Northeastern Pennsylvania

SCRANTON — A Scranton man who admitted to sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl was sentenced Wednesday to seven to 20 years in state prison.

The Little Sisters of the Poor’s more than century of ministry and service to the elderly in the Diocese of Scranton will soon come to a close.

The cost of a monthly public bus pass in Lackawanna County will rise $4 on July 1. The County of Lackawanna Transit System announced the increase from $56 to $60 a month Wednesday. The increase is meant to bring COLTS’ monthly pass cost in line with what

SCRANTON — The implosion of the remains of the former Harrison Avenue Bridge in Scranton won’t take place until next week. Originally set for today, the explosive demolition is tentatively reset for next Tuesday at 11 a.m. If the weather doesn’t cooperate

Timeline 1906: Martin Maloney, Scranton native, wished to start a home in Scranton that would care for the elderly poor until their death. He traveled to France and met with the Mother General of the Little Sisters of the Poor to ask for their assistance

SCRANTON — Fire drove four men from their apartments Wednesday morning in the Pinebrook section of Scranton. Flames shot across the back of 111-113 Larch St. shortly after 7:30 a.m. and sent a column of dark gray smoke into the sky, Assistant Fire Chief J

Rent cost incorrect A story on Page A1 in Wednesday’s edition incorrectly reported how much the Scranton School District pays in rent for its Electric City Academy to local businessman and Marketplace at Steamtown developer, John Basalyga. The total cost

A Scranton woman who stabbed a man over the weekend gave a false name when police later caught her as a passenger in a DUI crash, city police said.

SCRANTON — A Taylor man is accused of breaking into a city residence over the weekend and cutting a man over $100. Christopher Chopyak, 38, 611 Union St. , is charged with burglary, simple assault and related counts after police responded to 316 N. Evans

May 31, 1943 3 soldiers killed, 1 hurt in crash Three service members died in a collision with a milk truck at Routes 307 and 690 in Spring Brook Twp. According to state police, the crash occurred in thick fog when the car with the servicemen crashed into

SCRANTON — Fire drove four men from their apartments Wednesday morning in the Pinebrook section of Scranton.

SCRANTON — A Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning playwright and a renowned furniture designer are among the winners of the 2018 Governor’s Awards for the Arts, which will be given in the Electric City this summer.

SCRANTON — Magisterial District Judge Paul J. Ware’s decision on whether a former Lackawanna County Prison guard will stand trial on charges of sexually abusing an inmate will wait until at least next week.

SCRANTON — The city’s school district could save up to $225,000 over three years with an offer local businessman and Marketplace at Steamtown developer John Basalyga presented to school board members Tuesday.

Students from several local school districts plan to hold a “speak out” event coinciding with the First Friday Art Walk.

Josephus Daniels, U.S. Secretary of the Navy, arrived early in Northeast Pennsylvania to attend and speak at Memorial Day exercises in Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Forty Fort, Pittston and Taylor.

The state attorney general’s office seeks to appeal a ruling that directs a dispute over records relating to the Lackawanna County Prison grand jury probe be heard in county court.

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. — A New York man was charged Monday with vehicular manslaughter in connection with a hit-and-run crash that killed a 63-year-old Clifford Twp. man while he was making a delivery in eastern Long Island on April 5, police in New York said.

MOSCOWNational Trails Day work session set The North Pocono Trails Association will hold a community work session Saturday to celebrate National Trails Day.

CARBONDALE — Police charged three people in connection with a theft of a credit card from a nursing home patient, according to city police and court records. Brittany Babcock, 24, and her boyfriend, Joshua Flores, 28, both of 401 Main St., Childs, and Bri