Northeastern Pennsylvania

Scranton fourth-grader Cassidy Warner, whose Facebook video about bullying has drawn national attention, appeared live Friday morning on CNN in an interview with anchor Chris Cuomo.

SCRANTON — The state attorney general’s office made an unexpected visit to the Scranton School District on Thursday, a board member said.

The first company to sell medical marijuana in Lackawanna County has plans to grow it and make medicine too.

SCRANTON — Lackawanna College closed the book on one financial partnership with Cabot Oil & Gas and opened another.

SCRANTON — A federal grand jury indicted two U.S. Penitentiary at Canaan inmates for assaulting another inmate with a dangerous weapon, the U.S. attorney’s office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania said Thursday.

SCRANTON — A San Diego real estate firm that manages property for the cannabis industry bought the building held by Scranton’s licensed grower for $5.8 million. Innovative Industrial Properties Inc. bought the building at 2000 Rosanna Ave., Scranton, from

SCRANTON — A San Diego real estate firm that manages property for the cannabis industry bought the building held by Scranton’s licensed grower for $5.8 million. Innovative Industrial Properties Inc. bought the building at 2000 Rosanna Ave., Scranton, from

April 13, 1918 Man reported for pro-German talk J.H. Paul, chairman of the Carbondale Liberty Bond committee, reported a Carbondale man to Assistant U.S. District Attorney John McCourt for pro-German talk and spreading propaganda. According to Paul, the m

SCRANTON — Standing before a silent crowd, Mark Schonwetter recounted surviving in Nazi-occupied Poland with his mother and younger sister, hiding in a hole beneath a pigsty for an entire winter, spending summers in Polish forests and fleeing for his life

SCRANTON — Lackawanna County detectives arrested two people this week in Moosic and charged them with selling drugs, according to a criminal complaint. Eddie Cheatum, 33, and Ashley Garcia, 30, both of Plains Twp., were charged with drug offenses and sent

The Facebook video posted by Scranton fourth-grader Cassidy Warner about bullying continues to garner support, including from actor Hugh Jackman.

Lackawanna County detectives arrested three people and seized almost 8½ ounces of cocaine and more than 11½ ounces of marijuana Monday at a home in Scranton’s Pine Brook section.

Sharon Baddick will oversee special education for the Scranton School District beginning May 1. Baddick was appointed to the position of Director of Special Education during a board meeting Monday and will make $110,000 a year.

SCRANTON — A man faces charges after police said he drunkenly broke into a home Tuesday.

A Pottsville man tried to bite a city police sergeant and fought with officers as police arrested him outside a South Side motel Wednesday night, according to police.

House Speaker Paul Ryan will leave Congress next year for a good reason and with a legacy that benefitted Americans, U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta said Wednesday.

SCRANTON — The Zoning Board on Wednesday approved a development firm’s plan to construct an apartment building with four dozen efficiency units on a lot downtown next to Kildare’s Irish Pub.

SCRANTON — Frank Surdy just wants to know the truth about his older brother’s death. If the truth is, as the South Scranton man believes, that Joseph Surdy Jr. died as a result of foul play and not a medical problem, then he’ll ask for justice.

SCRANTON — A car crashed through two large shrubs before coming to a stop against a Genet Street home Wednesday night.

SCRANTON — Bridget Conlogue rifled through a box of assorted clothing from a different era, sifting through a jumble of weathered silk, long separated from its original owners.