Susquehanna County Court Notes 3/14/2013
Susquehanna County Court notes are published Fridays in The Times-Tribune. MARRIAGE LICENSES n Michael Walter and Lisa Fidler, both of Springville. n Michael Heatherman Jr. and Tina Beth Cundey, both...
View ArticleTwo-alarm fire destroys home
SOUTH CANAAN TWP. - A state police fire marshal is investigating a two-alarm fire that destroyed a Wayne County home. The first and second floors at the rear of the two-story, single-family house at...
View ArticleMan charged in scrap metal theft
AVOCA - Avoca police arrested a Jenkins Twp. man on charges he stole $1,400 worth of scrap metal from a Main Street home March 8. Eric Burgerhoff, 22, stole 600 pounds of copper pipes and brass from...
View ArticleCTC property auction delayed
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View ArticleScranton DPW employee arrested for bomb threat
Scranton police arrest DPW employeeSCRANTON - City police have arrested a city Department of Public Works employee, whom detectives say made a bomb threat last week.Mark Jakes, 47, is facing recklessly...
View ArticleScranton police arrest alleged shooter
Police arrest alleged shooterSCRANTON - A man wanted in a West Poplar Street shooting has been caught by police.Ryan Clark, 22, was arrested by police Thursday night, after a tip was received that he...
View ArticlePenn State again seeks dismissal of McQueary suit
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State's civil defense lawyer is defending comments made by former president Graham Spanier shortly after two of his top deputies were arrested more than a year ago....
View ArticleScranton student charged with bomb threat
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View ArticleGovernment appeals $3.7 million verdict against Veterans Affairs
Federal prosecutors are appealing a federal judge's decision to award $3.7 million to an Iraq War veteran from Carbondale who sued the Department of Veterans Affairs over poor treatment of his...
View ArticleScranton councilman avoids sheriff's sale of home, at least for now
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View ArticleScholarship will honor memory of late Riverside student
He inspired his family, friends and community while he was a student at Riverside High School. His courage during his two-year battle with cancer gained national attention when friends started the...
View ArticleDEP cites two gas companies
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection issued violations to two natural gas companies with facilities in Susquehanna and Wyoming counties. The DEP claims Williams Field Service and...
View ArticleTwo arrested in cocaine bust
Two men were arrested Friday morning when Lackawanna County detectives confiscated three bags of cocaine during a controlled drug purchase in Scranton. Police arrested Levon Carr, 33, of the Bronx,...
View ArticleScranton students, DPW worker charged with making separate bomb threats
Two local students and one Scranton Department of Public Works employee were arrested this week on charges that each of them made separate bomb threats - charges that will be prosecuted to the fullest...
View ArticleYMCA to add cancer wellness programming through Livestrong
The Greater Scranton YMCA has always been a community-focused, wellness center. This year, it will expand programming to offer cancer wellness programs to area residents adjusting to life after...
View ArticleFive charged in Midvalley drug probe appear for hearings
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View ArticleEfforts to crush pay to play revived
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View ArticleCourt: Five questions to appear on primary ballot
Voters in Lackawanna County's primary election will have a multitude of options for restructuring county government. In a decision that effectively places the broadest range of choices possible before...
View ArticleGroup of locals recount the view from the Vatican when Pope Francis was...
When they booked their flights to Italy in December, the group just planned to visit friends. Instead, for several hours Wednesday, they watched history unfold. Mike Ruane, 21, of Moosic, along with...
View ArticleCommunity events list, 3/16/13
Abington HeightsParent training: Abington Heights Special Education Department spring parent training series, sessions; March 27, Preventing Problem Behavior: Using Antecedent Strategies; April 24,...
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