Impact fee proceeds decline with price of gas
Pennsylvania will collect about 3 percent less in shale drilling impact fees this year due to a decline in the price of natural gas, according to figures released by the Public Utility Commission this...
View ArticleHouse policy chairman rips Corbett's Medicaid plan
Gov. Tom Corbett's proposal to expand health care coverage by maybe leaving an expansion of Medicaid to private insurers is flawed because private insurers charge more to run health care than the...
View ArticlePolice seek suspects in Monroe County stabbing
Police seeking stabbing suspects COOLBAUGH TWP. - Pocono Mountain Regional Police are seeking information after a Long Pond man said he was stabbed. Nathaniel Speaks Jr., 20, arrived at the Pocono...
View ArticleCornell wrestler from Honesdale charged with raping woman
ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — A Cornell University wrestler accused of raping another student as she slept was arrested after the victim's companion snapped pictures of the young man lying on the bed, his pants...
View ArticleWayne County day care has license revoked amid child abuse allegations
A Wayne County day care that recently came under scrutiny for child abuse allegations has had its license formally revoked by the State Department of Public Welfare.Just 4 Kids Daycare and Learning,...
View ArticleDEP: Fracking OK to resume at Wyoming County spill site
A Marcellus Shale drilling company was allowed to resume fracking operations Friday at a Wyoming County site where a breach in equipment caused thousands of gallons of fluid to flow from the...
View ArticleLocal county detectives combine to arrest nine on heroin related charges
Within a four-day stretch, Lackawanna County detectives and detectives from district attorney's offices in Pike and Wayne counties arrested nine people and seized close to 900 bags of heroin in three...
View ArticleWarmer weather begins for NEPA
Friday's warm weather will be more the norm through the rest of spring, an AccuWeather meteorologist predicted on Friday, but there could still be some chilly days ahead. "I think we're going to get...
View ArticleSecond man arrested in city cemetery thefts
Second man charged in theftsSCRANTON - A second man is facing charges in the theft of bronze vases from Cathedral Cemetery.Scranton police charged Robert Krostag, 45, of 32 Gashi Road, West Pittston,...
View ArticleScranton's Nay Aug Park gets trail upgrades
Scranton's Nay Aug Park would become more user-friendly under a $500,000 project involving some of the most extensive upgrades in several years at the popular attraction, officials said. Trails,...
View ArticleCampaign note 2013, April 6, 2013
- Nicholas DeSando, a candidate for Lackawanna County sheriff, will hold a rally at Danny Bacwal's Bar, 1001 Stafford Ave., Scranton, on Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m.; a rally at Mendicino's, 921 Drinker...
View ArticleBallot changes affect Scott Twp. and Clarks Green
A Clarks Green council candidate is off the ballot, a Carbondale Area school director will stay on and a Scott Twp. supervisor candidate has withdrawn from his race as officials wait for one more court...
View ArticleDryer Fire Displaces as Many as 24 People
Dryer fire routs dozens in C'daleCARBONDALE - A city building was evacuated Friday after a dryer fire. Carbondale Fire Chief Tom Brennan said 23 or 24 residents at Salem View Manor, a retirement and...
View ArticleTwo council members vying for Clarks Summit mayor
The two candidates vying for Clarks Summit mayor agree on at least one issue: a creative spark is needed to generate revenue for the cash-strapped borough. Councilman Herman Johnson, retired chief of...
View ArticlePedestrian lifestyle touted at First Friday
If the warm weather was not enough, a group of Marywood University architecture students hoped their temporary pavilions positioned around Courthouse Square for First Friday would encourage more...
View ArticleCourt affirms nixing Scarantino's pension
Former Pittston Area Superintendent Ross Scarantino, among the first snared in the area's federal public corruption probe, won't get his lucrative pension.The state Commonwealth Court has affirmed a...
View ArticleLaceyville man admits sex abuse of children
A 28-year-old Laceyville man could face up to 27 years in prison after pleading guilty Friday in Wyoming County Court to rape of a child and sexual abuse of children.Joshua M. Raymond had been in the...
View ArticleRestaurant to be reopen as Steamtown Pub and Grill
The full-service restaurant at the Mall at Steamtown will reopen soon as an independent operation. Hurricane Grill and Wings closed recently at the main entrance to the mall from Lackawanna Avenue and...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty in child beating
A 23-year-old Tunkhannock man pleaded guilty Friday to aggravated assault stemming from physical abuse of his 16-month-old daughter last fall.Travis E. Darrow faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five...
View ArticleLocal representative to appear on The Colbert Report
The Fightin' Seventeenth is going on the map. Pennsylvania's 17th Congressional District and its newly elected representative, Matt Cartwright, D-Moosic, will get a turn on national television in a...
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