Regional Briefs 9/16/2014
Selenski heads back to Luzerne WILKES-BARRE — Homicide suspect Hugo Selenski should soon return to the Luzerne County Correctional Facility, the scene of his infamous 2003 prison escape. A judge on...
View ArticleCorbett vows gunman will be brought to justice in Blooming Grove
BLOOMING GROVE TWP. — Gov. Tom Corbett vowed Monday that authorities will not rest until the gunman who ambushed state troopers at Blooming Grove police barracks Friday night is arrested. Standing...
View ArticleLackawanna County Court Notes 9/16/2014
MARRIAGE LICENSES ■ John Jude Mandarano and Amy Louise Dubois, both of Scranton. ■ Matthew Ryan Beck and Bianca Isabella Marino, both of Mayfield. ■ Thomas Jason Christopher and Erin Crotti, both of...
View ArticleNEPA groups to receive grants
SCRANTON — Employment Opportunity & Training Center in Lackawanna County and HANDS of Wyoming County will receive $150,000 grants from the state Department of Public Welfare’s Children’s Trust...
View ArticleU.S. to assign 3,000 troops to fight Ebola
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is ramping up its response to West Africa’s Ebola crisis, preparing to assign 3,000 U.S. military personnel to the afflicted region to supply medical and...
View ArticlePensions to cost Carbondale an extra 5 percent in 2015
CARBONDALE — City council Monday approved a budget for the paid firefighter, police and nonuniform pension plans. The total minimum municipal obligation for 2015 is $307,338.28 — a number Mayor Justin...
View ArticleScranton school board president resigns
Claiming Scranton school directors operate behind the scenes, forcing administrators to resign and creating a hostile atmosphere, the president of the school board resigned Monday night. After 11...
View ArticleState police sought search warrant related to trooper shooting Monday night
Update: Police name suspect in Blooming Grove police shooting State police obtained a search warrant in Monroe County overnight in connection with the shooting of two state troopers last Friday night....
View ArticlePPL ends time-of-use rates
In 2011, PPL Utilities offered customers with smart-meter technology in their homes or businesses a way to cash in with cheaper electricity rates if they used power at off-peak times. It didn't go...
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NEPA Photo Puzzle 9/16
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View ArticleStudents challenged to reflect on ‘what they are doing at the University’
When Ryan Maher, S.J., executive director of the Jesuit Center, discussed “Jesuit Education and Leadership in the Helping Profession” with first-year students of the University’s Panuska College of...
View ArticleArea nonprofit organizations connect with University students at volunteer fair
More than 70 local nonprofits informed nearly 900 University students of local volunteer opportunities at the Service and Volunteer Fair held on campus Sept. 9. The fair showcased a wide variety of...
View ArticleLandmark fracking study finds no water pollution
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The final report from a landmark federal study on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, found no evidence that chemicals or brine water from the gas drilling process moved upward to...
View ArticleOfficial: Suspect in police ambush lived nearby
Update: Police name suspect in Blooming Grove police shooting A law enforcement official says a suspect in the killing of a trooper and the critical wounding of another outside a barracks recently...
View ArticleInvestigators say powerful weapon used in police ambush
Update: Police name suspect in Blooming Grove police shooting Peter Barnes took a seat at the stand and stared 100 yards down range at this target. He pressed his .308-caliber rifle to his shoulder,...
View ArticleSpecial flag to honor fallen trooper en route to NEPA
HARRISBURG — A special American flag is being flown to Scranton today as part of the planned honors for fallen Cpl. Bryon K. Dickson II. The United States Honor Flag was placed on a plane flying from...
View ArticleScranton roads to close for trooper's funeral
Scranton police on Thursday will close 11 blocks of Wyoming Avenue and two blocks of Linden Street for the funeral of slain Pennsylvania State Police Cpl. Bryon K. Dickson II. A funeral Mass will be...
View ArticleNEPA man pleads guilty to sending equipment to Syria
Appearing in federal court in Scranton on Tuesday, a Susquehanna County man pleaded guilty to conspiring to export to Syria laboratory equipment used to detect chemical warfare agents. Harold Rinko,...
View ArticleLackawanna County Court Notes 9/17/2014
MARRIAGE LICENSES ■ Joseph Michael Maros, Dunmore, and Alicia Marie Carroll, Scranton. ■ Jason Daniel Linsinbigler and Jennifer Marie Granda, both of Blakely. ■ Craig Ronald Mueller and Lauren Marie...
View ArticleFamily mourns Scranton man shot dead by neighbor
Sheri Pollard last spoke to her brother, Anthony M. Collins of Scranton, on Friday, when they talked on the phone about their family and mother. Their mother died in 2012 from cancer, and her children...
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