New craft brewery coming to Plymouth
PLYMOUTH After brewing beer at home for 13 years, Tim Brice soon will realize his dream of opening his own craft brewery. Brice, 38, of Hunlock Creek, plans to open Bearded Barrel Brewing Co. in...
View ArticleState investigators probe employment records of former Scranton principal...
State investigators want to know more about the circumstances surrounding the departure of the former principal at Robert Morris Elementary School. The Scranton School Board initially fired Gwendolyn...
View ArticleProgram for Scranton diocesan clergy abuse survivors enters next phase
SCRANTON — One phase of the Diocese of Scranton’s program to compensate victims of clergy child sexual abuse is over. Now it’s on to the next. The window for victims who had not previously reported...
View ArticleNine Scranton residents seek remander of Evans' council seat
SCRANTON — Nine city residents want to fill Mayor Wayne Evans’ vacant council seat for the next five months. City council received letters of interest from: n Steven Churilla. n Attorney Mary Walsh...
View ArticleLackawanna Trail hires company to recoup owed student lunch fees
Lackawanna Trail School District hired a collection service to cope with its growing student lunch debt. School district officials first raised the idea in the fall. Since then, lunch debt has grown...
View ArticleEx-state AG Kathleen Kane released from jail
EAGLEVILLE, Pa. — A former Pennsylvania attorney general who was convicted of leaking grand jury material and lying about it is out of jail, walking free Wednesday after serving eight months behind...
View ArticleScranton CVS robbers get 10 years plus in prison
SCRANTON — A federal judge sentenced two Indiana men to more than 10 years in prison for stealing prescription drugs from a city pharmacy during an armed robbery last year. Senior U.S. District Judge...
View ArticlePolice: Three arrested after drug deal in downtown Scranton
Three people face charges after police said they set up a drug deal in downtown Scranton on Tuesday. Officers worked with an informant to set up the deal to buy 10 bags of heroin for $80 at Wyoming...
View ArticleDeath of federal inmate ruled homicide
WAYMART — The death of an inmate at the U.S. Penitentiary at Canaan was a homicide, Wayne County Coroner Edward Howell ruled Wednesday. Ricardo Martinez, 76, who was serving a life sentence on...
View ArticleDeath at Lake Scranton ruled a suicide
ROARING BROOK TWP. — The county coroner has ruled a death Tuesday at Lake Scranton a suicide. About 7 a.m., state police responded to a call from a resident who discovered the body on Hemlock Trail...
View ArticleFederal inmate in Wayne County sentenced for assault
SCRANTON — An inmate at a federal prison in Wayne County will serve an additional 15 months behind bars for assaulting a corrections officer. Orlando Hernandez, 33, formerly of Florida, was sentenced...
View ArticleLane closures expected on state Route 92 in Lenox Twp.
LENOX TWP. — Motorists traveling on state Route 92 in Susquehanna County may encounter a lane closure today and Friday, according to the state Department of Transportation. Traffic will be down to one...
View ArticleCash 5 winning ticket worth $400,000 sold in Dunmore
DUNMORE — A lucky Pennsylvania Lottery Cash 5 player who bought a ticket in Dunmore is $400,000 richer, minus the taxes. A player in Tuesday’s drawing matched all five balls drawn, 2-10-23-27-29, to...
View ArticleNotch reopen after traffic stop, chase
The area of Route 6, commonly referred to as the Notch, is reopen after state police were looking for a suspect who fled on foot, according to the Lackawanna County 911 center. Both lanes of the...
View ArticleCrash injures PennDOT worker
COOLBAUGH TWP. — A tractor-trailer crashed into a state Department of Transportation truck whose workers were setting up a construction zone around an Interstate 380 bridge just before 9 a.m. today, a...
View ArticleLackawanna County Court Notes 8/1/2019
MARRIAGE LICENSES ■ Eugene Paul Fitzpatrick and Angela Farrell, both of Clarks Summit. ■ Arvin Manera Alivia and Francis B. Hoban, both of Dunmore. ■ Stephen Ernest Brace and Crystal Marie Welby, both...
View ArticleMeeting set to interview Carbondale Area School Board candidates
CARBONDALE — The Carbondale Area School Board is accepting resumes for a school board seat left vacant by Joseph Totsky. Totsky resigned from his Region 1 seat on Friday to spend more time with his...
View ArticleElectric vehicle charging stations coming to Lackawanna State Park
NORTH ABINGTON TWP. Pennsylvania got $118.5 million in the settlement between automaker Volkswagen and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for cheating on emissions tests. Some of that money will...
View ArticleSushi spot to open in Downtown Scranton
SCRANTON The newest vendor in the Marketplace at Steamtown’s Scranton Public Market is set to open today. Amori Sushi received all its needed permits from the city and will open from 1:30 to 8 p.m....
View ArticleSanders backers organize early in Lackawanna County
The presidential primary election race may be over by the time Pennsylvania’s Democrats get to vote on choosing their party’s candidate next year. By then, someone other than U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders...
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