Penn State attacks claims by ex-assistant McQueary
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Penn State's lawyers are asking a judge to throw out a whistleblower and defamation lawsuit filed by a former assistant football coach who testified he saw Jerry Sandusky attack...
View ArticleReal estate company buys East Mountain apartments for $8m
Summit by Lake apartments soldSCRANTON - A real estate company has purchased an East Mountain apartment complex for $8 million.Summit Lake Associates LP, Blakely, bought Summit by the Lake Apartments,...
View ArticleFormer Pub Charles location becoming parking lot
The site of a former downtown Scranton topless bar will soon be covered in pavement.A real-estate company controlled by members of a city law firm will construct a parking lot at the location of the...
View ArticleLabor board: Duffy violated labor law by arresting suspects
A Scranton police chief may not do the job of a unionized police officer unless immediate action is required, meaning former Chief Dan Duffy violated labor law by repeatedly conducting routine police...
View ArticleFatal Old Forge fire blamed on smoking
Smoking sparked Old Forge fireOLD FORGE - A fire that killed an Old Forge man Friday afternoon was deemed accidental, a state fire marshal's report said.Carelessly discarded "smoking materials" left in...
View ArticleKane takes oath as attorney general
HARRISBURG - Kathleen Granahan Kane took the oath as state attorney general Tuesday and made political history as the first woman and Democrat to hold the office since it became elective three decades...
View ArticleMellow to report to prison by Friday
Mellow to report to prison by Friday SCRANTON - Former state Senate Democratic leader Robert J. Mellow will have until Friday to report to a federal prison in South Carolina. Under an order by Judge...
View ArticleJury awards $100G in realty contract-breach lawsuit involving $2.9 million home
A Lackawanna County jury Tuesday awarded a Dunmore man $100,000 in a breach-of-contract case involving the failed sale of one of the largest private homes in the region. Clarks Summit-based Classic...
View ArticleFuneral Notices 1/16/2013
BERARDELLI, CATHERINE VILLELLA, Providence section of Scranton, Thursday, Solfanelli-Fiorillo Funeral Home Inc., 1030 N. Main Ave., Scranton. Mass, 9:30 a.m., Mary, at Holy Rosary Church, 316 William...
View ArticleRegional Briefs 1/16/2013
Geisinger restricts young visitors SCRANTON - Geisinger Health Systems is barring visitors 12 and younger from the inpatient floors because of the influx of severe flu cases. The restriction is...
View ArticleMain Street Bridge in Old Forge to be closed
OLD FORGE - Ann Monacelli pulled back the curtains and stared out her living room window at the decades-old bridge, pockmarked and cracked. "It needs to be done," said the Old Forge woman, who has...
View ArticleSeeking bankruptcy protection, MEM lists creditors and assets
As its executives prepare to be sentenced for stealing, Municipal Energy Managers Inc. seeks protection from creditors and customers. A Chapter 7 trustee has been appointed to administer the case,...
View ArticleNamedropper, 1/16/13
Robeson event aids foundation To commemorate the fifth anniversary of Scranton Fire Capt. James Robeson's death, his family and friends conducted a benefit for the St. Luke's Foundation for Haiti....
View ArticlePLCB employee claims gender discrimination within agency
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board paid a female manager with more experience less than her male colleagues, a Throop resident claims in her gender discrimination lawsuit against the agency....
View ArticleGeisinger bans visitors 12 and under after flu concerns
SCRANTON — Geisinger Health Systems is barring visitors 12 and under from the inpatient floors, due to the influx of severe flu cases. The restriction is system wide, affecting all Geisinger...
View ArticleNew climate assessment describes grim future for warming region
Human-caused climate change has triggered heavier deluges, more frequent floods and more extreme heat events in Pennsylvania and across the northeast United States in a trend likely to worsen with the...
View ArticleVigil to mark anniversary of Joe Paterno's death
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — A candlelight vigil is being planned to mark the 1-year anniversary of the death of longtime Penn State football coach Joe Paterno. A group hoping to build a memorial brick...
View ArticleMissing woman found; wanted felon arrested after car chase
CLARKS SUMMIT — A missing woman was found and a wanted felon was arrested after a police chase that started in Scranton and ended on the on-ramp to Moosic from Interstate 81 Wednesday afternoon....
View ArticleProsecutors rest case in Pa. pastor's murder trial
STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Prosecutors have rested their case against a former Pennsylvania pastor charged with killing his second wife. Arthur Schirmer is charged in the 2008 death of Betty Schirmer....
View ArticlePhiladelphia Eagles hire Chip Kelly as head coach
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles have hired Chip Kelly after he originally chose to stay at Oregon. The 49-year-old Kelly becomes the 21st coach in team history and replaces Andy Reid, who...
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