Riverside district furloughs eight teachers
TAYLOR - Administrators passed motions to approve the furlough of eight Riverside School District teachers at Monday's school board meeting.
View ArticlePolice: Few incidents at Peach fest
The Peach Music Festival on Montage Mountain produced remarkably few headaches for law enforcement, given the size and scope of the event, officials said Monday.
View ArticleHonda strikes parked cars, Times building
A Honda Accord hit two parked cars, jumped the curb on Penn Avenue and drove backward into the Scranton Times Building, then drove a short distance down the sidewalk Monday morning.
View ArticleFormer federal corrections officer sentenced for selling cigarettes,...
Donald Lykon used to shake down inmates for contraband. On Monday, he was told to join them for selling it to them. Senior U.S. District Judge James M. Munley sentenced the former corrections officer...
View ArticleScranton officials still working on revising recovery plan
Recovery plan: Work in progress SCRANTON - City officials are continuing to revise a proposed recovery plan, Mayor Chris Doherty said Monday. "Things are moving along. We're still making progress," he...
View ArticleScranton cop fired shot in drug bust gone bad
The bullet fired into an alleged drug dealer's car on Friday as it sped toward a group of undercover investigators came from a Scranton police officer's gun. The incident came at the end of a brief...
View ArticleWyoming County teen killed in crash with dump truck
WINDHAM TWP. - A 17-year-old recent high school graduate was killed when her vehicle was involved in a crash with a dump truck Monday. Natasha Canfield, 17, was pronounced dead at the scene, according...
View ArticleCOLTS driver dies 'doing what he truly, truly enjoyed'
Angelo Dominick always liked to joke that driving a bus beat working for a living. For 39 years, Mr. Dominick plied the streets and byways of the Lackawanna Valley as a driver for the County of...
View ArticleMichael Mootz Candies relocated to bigger location
Mootz Candies moving business HANOVER TWP. - As business continues to grow, Michael Mootz Candies is moving to a bigger location less than a half-mile away from its current location on the Sans Souci...
View ArticleRegional briefs for 8-14-2012
Authorities seize man's pickup HANOVER TWP. - Police seized a township man's pickup last week in connection with a fatal hit-and-run investigation after being stonewalled in their attempts to contact...
View ArticleWest Scranton man arrested for choking girlfriend
Man allegedly choked girlfriend SCRANTON - City police said a West Side man choked his girlfriend after she told him to stop arguing with her 11-year-old son on Saturday. Tarell Carlile, 24, of 1314...
View ArticleCommunity events list, 8/14/12
CLIPBOARD Jessup Blood drive: Valley Blood Council of the Lackawanna Chapter, American Red Cross, blood drive in memory of Kevin Betti, Thursday, noon-6 p.m., LaSalle Academy, First Avenue. Moscow...
View ArticleCharges filed against Scranton police officer after grocery story theft
A Scranton police officer is facing charges for stealing from an area grocery store in July. Patrolman Derek Anderson, 28, was charged with three counts of retail theft after he was identified by...
View ArticleAlbright Memorial Library to add an elevator
After nearly 60 years of plans sitting on the back burner, Scranton Public Library Director Jack Finnerty announced the Albright Memorial Library will be installing an elevator to make the library more...
View ArticleDunmore to ask district attorney to help with problem street
DUNMORE - After the developer of a residential area broke another deadline to bring a street up to borough standards, Dunmore's solicitor will turn over files to the Lackawanna County district...
View ArticleScranton Sewer Authority to hold public hearing tonight on $140 million,...
SSA sets public hearing tonight The Scranton Sewer Authority will hold a public hearing tonight on a $140 million, 25-year plan to control and reduce sewer-overflow pollution into the Lackawanna River...
View ArticleState police investigating shooting at Mehoopany Wind Farm site
NOXEN TWP. - State police are looking for a man who allegedly shot a 58-year-old woman who was inside a car he ordered to leave the area of the Mehoopany Wind Farm.
View ArticlePennDOT to close I-81 ramps at Main Avenue for 3 months
The exit and entrance ramps of Interstate 81 southbound in Scranton at North Main Avenue will be closed for three months under a bridge repair project, the state Department of Transportation said...
View ArticleAccreditation warning issued to Penn State
PHILADELPHIA - An accrediting organization has told Penn State that its status is "in jeopardy" based on recent developments in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.
View ArticlePeople on the Move, Aug. 26, 2012
American Red CrossMaria Elena Geyer has been appointed chief executive officer of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Blood Services Region. Ms. Geyer, who took her new role on Monday, will lead regionwide...
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