1 killed in Luzerne County ATV crash
LARKSVILLE — Authorities are investigating a fatal all-terrain vehicle crash that took place Sunday evening. One person was killed in the crash reported in the area of the 1100 block of East Main...
View ArticleJury selection begins in trial of man charged with threatening president
SCRANTON — Jury selection began this morning in the federal trial of a McAdoo man charged with fleeing prosecution after making online threats against President Donald Trump and another person. Shawn...
View ArticleFrein asks U.S. Supreme Court to hear appeal of conviction and death sentence
A Canadensis man sentenced to death for the 2014 ambush that killed one state trooper and wounded another is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his case. Eric Matthew Frein’s death sentence was...
View ArticleMan sought for rape in Carbondale
Carbondale police are looking for a man they say snuck into a woman’s apartment early in the morning more than two months ago, raped her and threatened to kill her family. Justin Brown, 24, who is...
View ArticleMayor-elect Cognetti announces transition team is studying Scranton government
SCRANTON — Mayor-elect Paige Cognetti’s transition team has begun studying the way city government works. At a joint news conference with Mayor Wayne Evans on the steps of City Hall, Cognetti, 39, the...
View ArticleTwo in custody, one sought, for West Scranton assault
Scranton police charged three people with felonies for severely beating a man in West Side. One of them — Kyler Kenyatta Marshall, 22, 329 14th Ave. — remained at large Monday. The others —Nicholette...
View ArticleScranton man dies in wrong-way crash in Pringle
PRINGLE -- State police have released the name of a man who died in a wrong-way crash on state Route 309 South in Pringle on Saturday night, as well as other details of the accident. James McNulty,...
View ArticlePolice: Scranton man struck 71-year-old pedestrian with SUV in West Side
SCRANTON A city man struck a 71-year-old woman with his SUV on Monday, fled the scene and later returned, police said. Julio Javier Calixto, 29, told police he was distracted by a child in the back...
View ArticleCity DPW director answers questions about department gas card usage at...
SCRANTON — Records provided by the city’s department of public works director may explain more than $1,300 in diesel fuel charged to a single employee’s taxpayer-funded gas card on two days exactly...
View ArticleTeens getting a jump-start on higher education
More high school students than ever are taking advantage of discounted credits at local universities and college programs to get a jump-start on their postgrad schooling, especially at Valley View....
View ArticleWaverly Comm fundraiser to support building, programs
The Waverly Community House is halfway to its goal of raising $5 million to support the nonprofit over the next 100 years, Executive Director Maria Wilson said. The capital campaign began in July as...
View ArticleState police arrest seven people in Pike County for threats
LEHMAN TWP. State police arrested seven people Monday afternoon for threatening people in the Pine Ridge community, troopers said. State police were dispatched to the community clubhouse about 12:45...
View ArticlePaving to begin today on Green Ridge Street
SCRANTON Pennsylvania American Water plan to begin paving Green Ridge Street today as part of a $1 million project. Crews will pave Green Ridge Street between Dickson Avenue and Gardner Avenue. Work...
View ArticleLackawanna County reschedules commissioners, prison board meetings
SCRANTON The Lackawanna County commissioners and prison board meetings originally scheduled for Wednesday have been rescheduled to Nov. 27, the day before Thanksgiving. The new meeting date likely...
View ArticleLackawanna County Court Notes 11/19/2019
MARRIAGE LICENSES ■ Jennifer Rachel Frey and George Daniel Abdalla, both of Moosic. ■ Brianna Lynn Miller and Robert Christopher Hine Jr., both of Jefferson Twp. ■ Jamie Lynn Montella and Jared Joseph...
View ArticleMohegan Sun Pocono reported more than $2M and Mount Airy Casino $10M in...
More than $2 million was wagered in sports bets at Mohegan Sun Pocono in October, according to numbers released Monday by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. The Plains Twp. casino, which opened...
View ArticlePolice: Beach Lake man arrested with 80 bags of heroin
HONESDALE Officers found about 80 bags of heroin when they arrested a Beach Lake man last week, borough police said. Police arrested George Hazimof, 47, on Nov. 13 after investigators say they learned...
View Article45 Years Ago - U.S. Air Force not investigating Carbondale UFO sighting
Nov. 19, 1974 Officials deny military probe of Carbondale UFO On Nov. 9, 1974, something fell from the sky and landed in a silt pond near Russell Park in Carbondale. Was it a UFO? Was it a Soviet...
View ArticleEric Frein asks U.S. Supreme Court to hear appeal of conviction and death...
A Canadensis man sentenced to death for the 2014 ambush that killed one state trooper and wounded another is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his case. Eric Matthew Frein’s death sentence was...
View ArticleNamedropper 11/19/2019
High notes The 111th Columbus Day Association Dinner was held in October at Fiorelli’s Banquet Hall in Peckville. Monsignor Constantine Siconolfi began the program with an invocation and past state...
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