PennDOT: New Scranton traffic lights will have kinks until project is complete
City stoplights being inspected SCRANTON - The batch of 50 new city stoplights will not function efficiently until all of them have been installed and synchronized, authorities said. Inspectors for...
View ArticlePUC targets Roaring Brook drilling ordinance
HARRISBURG - State utility regulators are recommending changes to the proposed gas drilling ordinance in Roaring Brook Twp., and township officials appear likely to follow their advice. The Public...
View ArticleCorrection
CORRECTION Wrong player A high school football game capsule in Thursday's editions misidentified the West Scranton player who led the team in tackles the previous week against Scranton, due to...
View ArticleRegional briefs for Friday, Oct. 12, 2012
Man to admit to sex chargesTUNKHANNOCK TWP. - A 54-year-old Tunkhannock man charged with indecent assault and corruption of a minor waived his rights to a preliminary hearing Thursday and is expected...
View ArticleScranton man guilty of setting fire that killed two boys
The first time Lackawanna County President Judge Thomas J. Munley said "guilty," Tyaisha Leary started crying. Her quiet tears turned to sobs as Judge Munley rattled off the word 18 more times against...
View ArticleCharles 'Chuckie' Costanzo dies
Costanzo dies after jail releaseDUNMORE - Charles A. "Chuckie" Costanzo died Thursday after having been released from state prison earlier this year to live out his last days with his mother.Mr....
View ArticlePolice Blotter 10/12/2012
Following are reports of recent calls to which area police agencies were dispatched. Information from across the area will be published as it becomes available to The Times-Tribune, and as space...
View ArticleCommunity events list, 10/12/12
AbingtonsFamilies presentation: Abington Community Library Families Helping Families program, Wednesday, 7 p.m., featuring Jeff Zerechak, director of drug and alcohol programming in...
View ArticleNamedropper, 10/12/12
Scranton Sirens win WVIA EmmyAnd the Emmy goes to ... Northeast Pennsylvania's public television station, WVIA.The PBS station's film from Scranton's past, "Remembering the Scranton Sirens" was...
View ArticleOn October 12 in NEPA
On this date in NEPA 75 years ago, Rhys Davis, member of British Parliament, spoke at the First Welsh Baptist Church, West Scranton. Mr. Davis talked about the dangers of communism and fascism and...
View ArticleOpponents of Scranton commuter tax rally
OLYPHANT - While Scranton City Council members were voting to approve a controversial commuter tax, officials from surrounding communities gathered to plan their opposition.The meeting, held at the...
View ArticleGreater Scranton Chamber of Commerce polls its members on commuter tax
The Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce is conducting an online survey of its membership to gauge reaction to the city's plan to revive a commuter tax. "We want to take the pulse of their feelings on...
View ArticleBusiness Briefs, 10/12/2012
Sprint: Talking with Softbank NEW YORK - Sprint Nextel Corp. says Japanese cellphone company Softbank Corp. is in talks about making a potential substantial investment in the U.S. company. Sprint says...
View ArticleWyoming County sentencings for Friday, Oct. 12
TUNKHANNOCK - A 28-year-old Clarks Summit woman will spend at least a year in state prison after being sentenced for her involvement in kicking a Wyoming County sheriff's deputy last summer. Jessica...
View ArticleDeNaples makes case to keep stock
DeNaples makes case to keep stockWASHINGTON, D.C. - Attorneys for Louis A. DeNaples argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit that federal banking regulators went too far when they...
View ArticleChopper crash investigation continues
COOLBAUGH TWP. - The investigation into the helicopter crash that killed two men and seriously injured a third continued Thursday afternoon as National Transportation Safety Board investigators...
View ArticleAuditor general candidate DePasquale promise drilling pollution-related audits
If elected, state auditor general candidate Eugene DePasquale promised Thursday to audit the state's water protection programs to ensure Marcellus Shale drilling is not polluting drinking water."Right...
View ArticlePolice look for two attackers in Scranton stabbing
City police looking for two attackersSCRANTON - City police are on the lookout for two men after a stabbing was reported in a possible home invasion.Sgt. Steve Marino confirmed that a man was stabbed...
View ArticleScranton City Council adopts 1 percent commuter tax; next step is to seek...
Acting on an emergency basis, Scranton City Council on Thursday adopted a 1 percent commuter tax. An ordinance approving the new 1 percent earned income tax on nonresidents who work in the city...
View ArticleFlu season means flu shots
After years of advising people with egg allergies to avoid flu shots, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed its stance.CDC guidelines say some people with a history of egg allergies...
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