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Nearly 3 percent of Lackawanna County infants hospitalized in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 were born addicted to drugs, a new study shows.

SCRANTON — A Hill Section man drove over the arm of a repo man who was under his Lexus preparing to tow it away, police said.

SCRANTON — A city woman will serve an additional 90 days for striking a pedestrian with her car about a year ago and leaving the scene.

SCRANTON — Shmuffinz, MTOs and more may come to the Electric City. Scranton Planning Commission reviewed plans for a Sheetz convenience store, slated for Linden Street and Seventh Avenue, at a meeting Wednesday night.

A former Lackawanna County prison inmate testified Wednesday she still has nightmares about being forced to perform sex acts on a prison guard in 2006 and 2010.

SCRANTON — After the Scranton School Board passed a 2018 budget that eliminates 51 teaching positions next year and hikes taxes 3.8 percent, the teachers in the audience stood up and turned their backs on the board.

SCRANTON — Police said Aniello Martoccio Jr.’s used hot coffee as a weapon Tuesday.

FRANKLIN, Tenn.CHS selling 3 Tenn. hospitals Commonwealth Health’s parent company is selling three hospitals in Tennessee as part of broader plans to pay off debt.

As the rationing of meats, butter, cheese and other fats got underway across the United States, supplies of these items were low in many butcher shops and stores in Lackawanna County.

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and Gov. Tom Wolf led their likely Republican opponents by wide margins in the first major independent poll of their election races this year.

SCRANTON — Police charged Dominick Pometti with possession of two stolen all-terrain vehicles Monday.

State voters overwhelmingly favor promoting renewable energy sources over natural gas, according to a new poll released Wednesday.

A magisterial district judge postponed ruling on whether to forward sexual abuse charges against a former Lackawanna County Prison guard to county court pending a decision on whether two of the three offenses fall outside the statute of limitations. Josep

A cold and snowy March made Pennsylvania ski area operators rethink year-end plans. “We decided to make some snow last night,” Montage Mountain spokesman Jeff Slivinski said Tuesday. On Monday, Montage sent a tongue-in-cheek email apologizing for lying ab

Lackawanna County plans to establish a new authority to run its county fair, which officials hope to make an annual event following its 2019 debut. After announcing earlier this month that the inaugural Lackawanna County Heritage Fair will be held next ye

SCRANTON — Hundreds of thousands of dollars of state rail infrastructure funding is coming to Lackawanna County. The State Transportation Commission approved $32 million for 27 projects statewide. Among them, Scranton Transload Inc. will get $700,000 to r

March 28, 1918 War fundraiser at $105,000 Officials with the local Knights of Columbus war fundraiser reported that they received $105,000 in contributions since the start of the campaign March 18. Today was the last day for the campaign but officials sai

SCRANTON — The city’s Department of Public Works will work Friday, but be off on Monday in observance of the Easter holiday. The holiday will affect trash pickup. Garbage and collection of red recycling containers will be a day behind next week, according

SCRANTON — A Wilkes-Barre woman will serve three months of house arrest after police found a hefty amount of heroin, cocaine and cash in a car she rode in last year. India Pran-zoni, 22, told President Judge Michael J. Barrasse she’s an addict but has bee

ROARING BROOK TWP. — State police at Dunmore are investigating a body found in a wooded area.