Regional Briefs 11/28/2012
REGIONAL BRIEFS Pioneer City holiday benefit ball Friday CARBONDALE - There will be $10,000 of cash prizes at stake Friday at the annual Pioneer City Christmas Ball. Each year, proceeds from the event...
View ArticleFake pizza order ends in botched robbery of delivery driver
SCRANTON - City police are investigating the attempted robbery of a pizza delivery driver on Monsey Avenue early this morning. Acting Scranton police Capt. Glen Thomas said the 52-year-old delivery...
View ArticleOlyphant man accused of smoking pot while watching infant daughter
OLYPHANT - Borough police arrested a South Valley Avenue man on Monday after he admitted to smoking pot while watching his 8-month-old daughter, according to a criminal complaint. Frank Cruser, 23,...
View Article2 PSU officials seek hearing delay on new charges
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Two former high-ranking Penn State officials want to delay their preliminary hearings on charges they concealed child sexual abuse allegations against former assistant football...
View ArticleChihuahua attacked, killed by unattended dogs at Wilkes-Barre dog park
WILKES-BARRE - Bentley the Chihuahua didn't have a chance. While playing at the Hollenback Dog Park in Wilkes-Barre last week, the year-old pooch was fatally mauled by three mixed-breed huskies that...
View ArticlePowerball jackpot boosted again to $550M
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The record Powerball jackpot just keeps rising. It now stands at $550 million after officials say brisk sales keep driving up the payout amount. The jackpot was boosted to $500...
View ArticleWest Side fire ruled accidental
SCRANTON - A kitchen fire that displaced four West Side residents late Tuesday began accidentally, authorities said. Scranton Fire Inspector Jack Joyce said the fire at 301-303 S. 10th Ave. began in...
View ArticleCareerLink holds seminar on finding health care jobs
SCRANTON - CareerLink of Lackawanna County will host a session Friday on health care. The event will begin at 9 a.m. with speeches about maintaining health, and food and nutrition tips. A 10 a.m....
View ArticlePenn State discloses Spanier made $3.3M last year
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Penn State said Wednesday its former president had total taxable income of $3.3 million last year, including $2.5 million in severance because he was forced out of the job after...
View ArticleLocal unemployment still down a tick, jobs growing
Joblessness among residents in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metro area slipped modestly in October, falling one tenth of a percentage point to 9.5 percent. The region's unemployment remained the highest...
View ArticleOfficials asked to back wind power for region
Local leaders joined the environmental group PennEnvironment at City Hall Wednesday to highlight the environmental and economic benefits of wind energy and argue for the extension of federal wind...
View ArticleLackawanna County commissioners OK 2013 budget, tax hike
The Lackawanna County commissioners on Wednesday adopted a $90.7 million operating budget for 2013 that will increase property taxes by 4 percent even as it eliminates dozens of county jobs. The...
View ArticleRegional Briefs 11/28/2012
REGIONAL BRIEFS Shelter seeking holiday assistance CARBONDALE - An area homeless shelter, which recently reopened, is looking for holiday assistance. Schaeffer's Retreat, a privately funded and...
View ArticleMurder case against cop moves forward
MONTROSE - The attorney for a suspended Montrose cop accused of killing his estranged wife 29 years ago argued during a preliminary hearing Wednesday that no evidence of malice was presented to...
View ArticleCommunity events list, 11/29/12
CLIPBOARDArchbaldChristmas events: Christmas at High School Plaza, Archbald Borough Memorial Park, Dec. 16, 5-8 p.m., Laurel Street and Salem Road; horse-drawn sleigh rides, hot chocolate and other...
View ArticleFire breaks out at South Abington home early Thursday
SOUTH ABINGTON TWP. - A fire that began at a South Abington Twp. home early Thursday summoned volunteers from five local departments. Firefighters from Chinchilla Hose Company, Clarks Summit, Dalton,...
View ArticleLackawanna County dog licenses go online
First, it was online marriage license applications. Now the dogs are getting their day. Beginning in December, dog owners in Lackawanna County will be able apply, pay and print their dog licenses...
View ArticleScranton man jailed for machete caper
SCRANTON - A city man could spend up to 23 months in Lackawanna County Prison for waving a machete in public in a threatening manner on Cedar Avenue in South Side. Lackawanna County Judge Vito P....
View ArticleBoys, 7 and 10, took LSD, foamed at mouth, hallucinated
EASTON, Pa. - A prosecutor says two Pennsylvania brothers who were rushed to a hospital in September inadvertently took liquid LSD from a bottle of breath mint drops they found on the ground near...
View ArticlePolice investigating robbery in Dunmore
DUNMORE - Borough police are investigating an armed robbery of Dream Tan in Dunmore Wednesday night. Police Chief Patrick Reese said a skinny, white male standing about 6 feet tall brandished a...
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