Complete Lackawanna County Election Results List
LACKAWANNA COUNTY COMMISSIONER (Three seats) ✔ Jerry Notarianni (D) 26,587 ✔ Debi Domenick (D) 25,476 ✔ Chris Chermak (R) 22,137 Michael Giannetta (R) 20,180 COUNTY JUDGE RETENTION Michael J. Barrasse...
View ArticleIncumbents have strong showings in Dickson City and Blakely
Incumbents will maintain a strong presence on Blakely and Dickson City borough councils for the next four years, winning all but one contested seat Tuesday night, according to unofficial results. With...
View ArticleRepublicans lead in Spring Brook; newcomer wins in Covington
Spring Brook Twp. voters picked Republicans Steven Slesh and William Herne as their new supervisors Tuesday. “I’m thrilled voters in Spring Brook chose me to represent them,” said Slesh, 57, a member...
View ArticleMoosic woman charged with assaulting Scranton officer
A Moosic woman faces assault and other charges after city police say she kicked an officer in the groin outside a South Scranton bar and later punched him with her fist. Christina Grzyboski, 41, 109...
View ArticleSouth Scranton woman charged with robbery
SCRANTON — A South Scranton woman took another woman’s cellphone and clothing at gunpoint while both were visiting an apartment on Capouse Avenue, police said. Rita Perry, 49, 1014 Prospect Ave., was...
View ArticleFugitive captured in Archbald
SCRANTON — A Taylor man who escaped from the Lackawanna County probation office on Tuesday is back in custody. Sheriff’s deputies acting on a tip arrested Michael P. Evans, 43, 449 N. Main St., after...
View ArticleDunmore teen missing since Tuesday
DUNMORE — Authorities are trying to find a 14-year-old boy reported missing by his family on Tuesday, police said. Mitchell Megivern was last seen Tuesday around 2:30 p.m. on foot in the area of 200...
View ArticleNo Scranton trash pickup on Veterans Day
SCRANTON — The Department of Public Works will be off Monday in observance of Veterans Day, and garbage and red recycling containers will fall a day behind schedule. There won’t be any newspaper...
View ArticlePolice: Carbondale grandmother beat grandson over messy bathroom
A Carbondale woman is facing child endangerment charges after police say she beat her 9-year-old grandson and held his arm under hot water to punish him for making a mess in a bathroom. Jeanne Lisi,...
View ArticlePittston man sentenced for sexually assaulting teen in Scranton
SCRANTON — A 44-year-old Pittston man will spend the next few years in a state prison for sexually assaulting a teenage girl in Scranton. Arthur Webb, 175 Panama St., was sentenced Wednesday by...
View ArticleJessup man charged after firing gun in Archbald motel
ARCHBALD A Jessup man faces charges after police said he fired a gun in the lobby of a motel today. Officers received a call at 5:17 a.m. for the report of a gunshot at Mid Valley Motel, 270...
View ArticleLackawanna County commissioners forgo vote on 2020 budget amid growing...
SCRANTON — Lackawanna County commissioners did not vote Wednesday to adopt the county’s 2020 budget, setting up a likely budget vote at the board’s next meeting Nov. 20. Absent from the meeting was...
View ArticleJudge tours controversial Old Forge junkyard again
OLD FORGE — A Lackawanna County judge made another visit to Walter Stocki Jr.’s junkyard Wednesday in advance of a hearing to decide whether to hold the businessman in contempt for defying orders to...
View ArticleWomen win the seats of power
The historic election Tuesday proved a woman’s place is increasingly in local politics. By January, Scranton will have its first female mayor, Paige Cognetti, its first elected city councilwoman in...
View ArticleScranton police to play teens in basketball game
SCRANTON Scranton police officers will challenge teens from the United Neighborhood Centers Bellevue Night Program to a basketball game. The game, scheduled for 7 p.m. today at the Bellevue Childcare...
View ArticleMedical school program pays tuition if doctors stay in the system
Incoming Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine students interested in becoming primary care doctors could have their tuition paid if they return to the health system as physicians through a new...
View ArticleParents concerned with pilot program at Abington Heights
CLARKS SUMMIT — Several parents attended the Abington Heights School District work session meeting tonight to voice concerns regarding a pilot program, EL Education, in the language arts curriculum....
View ArticleNew leadership team, including a superintendent, appointed in Scranton
SCRANTON — Melissa McTiernan, a former basketball standout and math teacher turned administrator, will now start in a new position: superintendent of the Scranton School District. With a 9-0 vote,...
View Article100 Years Ago - Edward Hopkins fourth brush with death was his last
Nov. 7, 1919 Train wreck survivor dies from illness Edward Hopkins escaped the clutches of death on several occasions but was finally cut down by the grim reaper’s scythe on Nov. 6, 1919. Over the...
View ArticleCrews knock down fire at Washington West Apartments
SCRANTON — The Scranton Fire Department was called to Washington West Apartments, 537 N. Washington Ave., at 8:52 p.m. Wednesday, according to a dispatcher at the Lackawanna County 911 Center. A chair...
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