Wilkes-Barre man charged in fatal shooting
WILKES-BARRE — It began as a fight between two boys. It ended with one father shooting another father in the head, police say. City police charged Shauntae Verrez Thomas, 36, of 65 Reno Lane with a...
View Article1-2 punch powers Valley View
COVINGTON TWP. — Like any well-tuned engine, it takes a good battery to start everything. For its Lackawanna League Division I-II crossover game at North Pocono, Valley View’s All-Region battery of...
View ArticleWatch: Matt Cartwright appears on 'Colbert Report'
Representative Matt Cartwright appeared on Comedy Central's "Colbert Report" on Thursday night during the show's on-going segment "Better Know a District". Cartwright, a lawyer from Moosic, represents...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 4/27/2013
BARRON, JOSEPH, Throop, Friday, John J. Turko & Sons Funeral Home, Dickson City. Service, St. Joseph's Melkite Church, Scranton, by the Rev. Michael Skrocki. Pallbearers: James Barron, Dan Lane...
View ArticleOld Forge candidates vow to clean up police force
Candidates running for Old Forge mayor all have one common goal - repair the credibility of the Police Department after two officers were charged last year with having sex with a minor. Two Democrats...
View ArticleCAMPAIGN 2013
- Frank Scavo, Republican candidate for Old Forge mayor, will have a campaign fundraiser Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Arcaro & Genell, 443 S. Main St., Old Forge. Admission, $15 donation.- Greg Evans, a...
View ArticleWoman beat after rebuffing demand for oral sex
After she denied him oral sex, police said Sean Brown repeatedly punched Samantha Tice about 2 a.m. Friday before he went to the kitchen and yanked out the drawer where she keeps her knives. Mr....
View ArticleLackawanna County Court Sentencings 4/27/2013
The following defendants were sentenced recently in Lackawanna County Court by Judge Michael Barrasse: -âLord Vixton Williams, 21, 374 Jefferson Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y., 1-3 years' state prison for...
View Article"Symphonie Fantastique" a beautiful close to Philharmonic season
WILKES-BARRE - The Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic brought its current season to a close Friday evening in a beautiful evening of music by French composers titled "Symphonie Fantastique" at the...
View ArticleRecent poll shows voters credit Toomey on gun control try
WASHINGTON - Pennsylvania voters are unhappy the U.S. Senate shot down Pat Toomey's bid to expand gun background checks, but are pleased he tried. Slightly more than 50 percent of Pennsylvania's...
View ArticleDEP offers more time for public to comment on new sewage rules
Extra time for sewage comments HARRISBURG - The state Department of Environmental Protection is granting more time for the public to submit comments about proposed rules regulating on-lot sewage...
View ArticleLackawanna County Court Notes 4/27/2013
Marriage licenses -âVincenzo Cicco and Shayna Virginia Bartlett, both of Olyphant. -âEric Scott Lindsay and Nicole Michelle Strenkoski, both of Scranton. -âSean Durkin and Jennifer Ann McRary,...
View ArticleNew details emerge in hose company theft
Greenwood Hose Company 1 is vowing more financial oversight and transparency in the wake of its former president's arrest on charges of stealing nearly $400,000 from the volunteer fire department....
View ArticleWork schedule changed on McDade Expressway
Planned roadwork schedule changed SCRANTON - A contractor has changed the schedule for when parts of the McDade Expressway will be closed next week for work between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. on the Main...
View ArticleTwo face drug charges for fleeing after traffic stop, one eats marijuana
Two Downvalley men are facing charges after a routine traffic stop turned into a foot chase in which one of the runners tried to eat marijuana, Scranton police said. Police pulled over Justin Kutch,...
View ArticleScranton tax collector to hire new solicitor
Scranton Tax Collector Bill Courtright will hire a new solicitor for the Single Tax Office because of the recent death of office solicitor Mark Walsh. Mr. Walsh, 53, died Tuesday after a three-year...
View ArticleOwner of Scranton temp agency jailed for recruiting workers illegally
The owner of a now-closed Scranton temporary employment agency will spend one year in prison for recruiting people living in the U.S. illegally to work at local businesses and illegally paying them...
View ArticleThree candidates for Clarks Summit seat focus on generating revenue, paying...
Generating an influx of revenue and paying down the cash-strapped borough's debt were among the key priorities listed by the three candidates vying for one seat on Clarks Summit Borough Council....
View ArticleMoscow's long-range plan to focus on business
Moscow officials expect a central theme in the borough's next long-range plan to be attracting new businesses and keeping existing ones. By contrast, officials said the primary focus of the previous...
View ArticleThree accused of beating, robbing man in Scranton
Three strangers asked a man if he wanted pizza, then beat him and stole his cigarettes and house keys as he was walking home from a city bar early Thursday. Manfredo Pagan, 18, 1418 Linden St., Bianca...
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