Correction
C'dale candidate misidentified A story in Tuesday's paper transposed the middle and last names of Carbondale Area School Board candidate Cindy Turonis Artone.
View ArticleCommunity events list, 6/6/13
CLIPBOARDAbingtonsFireworks display: Rotary Club of the Abingtons fireworks display, July 3, Abington Heights Middle School, dusk; Newton-Ransom Blvd.; rain date, July 4, food, beverages for purchase,...
View ArticleFNCB seeks to disqualify lawyers in shareholder lawsuit
Attorneys for First National Community Bank have asked a judge to remove a Scranton attorney and other lawyers from a shareholder lawsuit against the bank's board. The lawsuit, a derivative action...
View ArticleAbington Heights High School plans for 'open block' schedule
CLARKS SUMMIT - Upperclassmen at Abington Heights High School could see a new school day schedule in the upcoming year based around an "open block" model. High School Principal Pamela Murray pitched...
View ArticleSenate approves transportation funding bill
HARRISBURG - The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to boost state spending to repair deteriorating state roads and bridges and support mass transit and other operations by up to $2.5 billion...
View ArticleBolus sues Attoney General's office over criminal conviction
Bolus claims conspiracy in federal suitBusinessman convicted of fraud, theft Scranton-area businessman Bob Bolus has filed a federal lawsuit against officials with the state Office of Attorney General...
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Cheerios stands by mixed-race ad NEW YORK - A 30-second ad for Cheerios cereal features a black dad, white mom and biracial child. The ad produced enough vitriol on YouTube last week that Cheerios...
View ArticleJudge halts arbitration of former Scranton Parking Authority employees
A judge halted an arbitration sought by the union for 12 former employees of the Scranton Parking Authority because the union did not first get court permission to pursue the arbitration.In a ruling...
View ArticleRash of Olyphant police cruiser crashes not like to cost borough more than...
Three crashes involving Olyphant police cruisers over the past six weeks - two this week alone - should not cost the borough more than $1,500.On Tuesday, Patrolman Paul Nardozzi parked a borough Crown...
View ArticlePolice: East Stroudsburg High School teacher sexually assaulted student
An East Stroudsburg High School North art teacher sexually assaulted a 16-year-old student at her home, police say. High School Principal Steven Zall reported an April 8 anonymous phone call he...
View ArticleFamily of young doctor hires lawyer, medical experts to examine the...
Doctor's mysterious death probed WEST PITTSTON - An attorney for the family of Jennifer Sidari, the newly minted doctor from West Pittston who unexpectedly died May 29, says he has assembled a...
View ArticleSurvey finds more tough times ahead for schools
A new survey of Pennsylvania school districts produced some familiar results.The survey released Wednesday in Harrisburg found the financial condition of the state's 500 school districts continues to...
View ArticlePrison slashing under investigation
The district attorney's office plans to review jail surveillance video as part of its investigation of an incident between two Lackawanna County Prison inmates that left one with lacerations.Edward...
View ArticleBurglary fueled by alcohol, Xanax
Austin Bell's booze- and Xanax-fueled Monday night ended in felony burglary charges, authorities said.Jermyn police said Mr. Bell, 22, 119 Franklin St., Jermyn, wanted to beat and rob Rio Standefer, an...
View ArticleWyoming County Court Notes 6-06-2013
Wyoming County Court notes appear Thursdays in The Times-Tribune.REAL ESTATE-âMarguerite B. Cartwright to Brian F. Jayne, Daryl Jayne, property in Washington Twp. for $160,000.-âMarlene Rodriguez...
View ArticleFuneral Notices, 6-6-2013
BATTENBERG, ARMINE DUANE, Scranton, today, 8 p.m., Kearney Funeral Home Inc., 125 N. Main Ave., Scranton. Visitation, today, 6 to service. Condolences: KearneyFuneralHome.com. BORGER, SHIRLEY M....
View ArticleNew Jersey man headed to trial for slaying of decorated war veteran
A New Jersey man accused of shooting a decorated war veteran in the face in Pike County will head to trial on a criminal homicide charge. A district magistrate judge found there was sufficient...
View ArticleCollege student shot in home invasion in Harveys Lake
Football star shot in home invasion, robbery HARVEYS LAKE - The son of a prominent Back Mountain family and a star football player was shot in the head early Wednesday morning in a home-invasion...
View ArticleFormer Middle Smithfield Twp. supervisor sentenced in medical insurance case
Probation in health insurance case Senior U.S. District Judge Richard P. Conaboy sentenced a former Middle Smithfield Twp. supervisor Wednesday to two years' probation, including four months' home...
View ArticleTentative agreement on new North Pocono teacher contract
The North Pocono School District administration and its teachers union have come to a tentative agreement on a five-year contract that includes 3.5 percent annual raises and no health insurance...
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