CAMPAIGN 2013: Sheridan to announce re-election plans
CAMPAIGN 2013 - Scranton school Director Bob Sheridan will formally announce his plan to run for re-election Sunday at Villa Maria II, 1610 Washburn St. The event is from 5 to 7 p.m. Tickets are $20...
View ArticleWarmer temperatures could break records, ruin winter fun
So long, ice; hello, nice. Well, for a couple of days, anyway. A high-pressure front headed this way from the Midwest will produce some rain today - maybe freezing rain in higher elevations - but also...
View ArticleRegional Briefs 1/11/2013
REGIONAL BRIEFS Police: Man struck with baseball bat LEHMAN TWP. - A Monroe County man told police another man struck him in the knee with a baseball bat and stole $60 and a cellphone from him Tuesday...
View Article'Lincoln' leads Oscars with 12 nominations
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - The Civil War saga "Lincoln" leads the Academy Awards with 12 nominations, including best picture, director for Steven Spielberg and acting honors for Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally...
View ArticleWayne Memorial issues flu alert
A spike in influenza cases at Wayne Memorial Hospital has prompted the issuance of a visitor flu alert at the facility. So far, no additional restrictions on visitations have been put in place at the...
View ArticleLane reopened after excavator overturned on I-84 East
DUNMORE - An excavator rolled off a trailer in the interchange of interstates 84, 380 and 81 this morning, causing a lane closure and traffic delays. A lane was closed on eastbound I-84 between the...
View ArticleMalanka in Scranton not your average New Year's celebration
Nine years ago, Paul Ewasko was concerned his idea to hold a Malanka celebration would flop. The Ukrainian New Year's celebration was strikingly absent from the area, and throwing a party is...
View ArticleTwo businessmen guilty on felony theft charges in MEM deal
EASTON - A Northampton County jury convicted two Lackawanna County businessmen on Friday of the most serious charge that they stole $832,460 from a Lehigh Valley town in a failed business deal and...
View ArticleMan busted selling heroin, police say
Man arrested on drug counts DUNMORE - A Berwick man was arrested after he sold heroin to a confidential police informant in Scranton on Friday afternoon, Dunmore police said. Brian Orlowski, 43, met...
View ArticlePPL asking for new charge to recoup repair costs more quickly
When PPL customers pay their electric bills, a good portion covers repair and replacement of poles and wires the company performed as many as three or four years ago. But under a pending new addition...
View ArticleWyoming County Court Notes 1/12/2013
Wyoming County Court notes appear weeklys in The Times-Tribune. Property transactions n JoJo Oil Co. Inc. to LGP Realty Holdings LP; a property in Nicholson for $233,334. n JoJo Oil Co. Inc. to LGP...
View ArticleSuicide, crash again take centerstage in former pastor's murder trial
STROUDSBURG - Hours before he broke into the offices of Reeders United Methodist Church in Jackson Twp., sat down at then-pastor Arthur Burton Schirmer's desk and shot himself in the head, Joseph...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 1/12/2013
BAKER, SISTER M. DERICCI, I.H.M., Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Friday, Mass, Our Lady of Peace Residence, Scranton, by the Rev. John J. Kilpatrick. Pallbearers: Ed Plazek, Mike,...
View ArticleTeen recharged wth murder
The law enforcement contingent huddled near the front of the idled courtroom Friday, plotting their next move if Magisterial District Judge James E. Tupper were to emerge from his chambers to dismiss...
View ArticleTwo men busted with crack, police say
County detectives arrested two men selling crack in South Scranton and later discovered that one had a bag of drugs hidden in his anal cavity, police said. Police arrested Joshua Torres, 22, 915 Crown...
View ArticleOne dead in Old Forge house fire Friday
OLD FORGE - One man is dead and a Fallon street home is severely damaged after a late afternoon fire in the borough. Joseph Casella, 60, died in the emergency department of Geisinger Community Medical...
View ArticleEmployee accused of stealing from Thornhurst Estates
The former property manager of Thornhurst Country Club Estates faces multiple counts of theft and forgery for allegedly stealing more than $46,000 from the development over a four-year period. The...
View ArticleTeacher receives $500 grant to help fund school project
OLD FORGE - When Pat Warunek was asked to think of a lesson plan that would keep a class of nine gifted sixth-graders occupied for a school year, designing a house seemed too easy. But a class...
View ArticleFire destroys Scott Twp. home
SCOTT TWP. - A few charred walls and a blackened foundation were all that remained of a township home that was destroyed after fire tore through the structure shortly before 9 p.m. Friday. No one was...
View ArticleInmate dead after fight at federal prison in Wayne County
A federal inmate at a Wayne County prison died Friday morning after a fight with another inmate. Ephraim Goitom, 29, was pronounced dead at Wayne Memorial Hospital at 10:58 a.m., roughly an hour after...
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