaying

Authorities are offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person who murdered a Back Mountain resident in his home 24 years ago, Pennsylvania State Police recently annou…

10/24/2025

The Elk Lake School Board honored Arden Tewksbury on Thursday. Tewksbury, who turns 93 on Sunday, is the longest-serving volunteer school board member in the nation.

DIMOCK TWP. — Arden Tewksbury — famed advocate for dairy farmers and the longest-serving volunteer school board member in the United States — received a cupcake and milk toast for 64 years of servi…

10/24/2025

Two men charged in $100K theft ring spanning eastern PA

Two men have been charged with running an organized retail theft ring targeting Lowe’s stores in eastern Pennsylvania that resulted in nearly $100,000 in loss.

10/23/2025

Federal shutdown delays start of Pennsylvania's LIHEAP program till December

Pennsylvania must delay the opening of the 2025-26 Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) season by one month, until Dec. 3, because of the federal government shutdown, state officials …

10/23/2025

Live at the Dietrich Theater: Film festivals and spooky fun for Halloween

Our Fall Film Festival ended with a lively Post Film Festival Discussion attended by those who actually were able to see all 20 films, others who saw several and those who wanted to find out which …

10/23/2025

Wyoming and Luzerne County residents may register to receive all of the ingredients for a free Thanksgiving meal. The deadline is Friday, Oct. 24.

The Commission on Economic Opportunity is reminding Luzerne and Wyoming County residents that registration for its annual Thanksgiving Project will close this Friday at 5 p.m.

10/23/2025

Wyoming County Commissioners approve $10K for Interfaith Friends Christmas food giveaway

With Pennsylvania’s state budget impasse still going on, Wyoming County is stepping in to help save Interfaith Friends of Wyoming County’s Christmas food giveaway program. At their Oct.…

10/22/2025

HS Cross Country: Tunkhannock’s Madelyn Graves placed 3rd in the District 2 Class 2A girls race to qualify for the State Championships in Hershey 🏃‍♀️

10/22/2025

HS Cross Country: District 2 Class A Champions: the Elk Lake Warriors & Lady Warriors 🏅

10/22/2025

HS Cross Country: Elk Lake’s Kendyl Weisgold wins the District 2 Class A title with a time of 19:30.7. Madison Kerr finished 3rd, Kylee Pond 10th and Azlyn Gazzillo 13th to lead the Lady Warriors to their 3rd consecutive district team title 🏃 🏅