Disabled vehicle closed road in Thornhurst for roughly two hours
Disabled vehicle closed roadTHORNHURST - A disabled construction vehicle closed a section of River Road in Thornhurst Twp. Thursday for roughly two hours, the state Department of Transportation said.A...
View ArticleScranton man admits to bank robbery and terrorizing police officers in standoff
A Scranton man faces up to 50 years in state prison after pleading guilty on Thursday to robbing a bank at gunpoint and threatening to shoot police officers after he holed up in a Moosic motel...
View ArticleBumps in road for new parking meter system
Tom Graham uses the Pango app and coupons for free cheeseburgers to pay his parking fees downtown. The Times-Shamrock employee eagerly downloaded the free parking app to his smartphone Tuesday, which...
View ArticleOfficial count produces new fall election contests
The tabulation of write-in votes produced contested races for the November election in Archbald, Blakely, Clarks Green, Dickson City, Dunmore and Olyphant, according to the official count by the...
View ArticleNo charges after boy hit by van
No charges after boy hit by van SCRANTON - An 11-year-old boy was taken to the hospital complaining of dizziness after he was struck by a vehicle in South Scranton on Thursday afternoon. Hernano...
View ArticlePolice: man swallowed crack
Cops say city man swallowed drugs SCRANTON - City police charged a man with attempting to sell crack in the Hill Section on Thursday afternoon. Police said Toure Tyo Parker, 30, Scranton, swallowed...
View ArticleScott Twp. police chief may get bail sliced in witness intimation case
A state prosecutor and attorneys representing suspended Scott Twp. police chief James Romano reached an agreement behind closed doors Thursday to reduce the chief's bail by $100,000. They were set to...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 5/31/2013
ARASINI, CAROLYN B. "KI" GALLAGHER, Clarks Summit, Saturday, 11 a.m., St. Catherine's Cemetery, Moscow, by the Rev. John O'Malley, S.J. Calling hours, today, 6 to 8 p.m., McGoff-Hughes Funeral Home...
View ArticleMed school grad remembered for compassion, selflessness
When Jennifer Sidari came to see her uncle, Hazleton physician Jude F. Sidari, M.D., a week before her service mission to Haiti in April, she mostly wanted to know what medications he could spare for...
View ArticleScranton receives optimistic financial progress report
Scranton has received an optimistic financial progress report and likely won't experience the same kind of calamitous cash-crunch crisis that nearly sunk the city last summer, council members said...
View ArticleAlleged home invader stole victims gun, beers, then fled
John Reck was thirsty. After breaking down the door of neighbor Frank Krupovich's Lake Twp. home and punching his way inside, Mr. Reck sat down in the kitchen and drank two Natural Ice beers, police...
View ArticleTimes Leader moving jobs to another state
WILKES-BARRE - The Times Leader is moving jobs from downtown Wilkes-Barre to another state, the newspaper's executive editor confirmed Thursday. Page designers, who lay out stories and photos using...
View ArticleCommunity events list, 5/31/13
Lackawanna CountyBocce tournament: Lackawanna County Commissioners 22nd annual bocce tournament, June 8, 9 a.m.-7 p.m., McDade Park, Scranton; 24 teams with more than 100 players in men's, women's and...
View ArticleW-B towing contractor Glodzik charged with theft
Embattled Wilkes-Barre city towing operator Leo A. Glodzik III was arraigned this morning on one count of felony theft in connection with a January FBI investigation. Glodzik was attempting to secure...
View ArticleI-81 north now reopen in Dickson City
DICKSON CITY - Interstate 81 north is reopened between exit 190, Dickson City/Main Avenue, and exit 191A, Business Route 6, Lackawanna County 911 dispatchers confirmed. Two tractor trailers crashed...
View ArticlePipe repairs complete on Main Street in Dickson City
Pipe repairs close block DICKSON CITY - The 500 block of Main Street in Dickson City has been reopened, Lackawanna County spokesman Joseph D'Arienzo said. The block was temporarily reduced to one lane...
View ArticleBenco gets $25.7 million defense contract
Benco gets $25.7M defense contractJENKINS TWP. - Benco Dental Supply Co. has received a $25.7 million defense contract for general dental supplies.The Defense Logistics Agency exercised an option on a...
View ArticleTornado hits Oklahoma City area in Plains outbreak
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A violent storm formed over the prairie west of Oklahoma City late Friday afternoon, dropped a tornado in a suburb and rolled into the state capital as viewers brave enough to...
View ArticleHoly Cross seniors celebrate faith, possibilities at graduation
Holy Cross High School graduates celebrated their faith and the possibilities before them at Friday's graduation ceremony. Speakers at the ceremony said with their Christian values, their Holy Cross...
View ArticleCordaro/Munchak convictions upheld by appellate court
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the convictions and sentences of former Lackawanna County commissioners Robert C. Cordaro and A.J. Munchak on corruption charges, but returned the case...
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