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Lackawanna County agreed to pay $50,000 to settle a federal lawsuit filed by an inmate who alleged a prison guard pepper-sprayed him in the genitals, according to a county attorney.

SCRANTON — Two days after she marched in Washington, D.C., 15-year-old Maeve Mariotti marched to the podium in City Council Chambers and asked for action.

Scranton School District will borrow money to balance its budget for the third year in a row, continuing to use one-time revenue to fund the district.

SCRANTON — A Scranton School Board committee meeting Monday started with a school director’s resignation, turned into a discussion about whether the district actually has a contract with one of its transportation providers

New census estimates show seven Northeast Pennsylvania counties lost population since 2010, but local analysts say the decline isn’t that bad and the numbers could be wrong.

Despite being severely injured, Lt. Joseph G. Feeney of Scranton directed an attack on a Nazi submarine that fired torpedoes at his ship.

Christians throughout the world observed Palm Sunday — the day that commemorates the triumphant arrival of Christ in Jerusalem, days before he was crucified.

Dickson City has less than one-tenth the municipal roads as its neighbor to the west, Scranton, but Lackawanna County’s busy shopping district sees more daily stop-and-go traffic than most other towns.

From specialized training and improved web design to engaging students through athletics, state grants designed to combat sexual violence gave two schools more tools to reduce sexual assault.

If you are a pedestrian or a bicyclist — and most of us are one or both — the state Department of Transportation wants to hear from you.

Scranton School Board members said they would select a new superintendent at their next meeting, April 9.

Lackawanna County’s legal fees for the prison grand jury probe continue to mount, reaching at least $346,657 as of last month.

SCRANTON — On the day Center City Print opened for business, owner Alex Molfetas remembers he had maybe $10 left in his wallet, $20 at the most.

Early in December, at the height of the holiday season when online shoppers flock to websites to buy goods, a man in a dark jacket and a blue hat with ear flaps walked onto a Birney Avenue porch in Scranton and swiped packages worth $640.

With every pysanky class Tammy Budnovitch teaches, she ensures that the Ukrainian craft passed down to her continues.

SCRANTON — He wore dusty black boots, worn blue trousers and a brass-button-adorned overcoat to match.

SCRANTON — Local students became voices for peers they never met and victims of gun violence. They made powerful pleas Saturday for politicians to change laws and for gun violence to never come to Northeast Pennsylvania.

Luci Costa darts around her dress shop in South Scranton on a Wednesday afternoon. The owner of Elizabeth’s Boutique, 724 Cedar Ave., moves quickly, and the conversation shifts even faster.

Big Box stores like Sears, Kmart and many other large chain stores fail for one basic reason.

A function most businesses take for granted still shackles medical marijuana producers and dispensaries. The hazy banking climate for Pennsylvania’s blazing new industry so far has kept major financial institutions out of the game and leaves most operator