Lockdown lifted at Lackawanna Trail schools, police have suspect
FACTORYVILLE Lackawanna Trail School District placed the junior-senior high school and the elementary center on administrative lockdown Thursday morning. The lockdown followed what Superintendent...
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Carbondale Musical performance: Eighth annual Classic Voices a cappella choral ensemble Christmas concert, Dec. 14, 7:30 p.m., Chamber of Commerce Gallery, 27 N. Main St. Duryea Christmas meal:...
View ArticleDid you see that marijuana banner flying over Scranton?
SCRANTON — A party for the city’s newest medical cannabis dispensary got high Thursday — like, really high. To mark the Green Goods dispensary’s grand opening at 1146 S. Main Ave., a pilot flew a...
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Holiday house tour Kathleen Nelson is chairwoman of the Waverly Community House’s Holiday House Tour. Sue Houck is co-chairwoman. The tour showcases four distinctive and different homes, decorated for...
View ArticleScranton Sewer Authority requests auditor general's review of 2016 sewer...
SCRANTON — The Scranton Sewer Authority will ask the state auditor general to review the $195 million sewer system sale to Pennsylvania American Water — a major development that some officials have...
View ArticleSuspended cop accused of sexual abuse agrees to plea deal
As he awaits trial on charges alleging he pressured four detained women into sex acts, suspended police officer Mark Icker has agreed to plead guilty to federal deprivation-of-rights charges,...
View ArticleForest City students deliver Thanksgiving dinners to their neighbors
FOREST CITY — Each time the school bus came to a stop Thursday, physics teacher Dan Nebzydoski looked at his packet and called out numbers. “Box 42, seat 10.” “Box 43, seat 12.” Members of Forest City...
View ArticlePike County DA asks U.S. Supreme Court to deny Frein petition
The U.S. Supreme Court should deny Eric Matthew Frein’s request to hear his appeal of his death sentence for the 2014 sniper attack that killed one state trooper and injured another, Pike County...
View ArticleAbingtons nursing home LPN accused of stealing painkillers
A South Abington Twp. nursing home employee stole prescription painkillers intended for patients for her personal use and failed to maintain proper medication records, investigators said. Jennifer...
View ArticleCops arrest fugitive wanted for Scranton baseball bat assault
A woman wanted by Scranton police for assaulting her ex-boyfriend with a baseball bat while robbing his apartment — all on the day they broke up — is in custody. Rio Marie Lisi, 25, 8 Law St.,...
View ArticleFriday Playlist: Food Songs
Welcome to this week’s edition of Friday Playlist where members of the Times-Tribune staff submit their music picks based on a theme. This week's theme is Food Songs. Enjoy: Nick Lowe's Last Chicken...
View ArticleWith lawsuit dropped, Jim Thorpe’s popular scenic railway may ride again in...
Last month, the Little Engine That Could became the Little Engine That Won’t. Now, it’s the Little Engine That Might. The Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway, the beloved excursion train out of Jim Thorpe,...
View ArticlePolice searching for owner of car found in Susquehanna River
Hanover Twp. - Authorities are working to locate the owner of a car that was found submerged in the Susquehanna River early Friday. Police conducting a routine patrol in the area of the Hanover Twp....
View ArticleFire at Scranton towing business not suspicious
SCRANTON A fire that destroyed a Scranton auto shop Thursday is not considered suspicious, Deputy Fire Chief Al Lucas said this morning. After an investigation, inspectors determined that the fire at...
View ArticlePike County man charged with felonies for abusing animals
A Pike County man jailed earlier this month on minor charges now faces felony counts that he tortured five dogs because he left them locked for five days in his freezing and filthy basement with no...
View ArticleLawyer for accused Wyoming County killer wants judge recused
A lawyer for a Wyoming County man accused of killing a 24-year-old woman and dumping her body in the Susquehanna River, wants the judge recused from the case. Timothy Michaels, the attorney for Phillip...
View ArticleLackawanna County Adoption Day gives four sisters a new dad
SCRANTON — As their troupe waited to enter the courtroom, Andraus Marcus Jr. leaned over and whispered to his case manager. “I’m going to try to keep it together,” he said. “I’m going to try.” Marcus,...
View ArticleJury expected to receive Christy case Monday
SCRANTON -- The federal trial for a 28-year-old McAdoo man accused in a three-month crime spree across six states will continue next week. U.S. District Judge Robert D. Mariani is expected to give the...
View ArticleWhat to know for Saturday's Santa Parade in Scranton
Paradegoers will need to navigate nearly a dozen closed roads in downtown Scranton Saturday before they watch Santa and Mrs. Claus make their way through the city for the 27th annual Santa Parade. The...
View ArticleTrans-Siberian Orchestra shows lead to traffic changes
WILKES-BARRE TWP. Trans-Siberian Orchestra will perform two shows as part of its winter tour today at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre Twp. To accommodate the influx of traffic, the following...
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