Ava's family raises money and awareness for childhood cancer research
Five months after 5-year-old Ava died from a rare brain tumor, her mom will use brownies, cookies and other snacks to help bring awareness to the condition that took her daughter's life. "Part of my...
View ArticleNew York man gets up to 20 years for giving alcohol to minors, sexual assault
Man gets up to 20 years in prison HONESDALE - A New Hyde Park, N.Y., man was sentenced to 7½ to 20 years in state prison for providing alcohol to several minors and then sexually assaulting a girl...
View ArticleWoman facing charges after police allegedly find marijuana in home
Police find drugs, cash near schools SCRANTON - A city woman faces drug charges after police found marijuana and assorted drug paraphernalia in her apartment, which happened to be near a middle...
View ArticleArea hospital patients are not alone for the holiday
The Hilton Scranton and Conference Center will open its guest rooms to bring area hospital patients and their families together for the holiday. Families of patients at Geisinger Community Medical...
View ArticleCommunity events list, 12/22/12
Dickson CityScholarships available: Dickson City VFW Post 5937, $1,000 scholarship at the Mid Valley Secondary Center, for high school senior child or grandchild of veteran or sibling of post member...
View ArticleDunmore mom goes into labor at Redskins game
Ten days before Dunmore resident Marisa Fediw's baby girl was due, she couldn't think of a reason not to accompany her husband and son to Maryland to see the Washington Redskins host the New York...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 12/22/2012
ALLEN, ELIZABETH "BETTY," Clarks Summit, Mass, today, 11 a.m., Our Lady of the Snows Church, 301 S. State St., Clarks Summit. Interment, private, Cemetery of the Holy Rood, Westbury, N.Y....
View ArticleWind the bigger worry despite a white Christmas forecast
It may be a white Christmas in some parts of Northeast Pennsylvania, but the winter weather that began Friday afternoon should not cause many problems for holiday travelers. "I don't think it's...
View ArticleScranton day care center honors Newtown victims
To the toddlers, releasing balloons on Friday morning was nothing more than a time to laugh and giggle. To the adults watching and wiping away tears, it was a way to honor the victims of last week's...
View ArticleScranton officials differ on size of 2013 property tax increase hike
Property taxes could be slightly higher for Scranton property owners than city officials suggested earlier this month. Even though the 2013 budget has been adopted, the tax millage rates have not yet...
View ArticlePolice: Towanda man tried to order hit on psychic mediums
Craven Vaughn sat beside the hitman in a car parked Thursday outside Wal-Mart on Route 29 in Eaton Twp. He gave the man $3,000 and the names of three psychic mediums he wanted "eliminated." The...
View ArticleDunmore man pleads guilty in arson that seriously injured two
A Dunmore man admitted pouring gasoline throughout a borough apartment and throwing a match on it, igniting a blaze that severely burned two people this summer. On Friday, Mark Loughney pleaded guilty...
View ArticleRegional Briefs 12/22/2012
Marino's Wyoming office shuts doors TUNKHANNOCK - The regional office that Rep. Tom Marino, R-10, Lycoming Twp., opened in the borough two years ago closed its doors Friday. Chief of Staff Bill Tighe...
View ArticlePolice probe why man fatally shot 3 in rural Pa.
HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Authorities in central Pennsylvania are trying to determine why a man fatally shot three people along a rural road before being killed in a gunfight with police. Police were...
View ArticleStill 2,400 in Taylor and Scranton without power
SCRANTON — Nearly 3,700 homes were without electricity this afternoon, according to PPL Electric Utilities. PPL Spokesman Paul Canevari said 3,663 outages have been reported in Taylor, beginning at...
View ArticleSanta makes the rounds through the midvalley Saturday
ARCHBALD - After Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus and a few elves visited with children at the East Side Hose Company Four fire station Saturday afternoon, they climbed on a fire engine and traveled through...
View ArticleWounded veteran moves into new home
SCOTT TWP. - Much like in July, police and fire department vehicles led Earl Granville in a hero's escort to his property again on Saturday. Only this time, the Purple Heart Army veteran had a new...
View ArticleBusiness Week in Review, Dec. 23, 2012
Snö is a goA bankruptcy judge has cleared the way for Snö Mountain to obtain financing and continue operations, allowing the Scranton recreation complex to borrow up to $497,585 to keep the facility...
View ArticleBusiness Buzz, Dec. 23, 2012
FCU employees adopt a familyEmployees of P&G Mehoopany Employees Federal Credit Union participated in the "Adopt a Family" program through the Interfaith Friends organization. This year, the credit...
View ArticleWoman scammed in Wayne County
Woman scammed in Wayne County SALEM TWP. - State police are investigating a report from a Wayne County woman who lost more than $1,600 in an Internet scam. Jessica Lopez, 26, of Hamlin, told state...
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