One charged in Thursday's pistol whipping in Scranton
A 17-year-old is being charged as an adult for a Thursday assault that left another man with wounds to his head, ear and arm. Scranton police arrested Jalel Monroe after they said he broke into 1506...
View ArticleCrash injures woman on I-81 in Scott Twp.
Woman injured in highway wreck SCOTT TWP. - A part from a tractor-trailer in the middle of Interstate 81 set into motion a series of events that sent a Dalton woman to the hospital Thursday night,...
View ArticleScranton police investigate car theft
SCRANTON - City police are investigating a car theft from the 600 block of North Garfield Avenue. Capt. Glen Thomas said city resident Mike Musheno called police at 3:45 a.m. Friday to report his...
View ArticleCrime-fighting forum Tuesday in Wilkes-Barre
HARRISBURG - A who's who of crime fighters are scheduled to participate Tuesday in a Senate committee meeting in Wilkes-Barre that will focus on combating violence and crime in smaller cities. State...
View ArticleScranton car fire called suspicious
Police: Car fire was suspicious SCRANTON - City police are investigating a suspicious car fire that heavily damaged a 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee on Friday. At 4:30 a.m., a neighbor was awakened by an...
View ArticleMan charged with illegally burning waste in Wayne County
More charges in waste burning HONESDALE - A second man has been charged with burning waste in Wayne County, after his boss was charged in December with the same crime. Jody Robert Rickert, 30, 1870...
View ArticleConstruction will reduce part of McDade Expressway to single lane
Construction on a city bridge could snarl traffic for up to two months on a highway that connects Scranton to the Abingtons and Midvalley. Originally slated to begin Tuesday, replacement work on a...
View ArticleCommunity events list, 3/30/13
Abington HeightsBlood drive: Abington Heights High School Health Career Club public blood drive, April 6, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., high school gym, 222 Noble Road, Clarks Summit; walk-ins...
View ArticleCartwright braves gay-marriage issue, unlike others
Same-sex marriage apparently remains a controversial enough subject that U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright was the only local congressman who consented to an interview this week to discuss the cases the...
View ArticleDeNaples one step closer to return to banking
Having defeated regulators in court, Louis DeNaples is nearly free to reclaim the chairmanship of First National Community Bancorp. Removed from the Dunmore-based bank company's board and prohibited...
View ArticleReggie Jackson to throw out first pitch for SWB RailRiders
When the Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre RailRiders return to open the reconstructed PNC Field on April 4, a legendary New York Yankee and Hall of Famer will be there, too. Reggie Jackson, known as "Mr....
View ArticleScranton food fight: bricks-and-mortar restaurants vs. food trucks
Bricks-and-mortar businesses in downtown Scranton say their beef against food trucks is about fairness, but at least one food truck owner said the mobile kitchens are playing by the rules. Food trucks...
View ArticleThree arrested in Monroe County burglary
Three charged in Monroe burglary TUNKHANNOCK TWP. - Three people were arrested in connection with a Monroe County burglary Wednesday. Derrick Morris, 23, Jermaine Ringler, 23, and Brian Rodriguez, 22,...
View ArticleNewspaper correspondent awarded for work with victims of sexual violence
WILKES-BARRE - Citizens' Voice correspondent and former Wilkes-Barre police Officer Pat Rushton was named this week a winner of the National Sexual Violence Resource Center's Visionary Voice Award....
View ArticleThree arrested in heroin bust
A pregnant woman and two men were arrested and more than 600 bags of heroin were confiscated after a drug investigation by Dunmore police and the Lackawanna County Drug Task Force. Police saw Matthew...
View ArticleBusiness Week in Review, March 31, 2013
Investors bid for Snö MountainAn investment group, Montage Mountain Resorts LP, appears poised to purchase Snö Mountain and extend new life to the bankrupt Scranton recreation complex. The group plans...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 3/31/2013
BARRIGAR, EARL J., Dunmore, Monday, Mass, 9:30 a.m., St. Mary of Mount Carmel Church, Chestnut Street, Dunmore. Interment, Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville. Calling hours, 8:30 until Mass,...
View ArticleN.J. man hurt in crash on Interstate 81
New Jersey man injured in crash GREAT BEND TWP. - A New Jersey man was seriously injured Saturday when his vehicle crashed on Interstate 81 in Susquehanna County, police said. Jaelen T. Felton, 18, of...
View ArticleAround the Towns 3/31/2013
Honesdale Before borough officials make a decision on whether to move forward with an idea that could help the Fire Department, they are hoping the public will weigh in. Council members have been...
View ArticleTrue story: Scranton StorySlam spins yarns
True story. Jim Bosha grew up in a big Irish Catholic family that at one point lived in his grandparents' funeral home in West Scranton. As a young boy, Mr. Bosha, 55, and a cousin, "let's call him...
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