Northeastern Pennsylvania

SCRANTON Relay for Life of NEPA raised about $144,000 through the end of its 24-hour walking event over the weekend.

Frank C. Carlucci, the Scranton native and longtime diplomat who reached the highest levels of the federal government, was once the “flood czar” who helped the Wyoming Valley recover and rebuild after the devastating Agnes Flood.

SCRANTON — Doctors in the city want to use data to treat a disease that claims more lives than breast cancer.

MOOSIC — For a small but passionate group of residents from Scranton and the Downvalley, seeing blighted, vacant buildings turn into well-kept homes and businesses is a dream. Focusing on fixing up their neighborhoods could lower crime rates and raise the

June 5, 1968 RFK assassinated U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, a Democratic presidential candidate, was shot in the head in the early morning hours of June 5 after delivering a victory speech at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. He was taken to Good Samari

Police say a Scranton man lured a 14-year-old girl into his bedroom for help with something. When she was inside, he locked the door.

The Women’s Resource Center in Scranton will soon offer domestic violence awareness classes for female inmates at Lackawanna County Prison.

SCRANTON — Local veterans hope they have found a permanent home for the “Spirit of the American Doughboy” World War I statue removed from the former Duffy Park to make way for the new Harrison Avenue Bridge.

Abington Heights Senior David Urda’s fast-food sandwich pizza creation has become popular with many fellow students.

Worthington Scranton, president of the Scranton Country Club, announced that the club made arrangements for horse-drawn bus service for the benefit of the members of the country club.

SCRANTON — Like most 4-year-olds, Amelia Woody loves watching “Paw Patrol,” collecting Trolls toys and practicing what she’s learned at ballet lessons at Dave Ragnacci School of Dance.

SCRANTON — One or more vandals swept through several neighborhoods this weekend shooting out car windows and racking up thousands in repair costs in an apparent BB gun spree.

Police have received some anonymous tips regarding a rash of late-April arsons in South Scranton but are still seeking the public’s assistance as they investigate the fires.

The Scranton Public Market at the Marketplace at Steamtown hosted Let’s Eat Downtown on Sunday. The event included live music, local vendors, children’s activities and, of course, food.

Clifton Twp. residents bear the highest tax burden in Lackawanna County this year, driven mostly by school property taxes, a Sunday Times analysis found.

The state attorney general’s office keeps a tight lid on its investigation into the Scranton School District.

June 3, 1918 Big-time help to end trolley strike Former President William H. Taft and Frank Walsh, chairman of the National War Board, were in Scranton to help facilitate a deal between the striking trolley workers and the management of the Scranton Railw

SCRANTON — Some told tales of “death match wrestling classics” in the squared circles of Japan, others vignettes about cats named Ophelia and Snickerdoodle.

SCRANTON — A column of blue smoke rose from a roaring 6-foot flame Saturday afternoon as iron workers from around the world fed rusty brake rotors and fuel into a towering furnace at Scranton’s Iron Furnaces.

SCRANTON — The bow in 1-year-old Brynnlee Turner’s hair matched the writing on her shirt as she made her way around the warning track at PNC Field on Saturday morning. “