Hazleton Area News Today

Nearly two-thirds of students in the Hazleton Area School District are Hispanic, but no Hispanic person has ever been elected to its school board.

A federal lawsuit argues the way representatives are elected to a local school board in Pennsylvania's coal region is unfairly shutting Latino voters out of power.

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HAZLETON, Pa. — Latinos seeking jobs and affordable housing have transformed Hazleton, Pennsylvania, in recent decades, but a federal lawsuit argues the way representatives are elected to their local school board is unfairly shutting them out of power. Nearly two-thirds of students in the Hazleton Area School District are Hispanic,

Hazleton Area schools will dismiss early on Monday to clear traffic from the campus before the start of the Wyoming Valley Conference track and field championships began.

The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency awarded $2.36 million to Luzerne County public schools in competitive school safety and security grants to improve safety, security and mental health supports

Some Luzerne County students heard a message of empowerment at the sixth-annual Girl Power in STEM program at Penn State Hazleton.

Words Come to life as Sulette Lange steps into the spotlight and faces her fear.

A program Thursday at 7 p.m. on WVIA-TV will show state champion Sulette Lange of Hazleton Area and other high school students in a Poetry Out Loud contest.

The Lake-Lehman Knights have outscored its first two opponents 24-1 to begin the 2024 season with a pair of victories over Hazleton Area and Wyoming Valley West. Hannah Chipego continues to excel in the circle and at the plate, throwing a no-hitter against the Spartans on Wednesday, while also going 3-3 at the plate with […]