Crash tops gripes on Taylor project
Crash tops gripes on Taylor project TAYLOR - Complaints about an ongoing construction project erupted during a Taylor work session Tuesday over a crash at Prince Street and Barbara Lane. "In my...
View ArticleScranton restaurant cited for mislabeled beer tap
Restaurant faces liquor charges SCRANTON - Authorities cited a North Scranton restaurant with several liquor law violations, including mislabeling a beer tap and refilling liquor bottles. In...
View ArticlePolice: man detained, beat woman
OLYPHANT - A borough man who ran from police after an early morning domestic dispute in which he threatened to kill a woman and her pets Monday was arrested, Olyphant police said. Gregory Wagner, 30,...
View ArticleSocial media swirl shapes Toohil response video
HARRISBURG - When Rep. Tarah Toohil became the target last week of an anonymous YouTube posting using photos of her at a decade-old party to question her traditional Republican values, she gave her...
View ArticleCity receives $11.3 million in bond cash
Scranton on Tuesday received proceeds from an $11.32 million bond issue that will allow the financially distressed city to cover payrolls and overdue bills, officials said. The private-placement bond...
View ArticleSentencing set in November in city manslaughter case
Sentence delayed in manslaughter SCRANTON - A South Side man facing 10 years in prison for fatally shooting a Harrisburg man in a Cedar Avenue bar will not be sentenced until November. Derrick...
View ArticleCommunity events list, 10/24/12
CLIPBOARDArchbaldLeaf vacuuming: Borough two-week fall leaf vacuuming begins Monday; leaves raked to curbside by 7 a.m.; Wednesday recycling, collection Monday and Tuesday; Thursday recycling,...
View ArticleAbington Regional Wastewater Authority awarded $9.7 million low-interest loan
A low-interest loan awarded to the Abington Regional Wastewater Authority on Tuesday will save the authority more than $1.5 million and allow it to move forward with the estimated $34 million project...
View ArticleReward offered in Cosmo's Cheesesteaks robbery
Reward offered in eatery robbery SCRANTON - A South Side business is offering $1,000 to anyone with information on a robbery there Sunday. A man wearing a black ski mask held up Cosmo's Cheesesteaks,...
View ArticleWest Scranton man sentenced for sex assault
West Side man gets prison for assault A West Scranton man was sentenced Tuesday for sexually assaulting a 21-year-old woman. Lackawanna County Judge Michael J. Barrasse sentenced Gary Wheaton, 26, to...
View ArticleNamedropper, 10/24/12
A double milestone for Allied's PaddockThe director of the vocational services division at Allied Services Integrated Health System has reached two milestones in his career with the company.James...
View Article68-year-old man sentenced for fondling 4-year-old girl
A 68-year-old Factoryville man was sent to prison Tuesday for fondling a 4-year-old girl after he lured her into his mobile home to see his pet fish. Wearing a teal prison jumpsuit and only one shoe,...
View ArticleFederal official to oversee election
SCRANTON - Assistant U.S. Attorney William Houser will oversee the handling of complaints of election fraud and voting rights abuses in Northeast Pennsylvania for the Nov. 6 election. U.S. Attorney...
View ArticleBlakely street name to change
BLAKELY - The decision to change a borough street name drew some criticism at a council meeting Tuesday. Council members voted unanimously to adopt an ordinance changing the name of Rear Main Street...
View ArticlePennDOT preps local agencies for winter
JESSUP - Bob Hassel knows the calendar says winter is still more than eight weeks away. But he also remembers 2011, when an unusually early winter storm pounded Northeast Pennsylvania with more than 9...
View ArticleNTSB report offers new details of Oct. 9 helicopter crash
Preliminary results of an investigation into the Oct. 9 helicopter crash that killed the pilot and a passenger indicate the aircraft did not have any mechanical problems. The helicopter - a Bell 407...
View ArticleBody found in shallow grave in Lake Harmony
LAKE HARMONY, Pa. (AP) — State police say the death of a New Jersey man found in a shallow grave in an isolated forest in eastern Pennsylvania is being investigated as a homicide. Police from the Fern...
View ArticleHome foreclosures down for metro area
Home foreclosure activity in the region continues to decrease, but at a slower pace than earlier in the year. Mortgage default notifications, property auction warnings and bank seizures of residences...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 10/25/2012
AYRES, CLARICE, Granville Summit, formerly of Newton, today, 4 p.m., Countryside Community Church, Orchard Drive, Clarks Summit, by Pastor Jim Hollister. Interment, private, Newton Cemetery....
View ArticlePittston post office renamed in honor of fallen trooper
PITTSTON - Angela Miller pledges to tell her husband's heroic story for as long as she can.
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