Dermody wants Penn State fine money spent in PA
Lawmaker seeks PSU fines for child victims in state HARRISBURG - A key House Democratic lawmaker wants child victims aid agencies in Pennsylvania to be the sole recipients of $60 million in fines...
View ArticleTwo teens charged in Tobyhanna shooting
TOBYHANNA - Two Tobyhanna teenagers were arrested Thursday morning after a shooting that left a teen girl unconscious, Pocono Mountain Regional Police said. Dominique Smith, 17, was charged as an...
View ArticleRendell says 'City officials are wussies'
Former Gov. Ed Rendell has a message for city officials: Stop being "wussies." At the signing of his memoir, "A Nation of Wusses," at Connell Lofts in downtown Scranton on Friday, Mr. Rendell said it...
View ArticleScranton would lose $2.2M from state by OKing plan without PEL nod
A $2.2 million state aid offer to cash-strapped Scranton would be yanked if the mayor and council adopt a financial recovery plan that has not first been approved by the city's state-appointed...
View ArticleAshley woman arrested for stealing bath supplies
Woman accused of shoplifting TAYLOR - Borough police arrested a Luzerne County woman at Wal-Mart on Wednesday who was apparently planning to outfit her bathroom with stolen goods. Sandra Young-Clough,...
View ArticleLocal Turkey Hill sells $3.1 million lottery ticket
A multimillion-dollar-winning lottery ticket was sold at a local Turkey Hill on Thursday evening. The jackpot-winning Match 6 Lotto ticket was sold at the Turkey Hill at 925 Main St. in Dickson City....
View ArticleSelenski to face death penalty at upcoming murder trial
WILKES-BARRE - Hugo Selenski will face the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder in his upcoming trial, a judge ruled Friday. Luzerne County Judge Fred A. Pierantoni denied a request to...
View ArticleProsecutor finalist for national volunteer award for work with Marley's Mission
Prosecutor wins national award LAKE ARIEL - Lackawanna County First Assistant District Attorney Gene Talerico has been named a "Volunteer of the Year" on the East Coast for his work with Marley's...
View ArticleUnused intermodal center funds may be in jeopardy
Nearly $3 million in federal funds earmarked for a downtown Scranton transit hub is being reconsidered by the U.S. Department of Transportation after the grant for the long-stalled project was unused...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 8/4/2012
BARRETT, CLARA V., formerly of Carbondale, today, Brennan and Brennan Funeral Home Inc., 55 Lincoln Ave., Carbondale. Mass, 9:30 a.m., St. Rose of Lima Church. Interment, private, St. Rose Cemetery,...
View ArticleWyoming County Court Notes 8/4/2012
WYoming COUNTY COURT NOTES Wyoming County Court notes appear Thursdays in The Times-Tribune. Property transactions -âJames C. and Taryn J. Barrall to Mark A. and Star N. Gubbiotti, a property in...
View ArticleWanted homeless man arrested on drug charges
Lackawanna County detectives arrested a homeless man wanted on a bench warrant Thursday after he allegedly sold heroin in Scranton. David Hope, 19, was arrested at Pond Avenue and Dean Street after he...
View ArticleTaylor man wanted for cashing bad checks
TAYLOR - Police are looking for a borough man wanted for cashing bad checks with his girlfriend, who was arrested on Wednesday. Brent Fallon, 30, 119 Storrs St., eluded officers responding to Price...
View ArticleMarywood to host student veteran conference
Christopher Smith is not the typical Marywood University student. The Dunmore resident is 29 years old and an Iraq War veteran. He went from a structured and rigid military life to a college life with...
View ArticleCommunity events list, 8/4/12
CLIPBOARDDunmoreBenefit event: Help Heal Josh Sibio benefit, Aug. 12, 1-7 p.m., St. Anthony's playground, Hill and Cooney streets, food, drinks, raffles, live entertainment, $15, food or raffle prize...
View ArticleElectronics stolen in South Side burglary
TVs, other items stolen in burglary SCRANTON - City police said two large televisions were stolen from a South Side apartment sometime Wednesday. Scranton police acting Capt. Glen Thomas said Joseph...
View ArticleFashion Bug closing shops
Fashion Bug, a women's apparel and accessories chain with a long history in the region, will disappear from the retail landscape next year. Ascena Retail Group Inc., of Suffern, N.Y., completed an...
View ArticleFeds arrest seven in homegrown marjuiana scheme
Seven people were arrested Thursday for their involvement in a scheme to acquire homes in Monroe County through bogus mortgage applications so they could have places to cultivate marijuana indoors,...
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Paterno family intends to appeal NCAA sanctions
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Joe Paterno's family plans to appeal the sanctions imposed by the NCAA against Penn State for the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal. Family lawyer Wick Sollers in a...
View ArticleMan accused of setting blaze that killed ex-girlfriend's sons set to stand...
A Scranton man accused of setting a blaze inside his ex-girlfriend's home - killing two of her sons - will get his day in court on Sept. 5, Lackawanna County District Attorney Andy Jarbola said...
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