Thirteen Luzerne County provisional votes hang in the balance in the tight primary election Republican race for 117th District state representative, and it’s still unknown whether they can be opened and tallied.

PLAINS TWP. — Michael Hawkins, president and CEO of Netizen Corporation, had a message for his fellow veterans who are looking to start a small business — expect a struggle, but don’t ever give up.

WILKES-BARRE — It was all sunshine and clear skies Sunday on the final day of the city’s annual Cherry Blossom Festival in Kirby Park, where crowds of attendees enjoyed everything from good food and live entertainment to some old-fashioned fresh air.

For 35 years, the Greater Wilkes-Barre Triathlon was one of the biggest events in the Back Mountain.

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OMAHA, Neb. — Residents began sifting through the rubble Saturday after a tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, demolishing homes and businesses as it moved for miles through farmland and into subdivisions, then slamming an Iowa town.

CAIRO — Hamas said Saturday it was reviewing a new Israeli proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza, as Egypt intensified efforts to broker a deal to end the months-long war and stave off a planned Israeli ground offensive into the southern city of Rafah.

NEW YORK — Even by Donald Trump’s standards, this was a dizzying week.

WILKES-BARRE — The city’s annual Cherry Blossom Festival kicked off Saturday at Kirby Park and will continue, rain or shine, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday. The event, sponsored by Xfinity, includes over 50 food and retail vendors, amusement rides and games and live entertainment. For information, visit www.facebook.com/SOPAnortheast.

DOVER, Del. — Denny Hamlin took his cut — he gripped the checkered flag like a Louisville Slugger and took a swing moments after he delivered on his called shot at Dover — and then lobbed a high, hard one at some of the NASCAR greats before him.

The Crestwood boys lacrosse team celebrated senior night with a 17-2 win over the Wilkes-Barre Area on Monday.

Twenty horses stampeding 1 1/4 miles around Churchill Downs on the first Saturday in May. The Kentucky Derby turns 150 years old this year, extending its run as America’s longest continuously held sporting event.

The 150th Kentucky Derby is missing horse racing’s household name: Bob Baffert.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Three officers on a U.S. Marshals Task Force serving a warrant for a felon wanted for possessing a firearm were killed and five other officers were wounded in a shootout Monday in North Carolina, home, police said.

Santino Ferrucci once made a typo in a social media post in which he incorrectly spelled Josef Newgarden’s first name.

Nanticoke Area scored two runs in the top of the eighth and then held off Wyoming Seminary for a 5-4 victory Monday in Wyoming Valley Conference baseball.

LEHMAN TWP. — Lake-Lehman didn’t sew up the Wyoming Valley Conference Division 2 softball championship Monday.