Regional Briefs 9/12/2012
Fire investigated in Old Forge OLD FORGE - Borough police and fire officials were investigating a suspected arson late Tuesday on Connell Street. Both fire and police officials were on the scene...
View ArticleOn 11th anniversary of 9/11, a mom speaks of her soldier son
On Sept. 11, 2001, Eric W. Slebodnik stewed with anger as planes crashed into iconic buildings on American soil and terror gripped his country. The senior at Revival Baptist Christian School in...
View ArticleMid Valley Elementary School prepping for first day after successful inspection
THROOP - It was worth the wait. That was the consensus among several teachers decorating bulletin boards and arranging desks at the renovated Mid Valley Elementary School and newly constructed...
View ArticleLakeland moves forward with $6.4 million project
SCOTT TWP. - A $6.4 million renovation project, approved at a special meeting Tuesday, will push the Lakeland School District beyond the amount of debt it can handle. The high school renovation...
View ArticleArchbald Industrial park gets KOEZ status
Industrial park gets KOEZ status ARCHBALD - The state has approved special tax designation for an industrial park owned by the Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce. The state has approved Keystone...
View ArticleWasho takes control of parking authority
At 11 a.m. Tuesday, Mike Washo accepted oversight of the Scranton Parking Authority garages. As the chimes at the Lackawanna County Courthouse Square marked the hour, Mr. Washo and two officials from...
View ArticleScott Twp. Supervisors apply for grant that would help reduce sewer rate
Scott seeks grant for sewer system SCOTT TWP. - With residents along the central sewer line facing a likely rise in their already steep sewer rates, supervisors approved a motion that could offset...
View ArticleImpact of budget cuts on mental health services examined
Mental health services face cuts Counties respond to less funding HARRISBURG - Counties are responding to state budget cuts for mental health services by limiting outpatient visits, cutting family...
View ArticleFormer Tobyhanna Army Depot employee sentenced to two years for selling drugs...
Senior U.S. District Judge Richard P. Conaboy sentenced a former Tobyhanna Army Depot worker on Tuesday to two years in federal prison for selling marijuana, cocaine and crack to employees of the...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 9/12/2012
COULTHARD, JAMES T., Olyphant, Tuesday, John J. Turko & Sons Funeral Home, Olyphant, by the Rev. W. Jeffrey Paulish. Interment, private. CULLEN, HELEN A. RATCHFORD, Princeton, N.J., formerly of...
View ArticlePolice: woman altered prescription
Woman facing forgery charges SCRANTON - A Scranton woman faces forgery and conspiracy charges after she altered a prescription for Adderall at a local pharmacy, city police said. Leonard's Pharmacy,...
View ArticleCommunity events list, 9/12/12
CLIPBOARDCarbondaleBag sale: Trinity Episcopal Church dollar bag sale Thursday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., River Street.Clarks SummitElectronics recycling: Clarks Summit United Methodist Church free electronics...
View ArticleUniversity of Scranton free clinic extends hours
A University of Scranton-affiliated clinic that provides health care to uninsured people began doubling hours available to see patients this week. The Edward R. Leahy Jr. Clinic for the Uninsured now...
View ArticleOwner of Scranton eatery allegedly ran massive drug-dealing operation
Since he set up shop at Gabby's Luncheonette on Courthouse Square earlier this year, authorities allege Richard Mahan has had more than omelettes and home fries for sale. The culmination of a...
View ArticleMan, 76, killed in La Plume crash
LA PLUME TWP. - A Nicholson man was killed in a car crash Tuesday, according to officials. Thomas McGurk, 76, died when his SUV left the northbound lane of Route 11, overturned and struck a...
View ArticleChickens found on I-84 still calling Griffin Pond home
I-84 chickens still need a sanctuary SOUTH ABINGTON TWP. - The remaining 200 of the roughly 250 chickens found on Interstate 84 last week are still calling the Griffin Pond Animal Shelter home - for...
View ArticleResident protests lawsuit
Nuisance label disputed DICKSON CITY - Jon Tabatabaie doesn't think a property under his company's ownership should be subject to a lawsuit by the Dickson City, and he let the council know at Tuesday...
View ArticleThroop man continues search for 9/11 memento
The events of Sept. 11, 2001, are memorialized in many different ways, and for one area man, they are best remembered with a pair of whitetail deer antlers. Those antlers were stolen several years...
View ArticleGetting there: Sunny day; cool, crisp night
Today will be much like Tuesday, only warmer. The National Weather Services says a large high pressure system will continue to dominate NEPA's weather through Friday "yielding rain-free weather, cool...
View ArticleChildren At Risk: Investigators detail tools used to nab pedophiles
Vincent Uher can still remember seeing little boys' underwear hanging above the suspect's bed. Then there were the cutouts from children's underwear advertisements, the soap carvings of male genitalia...
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