St. Mary's students compete in Scranton Prep Scholastic Bowl

Times Leader - Sat Nov 07

Four students were chosen to represent St. Mary's Assumption School, Pittston, at Scranton Prep's Young Scholars' Program on Saturday, November 7th.

Career Technology Center students, Dente Catering serve UNICO

Times Leader - Sat Nov 07

Culinary arts and restaurant practices students at the Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County and Chief Blaise Alan Dente recently served dinner for the Scranton chapter of UNICO.

Libraries Plan Fundraisers

WNEP - Sat Nov 07

Budgets are tight just about everywhere these days but for libraries, where state funding is getting cut left and right, officials are having to get creative when it comes to bringing in money.

Barletta, corrections officials discuss halfway house

The Citizens' Voice - Sat Nov 07

Ferdinand Barletta Public alarm over recent criminal incidents involving residents of a downtown Hazleton halfway house brought officials from the state Department of Corrections to the office of Mayor Lou Barletta on Friday.

Libraries Plan Fundraisers

WNEP - Fri Nov 06

Budgets are tight just about everywhere these days but for libraries, where state funding is getting cut left and right, officials are having to get creative when it comes to bringing in money.

Scranton woman gets jail time for aiding drug ring

Times Leader - Fri Nov 06

Dennis C. Pfannenschmidt, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, announced that a 30-year-old Scranton woman, who aided a New Jersey to-Pennsylvania heroin trafficking operation, was sentenced Friday to 45 months in federal prison by U.S. District Court Judge Edwin M. Kosik.

Pa. Animal Control Officer Allegedly Steals Wallet

Officer.com - Fri Nov 06

Nov. 5--The city's animal control officer was arrested Thursday for allegedly stealing a wallet from a neighbor's home where she had taken her children trick-or-treating and then trying to use the owner's credit-debit card to make purchases later Halloween night.

Businessman Killed in Wyoming County Crash

WNEP - Thu Nov 05

Family and friends are mourning the loss of a well-known businessman from Susquehanna County.

Commissioners to conduct public hearing on county space study

Times Leader - Thu Nov 05

Lackawanna County majority Commissioners Michael J. Washo and Corey D. O'Brien will hold a Lackawanna County Commissioners' Hearing on the County Space Study at 10 a.m. on Friday, November 6, in the Lackawanna County Administration Building, 200 Adams Ave., sixth floor, Scranton.

Traffic Alert for I-81

WNEP - Thu Nov 05

Interstate 81 south is down to one lane and an on-ramp is closed in part of Lackawanna County.