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Scranton firefighters were busy the evening of April 29 with two major fires — one in Pine Brook and one in North Scranton.

Police believe a third person’s remains lie beneath the rubble of a West Scranton home gutted by fire Saturday.

SCRANTON The five Democratic candidates are scheduled to debate Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the University of Scranton.

The Lackawanna County Opioid Overdose Coalition is seeking public input to gauge local attitudes and opinions on addiction, substance abuse and opioids.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright’s relatively weak re-election campaign showing two years ago and shifting congressional district boundary lines have Republicans thinking they can beat him this year.

At least two people are dead following an incident that erupted Saturday when Scranton police serving a protection-from-abuse order at a West Side home were shot at by a man who set the home ablaze.

SCOTT TWP. — A teacher in elementary school wanted Abbey Gillette to learn cursive writing one letter at a time.

SCRANTON — The fastest finishers didn’t get trophies at the Children’s Advocacy Center of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s Moonlight Walk and Run.

DICKSON CITY — Alexandra Kochis hunched over a keypad while her friend and co-worker, Corinna Becker, read codes out loud.

A woman killed in her Scranton apartment this month died after being injected with fentanyl and suffocated during a staged overdose, police said.

Throop teachers informed the school board that May 10 was the deadline to receive their past four months’ worth of pay or they would walk off the job.

The Northeastern Pennsylvania Auto and Sports Show rolled into the Watres Armory in Scranton on March 29 through 31, 1968.

Give your mom the gift of a shared experience this Mother’s Day. Set aside time next month to enjoy one — or more — of these activities and events together.

Archbald Borough residents are encouraged to participate in the annual Clean-Up Day on Saturday. Volunteers will meet at the Borough Building at 9 a.m. to clean up roads throughout the borough, Mayor Shirley Barrett said. Cleanup day is held in conjunctio

After months spent digging in the Scranton School District’s dirt, I was elated to learn that buried treasure was unearthed at the district Administration Building.

Three people are in custody in relation to the death of a woman found dead in her Scranton apartment last week.

SCRANTON — A fire that displaced four people in South Side on Thursday night was ruled an arson and is connected to a rash of other arsons that have been plaguing the city for the last several weeks, said the city’s fire marshal, Inspector Martin Monahan, on Friday.

The historic Harrison Avenue Bridge in Scranton, built in 1921-22, will soon disappear entirely from the cityscape.

The race for the 112th state House District Democratic nomination heated up a bit in the last 10 days. During an April 19 debate sponsored by Citizens for a Healthy Jessup, candidate Tom Carlucci went after fellow candidate Kyle Mullins for taking campaig

April 28, 1943 War-related plant possible in Scranton U.S. Sen. Joseph Guffey of Pennsylvania, speaking with The Scranton Times, said Scranton was being considered for another war industry plant. Guffey said he was not at liberty to name the business, but