UGI gets conditional approval for compressor station in Washington Twp.
The Washington Twp. Zoning Hearing Board granted conditional approval Monday night for a UGI compressor station on Meshoopany Ridge Road in Wyoming County. The zoning board reconvened a Dec. 17...
View ArticleLackawanna County Court Notes 2/20/2013
MARRIAGE LICENSES n Eric Raymond Hobensack, Phoenixville, and Marisa Lynn Toth, Olyphant. n Maurice Phillip Salamone Jr. and Rosemary Mifka, both of Scranton. n Edward Voychuk and Rebecca Marie...
View ArticleMother of toddler killed in crash sues Chrysler
The mother of a 22-month-old boy killed in a May 2011 car crash is suing Chrysler Group LLC, the maker of the Jeep Cherokee she was driving that caught fire after another vehicle crashed into it....
View ArticleDA: Lakeland teacher had sex with student
A 31-year-old Lakeland High School band teacher surrendered himself to the Lackawanna County district attorney's office Tuesday morning to face charges that he had a sexual relationship with a...
View ArticleStudents at West searched after starter pistol round found
Suspected bullet leads to search SCRANTON - Students at West Scranton High School were searched Tuesday morning after a suspected bullet was found last week. The round, which Scranton police...
View ArticleDA: Honesdale man facing nine felonies after selling heroin to informant
HONESDALE - Authorities in Wayne County arrested a borough man for selling heroin after he made two sizeable deals with an informant, authorities said. Wayne County District Attorney Janine Edwards...
View ArticleWilkes-Barre fire displaces family
A fire erupted this morning in a Park Avenue apartment destroying the structure and displacing a family of five. Melvin Hall, 37, and his fiancee Latasha Woumans, 32, said they heard a loud noise...
View ArticleNCAA sues Corbett, Pa. officials over 'unconstitutional' attempts to keep...
The National Collegiate Athletic Association, the governing body for major college athletics, filed a lawsuit today against Gov. Tom Corbett and other state officials saying they are illegally...
View ArticleOfficial: Pa. inmates claim to be Jewish for meals
YORK, Pa. (AP) - Officials at a central Pennsylvania prison say some inmates are falsely claiming to be Jewish in order to get kosher meals.Warden Mary Sabol says that has led to a dramatic spike in...
View ArticleCourt: Sentence for 15th DUI too harsh
PITTSBURGH (AP) - An appeals court says a Pittsburgh man must be resentenced for what prosecutors say are his 14th and 15th drunken driving convictions because the seven- to 15-year prison sentence he...
View ArticlePittsburgh, Philadelphia queried on 2024 Olympics
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The U.S. Olympic Committee wants to know if Pittsburgh or Philadelphia might be interested in hosting the 2024 Summer Olympics.Letters were sent out Tuesday to gauge interest among...
View ArticlePolice have suspect in central Pa. goat thefts
HOWARD, Pa. (AP) - Police say they have a suspect in the case of goats that mysteriously went missing from a farm in central Pennsylvania.Seventy-seven-year-old Liberty Township resident Sylvia Nyman...
View ArticleDuryea's 10,000-years of history trampled, upended, by vandals
In Duryea, 10,000 years of history was dealt a setback in one evening of intentional destruction. What is believed to be a group of vandals ransacked an archaeological dig overlooking the confluence...
View ArticleRascal Flatts, The Band Perry serve up crowd-pleasing performance
WILKES-BARRE TWP. - The guys from Rascal Flatts know how to connect with their ever-lovin' audience.The country stars built participation opportunities into their "Changed Tour" stop Thursday at the...
View ArticleNo small screen spotlight for second Dunder Mifflin ad
'Office' ad to miss OscarsDunder Mifflin paper brand commercial not on local TV Local TV viewers got a clever, humorous look at the real-life Dunder Mifflin paper brand earlier this month during the...
View ArticleUGI announced improvement projects in Scranton, Honesdale
Portions of Scranton and Honesdale will have a number of natural gas mains replaced through a UGI Utilities Inc. $71.1 million enhancement project sometime this year.About 4,910 feet of pipeline in...
View ArticleHelmet blessing in Taylor will honor the fallen, pray for the living
TAYLOR - When Joseph Czerw died while fighting a fire in Taylor 31 years ago, he left behind a hole for his family and community. On Wednesday, a helmet blessing ceremony will be held at the Union...
View ArticleCORRECTION
Headline wrongA headline on Page A5 in Thursday's editions incorrectly stated, "Throop looks at 4% hike." The entity considering a 4 percent tax hike is the Mid Valley School District.
View ArticleArea districts face off in engineering competition
FOREST CITY - Arms extended and smiling, five Abington Heights students yelled out, "Team YOLO!" The slang acronym stands for "you only live once," and Thursday, the students were living well. The...
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Earnings reports- Lego, a privately owned company, says that on revenue of $4.2 billion, it made net profits of $1 billion, up 38 percent.- Hewlett-Packard Co. earned $1.2 billion, or 63 cents per...
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