Region's jobless rate worst in state three years running
Unemployment among Scranton--Wilkes-Barre area residents fell three thirds of a percentage point to 9.6 percent in March, a month that marked the third year in which the region's joblessness led the...
View ArticleMcGloin heading to Washington Redskins
Matt McGloin is headed to the Washington Redskins. Penn State's record-setting quarterback made it official Tuesday afternoon, announcing that he will attend rookie camp Thursday hoping to earn a...
View ArticleThief snatches purse; construction workers smash thief's car window as he flees
Thief snatches purse in Moosic MOOSIC - An unknown thief pushed an elderly Scranton woman to the ground then stole her purse in the Birney Plaza parking lot at 2:30 p.m. Monday, Moosic Police Chief...
View ArticleScholastic Superstar: Meet Courtney Kimmell
Meet Courtney Kimmell ... School: Montrose Area Junior/Senior High School Parents: Robert and Renee Kimmell Plans: To attend Colgate University and pursue a degree in biochemistry It is a collective...
View ArticleLackawanna County Court Notes 5/1/2013
Marriage licenses -âRobert Lynn Gronski Jr. and Jennifer Tomczyk, both of Moosic. -âEric Thomas Parry and Stefanie Trienne Abda, both of Dalton. -âWilliam Robert Vigorito, Glen Allen, Va., and...
View ArticleEarnings 5/1/2013
Earnings reports - Pfizer Inc. says first-quarter net income rose 53 percent despite generic-drug competition reducing sales. The drugmaker said net income was $2.75 billion, or 38 cents per share,...
View ArticleMan arrested after alleged break-in, assault
A Pittston man accused of breaking into a house and smashing a window at another home was subdued with a Taser after biting a man's shoulder, according to Pittston police.
View ArticleLackawanna County judicial candidate touts lengthy legal experience to...
Magisterial District Judge James A. Gibbons said his many years of legal experience as a judge, prosecutor and defense attorney sets him apart from a crowded field of candidates vying to become the...
View ArticleSex offender arrested after failing to register in Monroe County
COOLBAUGH TWP. - Pocono Mountain Regional Police arrested a Tobyhanna man Tuesday after he failed to register as a sexual offender. David Sommers, 56, was living above the Doo Wop Lounge for months,...
View ArticleCAMPAIGN 2013
CAMPAIGN 2013 - Robert Casey, a candidate for Scranton School Board, will have a rally tonight from 7 to 9 at Pour Boys, 932 Wyoming Ave. Admission is a $10 donation. - Carol Oleski, a candidate for...
View ArticleLackawanna County Sentencings 5/1/2013
SENTENCINGS The following defendants were sentenced recently in Lackawanna County Court by Judge Vito Geroulo: - Anthony Rodriguez, 50, of 6 Amity Court, Scranton, to two to five months in county...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 5/1/2013
BRUST, VINCENT PAUL, Scranton, Mass, Thursday, 10:30 a.m., Immaculate Conception Church, 801 Taylor Ave., Scranton, by the Most Rev. James C. Timlin, D.D., bishop emeritus. Calling hours, today, 5 to 8...
View ArticleMissing Dalton man found dead
TAYLOR - A Dalton man was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a wooded area off Keyser Avenue in Taylor, Lackawanna County Coroner Tim Rowland said. State police at Dunmore began...
View ArticleOld Forge man sentenced for online enticement
WILKES-BARRE - An Old Forge man who sent sexually explicit messages to a detective whom he believed to be a teenage girl was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in federal prison. Jeffrey Pettinato, 52, was...
View ArticleFederal lawsuit filed in police shooting
As promised, an attorney representing the widow of a man killed by police responding to a mental health call filed a lawsuit in federal court on Tuesday. Attorney Barry Dyller of Wilkes-Barre filed...
View ArticleCommunity events list, 5/1/13
CLIPBOARD Dalton Festival planned: Friends of the Dalton Library fourth annual Herb & Perennial Festival, May 18, 9 a.m.-noon, Dalton Fire Hall. Event canceled: Dalton Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary...
View ArticleSenate debates law enforcement role after state stores
HARRISBURG - Privatizing liquor sales in Pennsylvania would require hiring up to 75 state troopers to investigate new licensees and put more demands on municipal police forces, leaders of several law...
View ArticleCorbett panned for linking joblessness to drug use
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrats are pouring criticism on Gov. Tom Corbett for suggesting that Pennsylvania's sluggish job growth stems partly from too many applicants being unable to pass a drug...
View ArticlePolice: burglar stole nearly $4,000 worth of sneakers
Electronics, sneakers, stolen SCRANTON - Scranton police are looking for a burglar who made off with nearly $4,000 in electronics and another $4,000 in sneakers sometime between 3:45 and 7 p.m....
View ArticleTractor trailer crash backs up expressway traffic for morning commute
Crash causes traffic backupSCRANTON - A tractor trailer crash backed traffic up on Keyser Avenue and the North Scranton (McDade) Expressway for the morning commute today, officials said. Scranton...
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