Police: Fell Twp. man grabbed woman by neck
Fell man faces assault charges TAYLOR - A Fell Twp. man faces charges after his girlfriend told police he grabbed her by the shirt and neck, and tried to grab the baby she was holding, while he was...
View ArticleScranton School Board passes budget with no tax increase
Scranton residents will see one tax bill stay the same for 2013. The Scranton School Board on Thursday night unanimously approved a $120.4 million budget that calls for no tax increase. With a city...
View ArticleTelevision stolen in Scranton burglary
Television stolen in city burglary SCRANTON - A Green Ridge man returned home Wednesday after a few days away for the holiday to find he was a victim of a break-in, police said. Scranton acting Capt....
View ArticleCommunity events list 12/28/12
Dickson City Parents night: Dickson City Civic Center Parents Night Out tonight, 6:30-10:30 p.m., kindergarten to sixth grade; games, crafts, Wii, snacks; emergency slip required; register at center...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 12/28/2012
BALDINI, MARY, West Pittston, Saturday, 11 a.m., Anthony Recupero Funeral Home, 406 Susquehanna Ave., West Pittston. Mass, 11:30, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, by the Rev. Paul McDonnell, O.S.J....
View ArticleRoads cleared after storm but maybe not for long
Emergency responders and road crews got their first real dose of winter work overnight Wednesday into Thursday and may have another day of car crashes, road salt and plowing ahead of them tomorrow....
View ArticleMan threatened to shoot 3 people
LANESBORO - A Susquehanna County man faces charges after he threatened to shoot three people in a Lanesboro home Christmas morning, state police at Gibson said. Scott Groover, 46, address unavailable,...
View ArticleCOLTS to use some snow routes
COLTS to use some snow routes SCRANTON - The County of Lackawanna Transit System will begin service at its regular time today, though some buses will be on snow routes or abbreviated stops. - No. 21...
View ArticleEmbattled developer Mericle donates 6 acres for local food bank
Infamous developer Robert K. Mericle delivered a hefty Christmas gift to the Commission on Economic Opportunity: a 6.35-acre parcel in a Jenkins Township industrial park for the construction of a...
View ArticleWayne County man charged for burning, burying trash
Waste firm owner facing charges HONESDALE - A Wayne County man was charged Friday with illegally burning and burying waste by the state attorney general's environmental crimes section. Attorney...
View ArticleFree clinic losing rent-free location
A year and a half after a for-profit hospital system bought financially struggling nonprofit Mercy Hospital and renamed it Regional Hospital of Scranton, it will no longer provide a rent-free location...
View ArticleMystery blast launches manhole covers, cracks glass
Dave Hoffmann dropped his wife off to work at Regional Hospital of Scranton shortly before 9 a.m. Friday and turned down Vine Street to head back to his Factoryville home. He had just stopped at a red...
View ArticleLocal legislators toe party lines on 'fiscal cliff'
As the country seemed headed over the "fiscal cliff" Friday, local congressmen on opposite sides of the political aisle held to positions that echoed their leaders. Pass the tax bill the...
View ArticlePPL Electric requests state approval for $200M power line
As some residents of Northeast Pennsylvania continue to protest a proposed nearly 58-mile power line, PPL Electric Utilities filed official plans for the project Friday with the state Public Utility...
View ArticleAfter 63 years, U.S. Postal Service delivers calendar
The 1950 Pennsylvania Railroad calendar never made it to James W. Flanagan, general manager of The Scranton Times. He would never need it: he died in December 1949. But on Friday, 63 years after his...
View ArticleAfter sewer line problem, West Scranton Intermediate should reopen next week
West Side school likely to reopen SCRANTON - Students should be able to return to West Scranton Intermediate School on Wednesday, after sewer problems caused the school to close Dec. 20,...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 12/29/2012
BALDINI, MARY, West Pittston, today, 11 a.m., Anthony Recupero Funeral Home, 406 Susquehanna Ave., West Pittston. Mass, 11:30, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, by the Rev. Paul McDonnell, O.S.J....
View ArticleBanshee owners cited for failure to return liquor license
Banshee hit with license citation SCRANTON - The owners of a Penn Avenue bar that quietly closed its doors earlier this year have been cited for failing to return the restaurant's liquor license....
View ArticleCasey warns of higher milk prices without new farm bill
The price of milk could rise to $6 to $8 a gallon next year if Congress fails to pass a new farm bill before Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey warned Friday, though some cautioned any price hike could be...
View ArticleScranton family remembers Gen. Schwarzkopf
Janet Santomauro met retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf years before he became a household name in the first Gulf War. The West Scranton widow's late husband, Frank Santomauro, had been a classmate of...
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