Burglar took cash register, police say
Burglar took cash register, cops saySCRANTON - Police are looking for the person who broke into a city store and stole a cash register.Acting Capt. Glen Thomas said police responded to Spanish Grocery,...
View ArticleScrantonstudents on whirlwind trip to Washington, D.C.
Seven Scranton High School students are in Washington, D.C., where they are visiting monuments, touring museums and preparing to witness Monday's inauguration of President Barack Obama. While in the...
View ArticleTowanda man going to court on charges relating to alleged hit attempt
A 32-year-old Towanda man accused of trying to hire a hit man to kill three psychics will stand trial in Wyoming County Court. Craven Michael Vaughn did not speak during a preliminary hearing Friday...
View ArticleLackawanna County Court Notes 1/19/2013
marriage licenses - Jose Cinto, Peckville, and Melissa Angelina Siracusa, Olyphant. - Kevin Prussock and Christel Irene Novak, both of Freeland. Property TransactionS - Mary H. Andres, Scranton,...
View ArticleRegional Briefs 1/19/2013
Officials: Fatal fire was a suicide FAIRVIEW TWP. - A woman who died from injuries suffered in a November fire at her Fairview Twp. home set the blaze herself, authorities said Friday. An autopsy...
View ArticleRobert J. Mellow reports to prison
Robert J. Mellow is now officially inmate No. 70626-067. The former state Senate Democratic leader turned himself in at a federal correctional institution in Williamsburg, S.C., on Friday, a Federal...
View ArticleMidtown Men please audience at Scranton Cultural Center Friday
The temperatures outside the Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple might have dipped below freezing on Friday night, but inside the stage was hotter than ever. The Midtown Men - Michael...
View ArticleLawmakers look to strengthen third-class cities
State lawmakers are forming a bipartisan caucus aimed at helping struggling third-class cities. Sen. John Wozniak, D-35, Johnstown, on Friday proposed a "Third-Class City Caucus" to devise solutions...
View ArticleEleven-year-old to record song right before undergoing brain surgery
WILKES-BARRE - At just 11 years old, Amy Lynne Hosmer will live one of her dreams one week before undergoing brain surgery. She will record her own, original song. The energetic Kingston resident and...
View ArticlePastor takes stand in own defense to close murder trial testimony
STROUDSBURG - "Are you scared?" Monroe County First Assistant District Attorney Michael Mancuso asked Arthur Schirmer at the start of his cross-examination Friday. "Nervous," the 64-year-old former...
View ArticleCompany picks route for Constitution Pipeline
The Constitution Pipeline Co. selected a proposed route for a new pipeline, one it will pitch to federal regulators. The transmission line would transport natural gas from Susquehanna County to New...
View ArticleTwo life terms for arsonist who killed kids
Even after he learned he will likely die in prison, William Robert Woods professed his innocence. It didn't matter that President Judge Thomas J. Munley found him guilty of 19 counts in October,...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty to ethnic intimidation
Man, 18, admits ethnic intimidation HONESDALE - A Honesdale man has pleaded guilty to ethnic intimidation for harassing campers and staff at a Jewish summer camp in Wayne County last summer. Tyler...
View ArticleCommunity events list, 1/19/13
Blakely/PeckvilleMardi Gras: Blakely/Peckville Crime Watch "pre Lent" (informal) Mardi Gras celebration, Feb. 1, 7-10 p.m., Fiorelli's, Peckville, Mayor Jeantte Mariani, 383-9946.Masquerade ball:...
View ArticlePolice probe stolen car found burned in Pike County
Stolen Philly car found burned PORTER TWP. - State police are investigating a case involving a stolen car found "intentionally burned" in a Pike County community. Authorities on Tuesday found a 2010...
View ArticleNorth Scranton club cited for liquor violations
Liquor violations alleged at club SCRANTON - The state Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement cited a city club with liquor code violations late last year. The Polish Citizens Progressive Club, 1817...
View ArticlePolice investigate downtown Scranton break-in
Police investigate downtown break-in SCRANTON - Police are continuing to investigate a Thursday night break-in downtown. Police said someone entered 117 Wyoming Ave. at about 9 p.m. through a hole in...
View ArticleValley View Middle School honor roll
VALLEY VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOLGRADE 8Bryce Barbarsky, Casey Benedict, Vincent Betti, Gina Biancarelli, Kalee Biglin, Zachary Blanchard, Summer Bryla, Lina Caldara, Nicole Calpin, Ethan Carey, Lydia Carey,...
View ArticleLocal leaders gather to talk school safety
OLYPHANT - Local leaders gathered Friday to share ideas on how to prevent tragedies like the massacre of 20 children and six teachers at a Connecticut elementary school last month. In the third of a...
View Article2012 foreclosures falls in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area
Regional mortgage foreclosure activity declined slightly in 2012, compared to the prior year, according to a Los Angeles-area company that tabulates data on property loan defaults. Bank repossessions,...
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