Carbondale approves seven-year police contract
CARBONDALE - The city and its police officers have a new deal. City council approved a seven-year collective bargaining agreement with the police union at a special meeting Monday. The agreement with...
View ArticleTobyhanna Army Depot to lay off 418
The first effects of automatic federal spending cuts at Tobyhanna Army Depot will result in the layoffs of 418 people. The depot cited decreased funding and work volumes Monday as it reported the...
View ArticleMohegan cutting positions
PLAINS TWP. - Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs is cutting roughly 12 jobs, according to Mike Bean, president and general manager of the casino. The jobs, mostly management and salaried positions, are "part...
View ArticleScranton board considers adding bus cameras for traffic citations
Before Scranton School District buses are outfitted with cameras to catch traffic violators, many legal questions need answers and an ordinance must be written, district officials said Monday. The...
View ArticleMan arrested in pair of Scranton robberies
SCRANTON - City police arrested a man in connection with two armed robberies, just days apart, at a Turkey Hill convenience store. David Wanzie, 24, 1320 Mulberry St., was charged with robbery, theft...
View ArticleLiquor bureau cites Carbondale bar
CARBONDALE - A Carbondale bar was cited for a September violation by the Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement. L&M Bar and Grill Inc., 24 S. Main St., was cited for possessing or operating...
View ArticleRoad to be closed for amphibians
BUSHKILL - Mating amphibians will close a road within Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area over the next few weeks. River Road, a location where the National Park Service said a high number of...
View ArticleFlash flood watch in effect until 8 p.m.
STAFF REPORTA flash flood watch is in effect for Lackawanna, Wayne, Luzerne and Pike counties until 8 p.m. A band of heavy rain moving across the region could cause flash flooding on small streams,...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 3/14/2013
ARROYO, JOEL ROLON, Old Forge, today, 7 p.m., Eagen-Hughes Funeral Home, 2908 Birney Ave., Scranton. Interment, Funete De Luz Memorial, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. Calling hours, 4 until service....
View ArticleLackawanna County homeless programs receive boost
More than $2 million in federal grant money will be distributed among local community programs that help the homeless. The U.S. Department Housing and Urban Development on Wednesday awarded a total of...
View ArticleLackawanna County Court Notes 3/14/2013
LACKAWANNA COUNTY COURT NOTES marriage licenses n Terrence Robert Nealon Jr. and Mary Elizabeth Donovan, both of Scranton. n Isaac Michael Garvin and Danielle Ann Jones, both of Clarks Summit. n...
View ArticleLocal experts call Pope Francis 'humble,' a 'holy man'
The bells at St. Peter's Cathedral rang in concert with the bells tolling in Rome on Wednesday as Catholics downtown celebrated the sight of white smoke rising 4,000 miles away. Catholics in the...
View ArticleCAMPAIGN 2013
CAMPAIGN 2013 Rally for Mark P. McAndrew for Sheriff, Friday, 6-9 p.m., at the Villa Maria's II, 1610 Washburn St., Scranton. Tickets, $20. Food and refreshments will be served.
View ArticleCommunity events list, 3/14/13
CLIPBOARDAvocaHam/cabbage: West Side Social Club ham and cabbage dinner, Saturday, 4-8 p.m., $7, takeouts available.Clarks GreenBunny breakfast: Clarks Green United Methodist Church bunny breakfast/egg...
View ArticlePolice find $20K worth of heroin
Couple held for drugs Lackawanna County detectives discovered 22 grams of uncut heroin with an estimated street value of roughly $20,000 in a drawer full of women's panties and bras Monday afternoon....
View ArticleFederal case likely not relevant to Mellow's new woes
Buried deep in the plea agreement former Sen. Robert J. Mellow reached with the U.S. attorney's office a year ago is a provision that nothing in the document is binding on any other law enforcement...
View ArticleCrime show to air episode on Laceyville triple murder
An Investigation Discovery crime show airing Friday night will feature a 2007 triple-homicide from Bradford County. The episode, "Splitting Heirs," focuses on the murder of Laceyville barber Joe...
View ArticleCounty OKs agreement to house parole violators at prison
The state Department of Corrections will pay $65 per prisoner per day to house parole violators at the Lackawanna County Prison under an agreement approved Wednesday by the county commissioners....
View ArticleMellow faces new, extensive state charges
Former state Senate Democratic Leader Robert J. Mellow steered Pennsylvania Turnpike contracts to favored vendors, required turnpike staff to tap vendors for campaign contributions and took unreported...
View ArticleCabot moving into Wyoming County
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. has given out $175 million in royalties to Marcellus gas leaseholders in Susquehanna County over the past three years and people in Wyoming County could be next, company...
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