Occhipinti cleared of criminal charge again
The co-owner of a gasoline distribution company accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the owner of a North Pocono supermarket and gas station has won again in his bid to avoid...
View ArticleCommunity events list, 4/09/13
BlakelyPasty sale: Blakely Baptist Church pasty sale orders due by Monday; pickup, Saturday, April 20, 11 a.m.-noon; 201 Main St., $5.50/each, orders: 489-9326, 489-3715.DunmoreGroup meets: SS. Anthony...
View ArticleSelenski lawyers want off case
WILKES-BARRE - Hugo Selenski's attorneys want off his case. The court-appointed lawyers who represent the double-homicide suspect say they haven't been paid for months and refuse to work for free....
View ArticleFrom Brazil, Corbett announces plans for new plant
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — From his trade mission in Brazil, Gov. Tom Corbett is announcing that an international manufacturer of hydraulic cylinders plans to open a facility in central Pennsylvania. In a...
View ArticleCase against three Penn State officials moving ahead
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The criminal case can move forward against three Penn State administrators accused of covering up reports that Jerry Sandusky was behaving improperly with children, a judge...
View ArticleCommunity events list, 4/11/13
BlakelyPasty sale: Blakely Baptist Church pasty sale, April 20, 11 a.m.-noon, church, 201 Main St., $5.50, 489-9326 or 489-3715, by Monday.Clarks SummitCommunity celebration: Earth Day celebration,...
View ArticleReform needed before pensions can be changed, advocates say
Instead of changing pension benefits for state and school employees, legislators must focus on tax fairness, spending reforms and maximizing revenue, public sector pension advocates said Wednesday. In...
View ArticleNamedropper, 4/11/13
Parkinsons event honors John Paul IIThe Most Rev. Joseph C. Bambera, Bishop of Scranton; William P. Conaboy, president and CEO of Allied Services Integrated Health System, and Joseph Coviello,...
View ArticleWyoming County Sentences: Man gets 16 months in girlfriend's death
A 34-year-old Tunkhannock man was sentenced to 16-60 months in state prison for the Thanksgiving Eve crash that killed his girlfriend last year. Clayton Drew Firth said Wednesday that over the past...
View ArticleSevere weather rolls through area
OLYPHANT - Roaring winds ripped the rubber roof off a meat packing building in Olyphant during Wednesday evening's storm, sending rain pouring into the building, which was holding about $2 million...
View ArticleScranton man sentenced for statuary rape charge
Man sentenced for statutory rape SCRANTON - A Scranton man will serve 6 to 12 months in Lackawanna County Prison for having sex with an underage girl over the summer. Matthew Fisher, 21, 2121 Brick...
View ArticleSale of Sno Mountain expected to be finalized next week
A bankruptcy judge next week is expected to finalize approval of the sale of Snö Mountain for more than $5 million to an investment group. Judge Jean FitzSimon scheduled a hearing Tuesday in...
View ArticleLuzurne County man charged with making bomb threat near White House
A Hazle Twp. tractor-trailer driver who allegedly bluffed that he hid a bomb in a truck near the White House because he wanted to see the president early Wednesday was charged with a felony by the...
View ArticleToomey says his gun bill to get Senate vote
On the eve of a Senate vote to authorize debate of new gun controls, two of the most conservative U.S. senators in the major parties announced Wednesday they worked out a proposal to expand background...
View ArticleCAMPAIGN 2013
-âTony DiBileo, a Democratic candidate for Scranton tax collector, will have a free rally Friday, 7-9 p.m., at Keyser Valley Community Center, 103 S. Keyser Ave., Scranton.- Patti Grande Rieder, a...
View ArticleBlaze scorches Lackawanna Avenue building
Black smoke rolled from second-story windows of a Scranton building just before 10 p.m. Wednesday night, with city firefighters knocking glass out of window panes onto the pavement below as rain...
View ArticleLackawanna County to seek $11 million in state grants
Lackawanna County will seek $11 million in state grants to help pay for a trio of projects, including $8 million on behalf of the University of Scranton for improvements to the South Side Sports...
View ArticlePickup truck burns on I-380 near Daleville
Driver uninjured after vehicle fire COVINGTON TWP. - Engine trouble may have sparked a fire that damaged a pickup truck on Interstate 380 North on Wednesday morning. Covington Fire Chief Brad Jones...
View ArticleNorth Pocono School Leaders Negotiate into Wednesday night, still hope to...
North Pocono district and teachers union leaders negotiated for four hours on Wednesday night, but the president of the union said afterward that it is too early to say if a strike will happen. Jeanne...
View ArticlePolice: man sprayed mother of his child with pepper spray
Dickson City police arrested a man they say sprayed the mother of his child in the face with pepper spray as he held their 3-year-old daughter in his arms Wednesday. Brittany Enslin, 22, told police...
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