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U.S. Marshals arrested two people in Panama City, Florida, on Wednesday related to a police chase and several burglaries in Lackawanna County.

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by a former Lackawanna County Prison guard who alleged she was fired for testifying in a civil case of a woman who was sexually assaulted by former guard Joseph Black.

City police are investigating after a Wednesday afternoon police chase involving a stolen vehicle on Interstate 81.

Hundreds of job seekers filled the U.S. Employment Service office on Wyoming Avenue to apply for positions with the new Murray Corp. plant being built in South Scranton.

City police are investigating after a man reported being robbed after looking to buy a car on Craigslist.

SCRANTON — The local students making arts and crafts with senior citizens and packaging food for the less fortunate were happy to spend Wednesday out of the classroom to help their communities.

With the return of the Electric City Trolley Museum’s baseball excursions, baseball fans and train aficionados alike will have several chances this season to ride the trolley to a RailRiders game at PNC Field.

Scranton City Council on Monday voted 4-0 to introduce a resolution from Courtright for the city to give a $70,000 loan to grant to the nonprofit Discovery Multiple Intelligences Preschool, 1301 Beech St., in East Mountain.

SCRANTON — Scranton police were investigating an armed robbery late Tuesday night at a gas station at Railroad Avenue and Luzerne Street.

DICKSON CITY — Joe Turcotte departed his borough hotel Tuesday morning with an 80-pound stroller stuffed with essentials to travel the thousands of miles of American roadway left to go.

A domed utility shed in the 200 block of Wyoming Avenue in Scranton, long a target for graffiti, just got a new look.

SCRANTON — The high school students walked in slow procession to “Amazing Grace,” holding 15 roses and 15 black boxes bearing the ashes of 15 people they never knew.

SCRANTON — John Chrin probably couldn’t have asked for a nicer birthday present. The former Wall Street investment banker from Palmer Twp., Northampton County, celebrated his 55th birthday Tuesday by defeating two other candidates to win the Republican U.

Storm causes issues Storm-related power outages caused some Election Day drama. A powerful storm tore through the region and prevented immediate counting of some paper ballots at Lackawanna County precincts because scanners couldn’t operate, but voting co

If Scranton looks different than it did 25 years ago, Scranton Tomorrow has something to do with that.

May 16, 1968 Teens escape from House of Detention Two teens escaped from the House of Detention in Scranton. The boys, 14 and 17, forced open a second-floor window of the 313 Monroe Ave. building, made their way to the ground and then climbed the fence to

SCRANTON — Investigators raided the business owned by the former fleet manager for the Scranton School District on Tuesday and walked out with boxes of evidence. Agents from the state attorney general’s office and state police spent hours at Danny’s Auto

SCRANTON — At the sixth annual Lackawanna County Job Fair, 69 companies from across the region will offer around 1,821 full-time, part-time and seasonal job openings.

Contested primary elections for president and governor attract the most voters, but the White House isn’t up for grabs this year and only Republicans have a primary governor matchup. As voting got underway today, that makes predicting how many Democratic

For the first time in more than a decade, travelers will have the option of boarding a direct flight to Washington, D.C., from Northeast Pennsylvania.