Arrest warrant issued for Scott Binsack
Disgraced former Clarks Summit home builder Scott Binsack is wanted by the law - again. Granted parole in April 2011, Mr. Binsack moved to Shamokin and recently garnered attention from regulators for...
View ArticleCommunity events list, 11/01/12
CLIPBOARDDunmoreSociety meeting: SS. Anthony and Rocco Altar and Rosary Society meeting, Wednesday, 7 p.m., St. Rocco's Hall, Kurtz Street; planning for cookie sale, holiday tea; rosary recitation,...
View ArticleRegistration for United Neighborhood Center's Thanksgiving food basket...
After 32 years of the United Neighborhood Centers' annual Thanksgiving Food Basket program, the group has never fallen short of its mark, or turned away a needy family. Executive Director Mike Hanley...
View ArticlePolice: Drunk woman bit, struck emergency responders
SCRANTON - A city woman who police said drunkenly bit and hit ambulance crew members and struck a police officer in the face when they tried to transport her to a hospital during Monday night's storm...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 11/1/2012
BLACK, SCOTT A., Lake Ariel, today, 10 a.m., James Wilson Funeral Home, 143 Gravity Road, Lake Ariel, by the Rev. Debbie Dailey, pastor of the Lakeville United Methodist Church. Interment, South...
View ArticleBlakely man accepts last-minute guilty plea to rape
A Blakely man accused of raping his former girlfriend accepted a last-minute guilty plea deal Wednesday, after hours of behind-the-scenes negotiations that kept a jury waiting on the sidelines as his...
View ArticleOfficials seeking family of Scranton man who died
City man's next of kin sought SCRANTON - The Lackawanna County coroner's office is seeking the next of kin for Scott A. Martin, who died Oct. 9 at his apartment. Mr. Martin, 49, committed suicide at...
View ArticleDrug dealer who threatened witnesses sentenced to state prison
A Scranton man who threatened informants after being arrested by Lackawanna County narcotics detectives in April for his sizeable crack and cocaine dealing operation will serve at least seven years in...
View ArticleMusto says he's not healthy enough for trial
WILKES-BARRE - Attorneys for former state Sen. Raphael J. Musto filed notice Wednesday they will appeal a federal judge's ruling that Mr. Musto is healthy enough to stand trial on bribery and other...
View ArticleFamilies without power stock up on ice and patience
CLARKS SUMMIT - The McCarthy family stopped at Weis Markets on Wednesday because they heard there was free water and ice. Their next stop was the library, to find entertainment that doesn't require...
View ArticleOn November 1 in NEPA
On this date in NEPA 75 years ago, Edson Peck, president of Peck Lumber and Manufacturing Co., died following surgery for appendicitis. Mr. Peck, grandson of Samuel Peck, namesake of Peckville, was...
View ArticleTwo men use Sandy as diversion during alleged burglary spree
Scranton police on Tuesday arrested two men who used Superstorm Sandy as a diversion for their seven-hour burglary spree on Viewmont Drive late Monday into Tuesday morning. By the time they were...
View ArticlePPL power outages may not be fully restored until Saturday
Scattered PPL power outages throughout Lackawanna County from Superstorm Sandy may not be fully restored until Saturday afternoon, a spokesman for the utility said Wednesday. Customers of PPL Electric...
View ArticlePolice release photos of suspected Blakely bank robber
BLAKELY - Police released surveillance photos Wednesday of a man they say robbed the Penn Security Bank and Trust on Main Street Tuesday afternoon. The man handed the teller a note, flashed a gun he...
View ArticleRed Cross opens warming stations; Superstorm Sandy cracks PPL's top five...
The American Red Cross and some local emergency management agencies have opened several "warming stations" in Northeast Pennsylvania for residents who have no power to take a shower or recharge...
View ArticleCOLTS celebrates 40 years of public transit
At 40, COLTS looks back, moves ahead On the morning of Oct. 2, 1972, a Wilkes-Barre Transit System bus rented by the Lackawanna County commissioners left downtown Scranton for the city's Minooka...
View ArticleNine displaced after fire in Old Forge
Fire displaces nine in Old Forge OLD FORGE - Nine people were displaced when a two-unit apartment building caught fire Thursday night. Tenants at 206 Oak St. told firefighters part of the roof blew...
View ArticleScranton City Council introduces hikes in three taxes
In advance of asking a court for approval to impose a commuter tax, Scranton City Council on Thursday introduced increases in the real estate transfer, business privilege and mercantile taxes for...
View ArticleScranton receives Dec. 10 court hearing on commuter tax
A panel of three judges will hear on Dec. 10 in Lackawanna County Court Scranton's request for a commuter tax in 2013. A 1 percent earned income tax on people who work in the city but live elsewhere...
View ArticleBarletta, Stilp square off in testy debate
JENKINS TWP. - Just five days before Election Day, Republican U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta and Democrat Gene Stilp questioned each other's integrity in a testy debate Thursday that touched on campaign...
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