Regional Briefs 11/17/2012
State police probe Wayne County fire BEACH LAKE - State police fire marshals at Dunmore are investigating what caused a blaze that destroyed a Wayne County restaurant late Thursday night. Beach Lake...
View ArticleFugitive accused of dealing heroin caught in Old Forge
Woman who fled cops nabbed again OLD FORGE - Borough police on Friday arrested a pregnant Scranton woman who escaped from a hospital after her arrest on drug charges Wednesday. Danielle Scott, 27,...
View ArticlePanel examines potential loss of firefighters workers comp coverage
HARRISBURG - House lawmakers are grappling with an unintended consequence of a state law enacted to financially help firefighters who become ill with cancer. They are receiving reports that some...
View ArticleWest Side firehouse to open 'more than 90 percent of the time'
West Scranton got its firehouse back on a near-permanent basis Friday after city fire officials received permission on Thursday to scale back staffing requirements imposed by a federal grant earlier...
View ArticlePolice seek information on 44-year-old unsolved murder
State police found him propped up on the side of the Pennsylvania Turnpike 44 years ago, dead - stabbed through the heart. He was about a mile east of the Downingtown interchange in Chester County,...
View ArticleHearing continued for alleged arsonist
Hearing continued in city arson case SCRANTON - A preliminary hearing was continued Friday for a city man accused of setting two fires to a property across the street from his home in October....
View ArticleOlyphant man braves cold weather for cancer awareness
OLYPHANT - With temperatures expected to dip below freezing this weekend, Brian McDonald continued to sit outside thinking about his stepfather's lung cancer. Mr. McDonald, 32, began sitting on...
View ArticleJudge awards Boyd Hughes $119G in legal fees in SRA condemnation
A judge ruled Friday that the Scranton Redevelopment Authority must pay $119,000 in legal fees to an attorney who represented a pair of clients who fought condemnation of their buildings and won....
View ArticlePolice find body of missing Scranton woman in ravine
A work crew discovered the body of a Scranton woman who had been missing for about three weeks Friday morning. The crew was in a wooded area off Luzerne Street and South Sherman Avenue when they...
View ArticleJob fair helps disabled
Luzerne job fair helps disabledWILKES-BARRE - Luzerne Intermediate Unit special needs students from area high schools and people with disabilities throughout the community attended a career fair Friday...
View ArticleTree limb knocks out power to nearly 1,000 PPL customers
Fallen tree limb knocks out power SCRANTON - Nearly 1,000 PPL Electric Utilities customers lost power in Scranton and Dickson City overnight Thursday into Friday. PPL spokesman Rich Beasley said a...
View ArticleFinal count reaffirms election outcomes
Two-thirds of the registered voters in Lackawanna County cast ballots in the Nov. 6 general election. The final numbers released Friday by the county Department of Elections showed 98,775 of the...
View ArticleScranton man sent to state prison for fondling teenage girl
A Scranton man will spend up to seven years in state prison for kissing and fondling a 13-year-old girl. Stephen Juice, 41, of 409 Deacon St., was sentenced by Lackawanna County Judge Michael J....
View ArticleNight at races aids ARC
The odds were in favor of the Arc of Northeastern Pennsylvania on Saturday night. More than 175 people attended "A Night at the Races," organized by the group's auxiliary. There was no racetrack in...
View ArticleGCMC to host trauma expo
Geisinger CMC to host trauma expo SCRANTON - Geisinger Community Medical Center will host a free Trauma Expo and blood drive Monday. The expo will take place at the hospital's Professional Building...
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Dear J.T. & Dale: I'm coming to you because I need some "authority" to help convince my son of his folly. While away at college, he thinks it is OK to mention on public forums (such as Twitter)...
View Article"Miracle of the Bells" presentation at the Anthracite Heritage Museum shows...
Attorney F. Charles Petrillo spoke about the 1948 movie, "The Miracle of the Bells" and its relation to Glen Lyon, a section of Newport Twp. in Luzerne County, during a presentation Saturday at the...
View ArticleSluggish recovery, Sandy will dampen holiday sales
The holiday shopping season may be a hit for shoppers taking advantage of deals and discounts, but it's expected to be mediocre at best for retailers. Retail industry watchers interviewed by...
View ArticleVeterans News 11/18/2012
Seabees next meeting in March Navy Seabee Veterans of America will not meet this month, next meeting will be in March. VFW District 10 and auxiliary to meet VFW District 10 and Ladies Auxiliary...
View ArticlePolice vehicle search yields $29,000
Police: Vehicle search yields $29G LENOX TWP. - Police said they found $29,000 in a vehicle stopped for a motor vehicle violation Saturday afternoon. Sayquan M. Blake, 27, of Corona, N.Y., was...
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