Senate bill spurs tax exempt debate
HARRISBURG - Last week's split vote in the Senate on a bill affirming the Legislature's authority to define what a public charity is reflects different views on how to tackle the issue of tax-exempt...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 3/25/2013
AUGUST, ANGELA R., South Scranton, today, Neil W. Regan Funeral Home Inc., 1900 Pittston Ave., Scranton. Mass, 10 a.m., Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Church, 1221 Prospect Ave., Scranton, by the Rev....
View ArticleTrade magazine says WNEP is for sale
SCRANTON - WNEP-TV is for sale, according to a report in Broadcast and Cable Magazine.
View ArticleOn March 25 in NEPA
On this date in NEPA 75 years ago, negotiations between the Scranton Transit Co. and the Street Car Men's Union resumed after a four-day hiatus in an attempt to reach a new contract before the current...
View ArticleDeans' Lists 3/25/2013
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Lackawanna County Kara Byrne, Clarks Summit; Daniel Callen, Clarks Summit; Kaitlyn Cardone, Dunmore; Julia Castanzo, Scranton; Antonino, Throop; Tiffany Coles,...
View ArticleSouth Abington supervisor hopes letter sparks more funding for park
Four months after recreation board officials voiced concern over a shortage in park funding, a township supervisor is "reaching out" to the Abingtons communities that don't contribute an annual fee.
View ArticleCommunity events list, 3/25/13
CLIPBOARD Abingtons League meeting: Abington Heights Civic League meeting, April 1, 7 p.m., clubhouse, 115 Colburn Ave., speaker: Cheryl O'Hora; 587-3101. Archbald Information session: Borough work...
View ArticleIn interview, Sandusky speaks of Paterno, witness
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Jerry Sandusky said in interview excerpts broadcast Monday that a key witness against him misinterpreted him showering with a young boy in Penn State football team facilities...
View ArticleGroundhog's handler taking blame for forecast
PITTSBURGH (AP) — An Ohio prosecutor who has light-heartedly filed charges against the famous Pennsylvania groundhog who fraudulently "predicted" an early spring says he may consider a pardon now that...
View ArticleHearing for accused killer delayed
SCRANTON - A preliminary hearing for a Moosic man accused of killing the boyfriend of his son's mother was postponed to give the man more time to prepare. No new hearing date has been set for Adam...
View ArticleLuzerne County man leads police on high-speed chase
A Larksville man is accused of leading police from four departments on a drunken high-speed chase in which he collided with a police car and crashed into a fence.
View ArticleWest Pittston man charged with child rape
A West Pittston man was charged today with rape of a child and other sex offenses after police say he molested two young girls. John A. Cooke, 36, of 23 Washington St., is also charged with...
View ArticleSchuylkill County man allegedly assaults woman for supporting Obama
SAINT CLAIR - A Saint Clair man was jailed early Saturday charged with assaulting a woman over her political views concerning President Barack Obama. George J. Prutzman, 52, of 305 S. Second St., was...
View ArticleJews portrayed in popular American film and culture discussed
Emmy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker Matt Sienkiewicz, Ph.D., revisited his studies of Jewish culture in American television and movies during his recent presentation “Just Strange Enough: Jews,...
View ArticleIs Tenn. Capitol sink for Muslim feet washing? No
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Sometimes a mop sink is just a mop sink. In Tennessee, legislative staffers and building managers have sought to reassure a few concerned lawmakers that recent state Capitol...
View ArticleJohnson recalls all OneTouch Verio blood sugar meters
By LINDA A. JOHNSON Health products giant Johnson & Johnson on Monday issued yet another product recall, this one for OneTouch VerioIQ blood glucose meters sold in the U.S. and other countries....
View ArticleBerezovsky's billions: How the tycoon lost so much
By RAPHAEL SATTER LONDON - How do you burn through billions? The death of Boris Berezovsky, whose body was found Saturday inside his upscale English home, has refocused attention on the fantastic...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 3/27/2013
BAILEY, WILLIAM F. SR., Scranton, today, 10 a.m., Church of the Good Shepherd, North Washington Avenue, Scranton, by the Rev. Graham Cliff. Interment, Abington Hills Cemetery, South Abington Twp....
View ArticleLuzerne County authorities: Rumors of drug-smuggling attorney unsubstantiated
DA: No evidence attorney smuggled drugs WILKES-BARRE - Investigators have not substantiated claims that a local attorney was smuggling drugs to an inmate at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility,...
View ArticleScranton man charged with beating girlfriend
Man charged with beating girlfriend SCRANTON - When Scranton police first saw Charlene Peck's bloody nose and swollen right eye, her boyfriend, William Gillette III, told officers it wasn't bruising,...
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