Northeastern Pennsylvania

SCRANTON — Nay Aug Park’s oldest structure has a new look. Built in 1897, the pavilion at Nay Aug Park received renovations and improvements over the past few months, thanks to the Leadership Lackawanna Core Program class of 2017-18.

The state attorney general’s office denied the Scranton School Board’s request for assistance in determining if the district’s no-bid busing contract with DeNaples Transportation is legitimate.

12:12 p.m., Friday, June 15, 2018 SCRANTON - U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions discusses immigration, the opioid epidemic, open borders and sanctuary cities during his 40-minute speech at Lackawanna College. Check back for updates.

SCRANTON — Tireless neighborhood leader Robert “Ozzie” Quinn, who seemed to never sit still, will have a bench dedicated in his honor at Nay Aug Park.

Needy seniors in Lackawanna County will have the chance to get fresh fruit and vegetables at local farmers markets as part of a county-wide voucher program kicking off today.

SCRANTON — People can ride local public buses free Thursday as the County of Lackawanna Transit System celebrates the 13th annual National Dump the Pump Day.

More than 2,000 boxing fans filled the Catholic Youth Center for a main event between Jerry Tomasetti of Dunmore and Johnny Barazza of Canada.

BELLEFONTE — A former Penn State University fraternity brother and Scranton resident today entered the first guilty plea in the death of a pledge who was fatally injured after a night of heavy drinking and hazing.

SCRANTON — Customers in South Scranton lost power briefly early Wednesday morning, according to PPL Electric Utilities.

SCRANTON — A Honesdale-based monument maker will correct errors on the monuments on Lackawanna County Courthouse Square, likely by the end of the year.

SCRANTON — The Lackawanna County tax assessor’s office allowed the privately owned Electric City Parking Garage to remain tax exempt since 2017 because of an unanswered legal question, county Deputy Director of Assessments John Foley said Wednesday.

Five months before voters decide, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and Gov. Tom Wolf still have double-digit leads over their opponents as they seek re-election, according to a new Franklin & Marshall College poll released Wednesday to The Times-Tribune.

June 14, 1943 Flag Day celebrated with parade Flag Day in Scranton was celebrated with an evening parade and patriotic rally sponsored by the Scranton Elks Lodge. The parade started at 7 p.m. at Mulberry Street and Jefferson Avenue and made its way up to

SCRANTON — In a 2-1 vote, the zoning board on Wednesday approved a proposal for 20 apartments in the vacant Pennswood Manor building in South Side.

SCRANTON — Lackawanna County Democrats re-elected Chris Patrick as county party chairman at their meeting Tuesday evening.

SCRANTON — Sealed bids for the purchase of the Lackawanna County Administration Building are due to the county controller’s office by 2 p.m. Friday. They will be opened shortly thereafter, Chief of Staff Andy Wallace said. The county plans to vacate the s

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress flew in to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport on Tuesday as part of the Commemorative Air Force, a group of touring World War II vintage aircraft.

The official minutes of the Scranton School Board meeting on Aug. 28, 2006, say the board unanimously approved a two-year extension to a no-bid busing contract and an addendum with a fuel surcharge that cost taxpayers millions, a state audit found.

Three Ohio men died in a June 12 plane crash on the Wayne-Pike county line.

SCRANTON A city man accused of sexually assaulting a sleeping woman last summer has pleaded guilty to a less serious charge. William Joseph Speck, 35, entered a plea Monday in Lackawanna County Court to one count of unlawful restraint, according to court