44 Years Ago - Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme pointed loaded gun at Gerald Ford in...
Manson follower points gun at Ford While making his way to the California State Capitol in Sacramento, President Gerald Ford was shaking hands with people gathered along the street. One of the people...
View ArticleJohnson College breaks enrollment records
SCRANTON — As a woodworker, William Cardone takes great care to see that boards align and joints come together. Cardone, who graduated from Abington Heights in June, found another perfect fit at...
View ArticleCounty ordinance restricts use of any future opioid lawsuit settlement money
SCRANTON — Money Lackawanna County may one day receive from its legal fight to hold various drug manufacturers responsible for the opioid epidemic will be used to help addicts and their families. That...
View Article57th Luzerne County Fair opens in Dallas
DALLAS TWP. — At the top of a slide at the Luzerne County Fairgrounds, Oscar Sanchez and his 3-year-old son, Elijah, waited while the sights and sounds of the fair played out around them. Then with one...
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HANOVER TWP. A new state police headquarters and training center could soon be built in Hanover Twp. to replace the current headquarters of Troop P, Wyoming in Wyoming Borough. Developer George Albert...
View ArticleUNC of NEPA puts out the welcome mat in Scranton
SCRANTON — United Neighborhood Centers of Northeastern Pennsylvania will put out the welcome mat for newcomers to the country who now call Scranton home. The third annual Welcoming Scranton gathering...
View ArticleOld Forge wants scrapyard owner held in contempt
Old Forge officials want a Lackawanna County judge to hold the owner of an illegal junkyard in contempt. The borough argues in a contempt petition filed in county court that Walter Stocki Jr. has...
View ArticleLACKAWANNA COUNTY COURT NOTES
MARRIAGE LICENSES • Christopher Paul Georgeson and Maria Michele Ciccone, both of Taylor. • Michael Semian III and Thomas Paul Zurla, both of Scranton. • Eric Dale Kirchoff and Tiffany Amber Hall, both...
View ArticleScranton man accused of stealing from American Legion faces more charges
SCRANTON — A man already accused of stealing $10,000 from an American Legion post in Minooka faces additional charges involving the theft of thousands more. Christopher Crawford, 31, 425 15th Ave., is...
View ArticleCharges against alleged shooter headed to court
SCRANTON — Vince Hutchinson saw a silver Buick in his rearview mirror, heard “pop, pop, pop” and dropped his head. Glass shattered. He pressed his foot on the gas. Hutchinson testified during an...
View ArticleShawn Christy can represent himself at trial, federal judge rules
A McAdoo man with a history of disruptive court outbursts can represent himself at trial on multiple charges related to online threats he allegedly made against President Donald Trump and another...
View ArticleFormer county prison employee pleads guilty to bringing drugs into prison
SCRANTON — A former Lackawanna County Prison contract employee pleaded guilty Tuesday to participating in a scheme to bring drugs into the prison, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle...
View ArticlePike County doctor indicted for prescribing opioids, tranquilizers leading to...
SCRANTON — A federal grand jury indicted a Pike County physician last week for unlawfully prescribing painkillers and tranquilizers that led to the death of a patient, the United States Attorney’s...
View ArticleTurnpike to close part of northeast extension this weekend
SCRANTON Officials will close 18 miles of the Pennsylvania Turnpike’s northeast extension in both directions over the weekend to replace a 90-foot-long bridge, the turnpike announced Wednesday. The...
View ArticleFormer Scranton zoning officer to stand trial on theft, other charges
SCRANTON A former city zoning officer charged with stealing $1,401 in building permit fees will stand trial on theft and other charges in Lackawanna County Court after waiving his right to a...
View ArticleLocal funeral homes recognized nationally
Three funeral homes — one each in Lackawanna, Luzerne and Wyoming counties — were recently honored by the National Funeral Directors Association. Honored with the 2019 NFDA Pursuit of Excellence Award...
View ArticleForest City man dies in Clifford Twp. crash
CLIFFORD TWP. A Forest City man was killed Wednesday in a two-car crash on Route 247 in Susquehanna County, state police at Gibson said. Richard F. Shinn, 68, was driving south just before 8 a.m. when...
View ArticleSmall fire closes Montage Mountain restaurant
MOOSIC A fire in a rooftop exhaust system caused minor damage to Ruby Tuesday restaurant on Montage Mountain late Tuesday night. The restaurant at 15 Radcliffe Drive remained closed Wednesday pending...
View ArticleState's latest mini-casino auction ends without any bids
Like the auctions before it, there was a yellow box at the front of the room reading, “Bids,” and an adjacent red box labeled, “Locations.” But the boxes were empty when the clock struck 10 a.m....
View ArticleDeath of child who was reported kidnapped ruled a homicide
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Authorities say the death of a toddler who reportedly was kidnapped near Pittsburgh last weekend has been ruled a homicide. But a cause of death for Nalani Johnson won't be...
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