Regional Briefs 3/14/2013
Tickets on sale for St. Pat's banquet PITTSTON - The Greater Pittston Friendly Sons of St. Patrick announced the lineup for its 99th annual St. Patrick's Day Banquet. State police Commissioner Frank...
View ArticleScranton man sentenced to state prison for Hill Section robbery
A Scranton man will spend up to six years in prison for his role in a violent robbery of three teenagers in the Hill Section last year. Taylor Vidal, 20, was sentenced Wednesday by Lackawanna County...
View ArticleJudge sends sexual assault case against Lakeland High School teacher to...
A Lakeland High School band teacher may plead his case before a jury after a magistrate ruled Wednesday there was sufficient evidence to move it to trial court following graphic testimony from a...
View ArticleReport: Mellow pulls strings for PNC Bank
A powerful Northeast Pennsylvania lawmaker pulled strings for the state's largest bank in exchange for gifts, including New York Yankees and Rod Stewart tickets, according to a grand jury presentment...
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Students to play Carnegie HallThe Northeast Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association has selected the students who will represent it during a March 30 performance at Carnegie Hall in New York City. The...
View ArticleGetting there: Snow showers, winds for this March morning
It's cold -- in the 20s, and scattered snow showers may get picked up by the Northwest winds and cause quick white outs and a few slick spots this morning. The National Weather Service says the...
View ArticleScranton police seek burglary suspects
SCRANTON - City police are seeking the public's assistance in identifying two burglary suspects. Police on Wednesday released images of the suspects from surveillance video cameras at the Wal-Mart in...
View ArticleTwo hurt when car crashes into Scranton office building
Two elderly motorists were hurt Wednesday when their car crashed into an office building in downtown Scranton, authorities said. The collision occurred at 12:32 p.m., when a Dodge Spirit sedan crashed...
View ArticleMan accused of raping 15-year-old girl
An Olyphant man was arrested and charged with the rape and sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl in a borough apartment while his girlfriend and infant child were upstairs. The girl told police she...
View ArticleLeadership groups hold gathering
Civic leaders from throughout the Northeast Pennsylvania gathered in Scranton Wednesday for a conclave of the region's leadership groups. About 100 participants from Leadership Lackawanna, Leadership...
View ArticleMinimal losses in Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wyoming counties in latest census...
Every county in the region lost population from 2011 to 2012, according to new Census Bureau estimates. Data released by the government Thursday indicates nominal population losses in Lackawanna,...
View ArticleScranton City Council blasts sequestration
Scranton City Council on Thursday began the processes of formally opposing federal across-the-board sequestration cuts and authorizing an engineering study of Lake Scranton Road that could lead to a...
View ArticleOn this date in NEPA
On this date in NEPA 75 years ago, John Marsh of Cumberland County filed a federal lawsuit in Scranton against Gov. George Earle, the South Middleton Twp. School District and the Cumberland County...
View ArticleLackawanna College claims contract implementation is legal
Lackawanna College is not breaking federal labor law, and instead is working to increase academic excellence and give professors a fair contract, administrators said Thursday. One week after the...
View ArticlePublic reminded to make fire safety a priority
DUNMORE - It is an elementary truth, but one Assistant Chief Tom G. Taylor Jr. of Wilson Fire Company 1 in Peckville knows bears repeating from time to time: Smoke detectors save lives. On Thursday,...
View ArticleCommunity events list, 3/15/13
CLIPBOARDBlakelyCompany drive: Wilson Fire Company 1 drive envelopes may be mailed to Box 26, Peckville, or dropped off at company headquarters.DaltonPancake supper: Dalton Fire Company pancake supper,...
View ArticleNamedropper, 3/15/13
Smoke, glasses rise at RotarySmoke rings will waft, and glasses will be lifted when North Scranton Rotary conducts its inaugural Wine Tasting/Cigar SampĀling April 27 at Maiolatesi Wine Cellars Tasting...
View ArticleScranton man charged with threatening neighbors
City man arrested for making threats SCRANTON - A city man is accused of threatening to kill his neighbors and blow up their house for complaining to police and fire officials about large fires in his...
View ArticleJudge to rule on whether chief of police, captain will be tried together
Cops' trial up to judge A judge will now decide whether suspended Old Forge Police Chief Larry Semenza and police Capt. Jamie Krenitsky should be tried together on charges they sexually assaulted a...
View ArticleMexican Mafia inmate not held in isolation
The suspect in the killing of federal correctional officer Eric Williams had much more freedom at the U.S. Penitentiary at Canaan than he did when he was imprisoned in Arizona. That state treats...
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