King: State education cuts take continuing toll
HARRISBURG - The state education cuts of the past two years are taking a toll on academic programs offered by urban school districts and students are losing out, Scranton School District...
View ArticleDunmore graduates told to change the world
DUNMORE - At Wednesday's graduation ceremony, Dunmore High School's class valedictorian challenged his fellow 105 graduates to make their mark. "The class of 2013 can change the world," Benjamin...
View ArticleScranton man waives hearing on robbery charges
SCRANTON - A city man waived his right to a preliminary hearing on Wednesday on charges of twice robbing the Turkey Hill convenience store on Mulberry Street in March. David Wanzie, 1320 Mulberry St.,...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 6/13/2013
ALBERT, DORIS J., South Scranton, today, Neil W. Regan Funeral Home Inc., 1900 Pittston Ave., Scranton. Mass, 10 a.m., Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Church, 1217 Prospect Ave., Scranton, by her...
View ArticleVariance rejected for University of Scranton's $47.5m project
A split Scranton Zoning Board on Wednesday rejected a variance sought by the University of Scranton for a new, $47.5 million, eight-story rehabilitation center to replace Leahy Hall. The board also...
View ArticleLackawanna County Court Notes 6/13/2013
MARRIAGE LICENSE -âRyan James Dippre, Goleta, Calif., and Lindsey Anne Baillie, Boulder, Colo. -âScott Vincent Gower and Kelly Ann Roland, both of Scranton. -âRichard Stanley Knick and Debra...
View ArticleTunkhannock principal sues district over suspension
An elementary principal who claims Tunkhannock Area School District wrongly suspended him has filed a federal lawsuit seeking more than $75,000 for back pay and other damages. Joseph P. Moffitt, who...
View ArticleCouncil members clash in Olyphant
OLYPHANT - Tensions among some council members came to a head this week when a motion to unseat the council president failed narrowly. A day after Councilwoman Dina Harrington's motion to remove...
View ArticleCommission members set for swearing in
Swearing-in set for commission SCRANTON - Members of the elected commission that will study Lackawanna County's form of government will be sworn in today at the county courthouse. The ceremony to...
View ArticleLackawanna County job fair still on
MOOSIC - The Lackawanna County Job Fair at PNC Field is still on today from 1 to 6 p.m. The job fair is being held indoors on the club level of the ballpark, meaning the weather is not a factor,...
View ArticleCorbett forces Pa. state forests chief to resign
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources secretary resigned at the governor's request Thursday, but the reason was not immediately disclosed. Gov. Tom Corbett issued...
View ArticleCorbett plans to pick former Luzerne County judge Stevens for State Supreme...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Corbett plans to nominate state appeals court Judge Correale F. Stevens to temporarily fill a vacancy on the state Supreme Court. Two people familiar with the decision...
View ArticleMelvin, ex-state Supreme Court justice, suspended as lawyer
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is taking action against one of its former members, suspending the law license of former Justice Joan Orie Melvin.The high court issued a brief order...
View ArticleCasey urges American intervention in Syria
HARRISBURG - Sen. Bob Casey is urging strong action in Syria now that the White House says it has conclusive evidence that Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime has used chemical weapons against...
View ArticleOne word cost DCNR secretary his job
HARRISBURG - It was the use of the word "colors" in the context of an email exchange that cost Richard J. Allan his job as secretary of the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. One...
View ArticleNEPA nominees face Senate confirmation
HARRISBURG - Superior Court President Judge Correale F. Stevens and former U.S. Rep. Tim Holden face what could be a quick Senate confirmation process with their nominations to key posts by Gov. Tom...
View ArticleDEP asking for help to identify polluter
EXETER - The state Department of Environmental Protection can't determine who was responsible for oil dumped or spilled into Hicks Creek in March 2012 and is seeking help from the public. "The only...
View ArticleCordaro seeks new hearing before federal appellate court
Former Lackawanna County commissioner Robert Cordaro has asked a federal appellate court to grant him re-argument in his appeal of his corruption conviction, arguing the panel of judges who ruled on...
View ArticlePolice: man, teen stole gun from car, fled
Man, teen stole gun, police say SCRANTON - A Moosic man and a Scranton teen face charges after police said they broke into a vehicle, stole a handgun and tried to flee from officers Friday night. City...
View ArticleTrial set for fire official charged with theft
A Lackawanna County judge scheduled the trial of a former fire official charged with stealing nearly $400,000 from the Greenwood Hose Company 1 for July 8. Judge Michael Barrasse issued the order for...
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