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U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was selected as the winner of the presidential straw poll conducted by The Scranton Times.

All five Democratic candidates for the 112th state House District seat and all three Republican candidates for the 8th Congressional District seat have committed to debates next month sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Lackawanna County.

SCRANTON — A city man faces numerous charges after threatening to shoot his family during a Friday domestic dispute.

With his presumed election matchup against Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey less than six months away, Republican U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta just broke a personal record for raising campaign money, but still trails badly in the dash for cash.

SCRANTON — UGI Utilities will perform road restoration work on Taylor Avenue and adjoining streets in the city’s Hill Section, as well as on Crown Avenue and adjoining streets in the city’s South Side, beginning Monday.

SCRANTON — The city’s composite pension board let stand its decision to allocate 90 percent of the $22.9 million in sewer sale proceeds to the police and fire pension plans and 10 percent to the nonuniform plan.

Robert Moran holds up his right hand while being sworn into the Pennsylvania Bar Association by his grandfather, Senior U.S. District Judge Richard P. Conaboy.

Scranton High School’s Erin Barrett is ranked high in her class among hundreds of students, holds a part-time job and is team captain of the school’s girls varsity basketball team.

No one likes to hear that money often matters most when someone runs for political office, but time has proved that again and again. The guys or gals with the most money don’t always win. In fact, lately they’ve won less than they used to, but the pols wi

Since the first Armed Forces Day Parade in Scranton nearly two decades ago, Joe Sylvester has worked mainly behind the scenes.

SCRANTON — The Central Scranton Expressway could reopen before Monday because of an unexpected twist during demolition of the old Harrison Avenue Bridge over the expressway.

Residents of the first four floors of Lutherwood, the apartment building damaged just before dawn on Monday by heavy winds, will begin moving back in this morning, according to the building’s management company.

At a hearing on whether to revoke the saloon license of Katherine Pirhalla on Dolph Street in Jessup, three teenage boys told a panel of Lackawanna County judges they purchased beer at her saloon on New Year’s Eve.

They help their neighbors and inspire younger students. One grows super-hot peppers, while others compete on the national level both athletically and academically.

The state Superior Court upheld a Lackawanna County judge’s ruling that prevented a man who represented himself at a rape trial from questioning his accuser.

SCRANTON — Lackawanna County residents will not have to pay a proposed $5 vehicle registration fee.

SCRANTON — The Lackawanna County Prison Board on Wednesday discussed at length the possibility of bringing a GED program back to the jail.

The Office of Economic Opportunity informed attorney Thomas Kennedy, director of the Lackawanna County Legal Aid and Defender Association, they were to stop providing criminal defense to those who could not afford an attorney.

SCRANTON — Gov. Tom Wolf recognized the city’s street light conversion upgrades with a 2018 Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence.

SCRANTON — An art teacher at Scranton High School. A sixth-grade teacher at West Scranton Intermediate School. An English teacher at West Scranton High School. A special education teacher.