State police probe Wayne County fire
BEACH LAKE - State police fire marshals at Dunmore are investigating what caused a blaze that destroyed a Wayne County restaurant late Thursday night.
Beach Lake Fire Company responded to Joe's Ranch House, 1054 Beach Lake Highway, just after 10 p.m.
The cause of the fire is still undetermined, state police said.
Police search for suspect in hit-run
BRIDGEWATER TWP. - State police at Gibson are searching for a silver Volkswagen after a hit-and-run crash that occurred sometime between late Thursday night and early Friday morning.
Police say the suspect's vehicle left the roadway and hit a parked car owned by Scott Maxey of Montrose. The Volkswagen is believed to have front- and rear-end damage, and may have after market lighting, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 465-3154.
One injured in three-car crash
BRIDGEWATER TWP. - One person suffered minor injuries after a three-car crash on Wyalusing Street in Susquehanna County on Friday morning.
State police at Gibson said Lawrence Rudock, 18, of Hallstead, was traveling west on Route 706 just after 7 a.m. when he encountered a steering mechanism failure and drifted into the center of the road, striking an SUV driven by David Calla, 20, of Montrose.
One of Mr. Calla's tires blew on impact, causing him to spin into the path of a vehicle driven by Jeremy Bajkowski, 26, of Hallstead, which struck Mr. Calla's passenger side and pushed him into a ditch.
Mr. Calla, who suffered minor injury, was not taken to the hospital, police said.
Future leaders to start bowl-a-thon
SCRANTON - Leadership Lackawanna's Tomorrow's Leaders Today program will be working with the Arc of Northeastern Pennsylvania to develop a bowl-a-thon event to be held in the spring, the group announced Friday.
The eight-month-long initiative is part of the group's 2012-2013 class project to help foster teamwork and leadership skills among the high school juniors and allow for real-life experience in philanthropy and nonprofit organizations.
To learn more, go to www.leadership lackawanna.com or call 342-7711.
Job cuts coming to Wilkes-Barre
WILKES-BARRE - The job cuts are here.
Mayor Tom Leighton has identified job cuts that will soon impact the city's union workers unless last-minute concessions are made, the city's spokesman said Friday.
"The administration has identified employee cuts across all four bargaining units. We have notified the respective union leaders of the cuts," said Drew McLaughlin, city spokesman.
The specific number of job cuts looming was not revealed Friday.
"We're not releasing the number of cuts until the union leaders have had time to inform the members. They are also tentative employee cuts, as we expect union leaders to respond next week to the possibility of reconsidering the concessions that could offset some of the layoffs," Mr. McLaughlin said.