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SCRANTON — A city woman faces charges after city police said she drove a vehicle with two children in it while drunk.

In anticipation of today’s predicted snowstorm, officials announced truck bans on highways and the turnpike, starting at 8 p.m. Tuesday.

The attorney for a former Lackawanna County Prison guard forcefully denied Tuesday that his client had a sexual relationship with a female work-release inmate nearly a decade ago.

The employees of the Scranton Department of Public Works voted 139 to 0 to accept the city’s proposal and to return to work. This vote ended the 11-day strike.

SCRANTON — Geisinger Community Medical Center opened a new 12-bed observation unit for patients who need short-term care.

Dr. Kevin Olsen fidgeted in his high-backed chair and turned red when his patient of decades gushed about him.

Forcing those attending Lackawanna County commissioners’ meetings to lock their cellphones in portable sleeves upon entering the county Administration Building may violate the state’s Sunshine Act.

Welcome to Scranton, Josh Shapiro. We’ve been expecting you.

Republican voters have multiple candidates to choose from for nominations for three congressional seats that touch part of Northeast Pennsylvania in the May 15 primary election. Democrats will have choices for two seats.

Workers with Eastern Roofing Systems of Jessup repair the marquee over the Electric City Parking Garage’s entrance and exit Tuesday on Spruce Street in Scranton.

State criminal investigators are looking into how a mechanic received unauthorized health insurance from the Scranton School District for 12 years. Superintendent Alexis Kirijan, Ed.D., said an investigator from the state police and another from the state

SCRANTON — A city man faces charges for brandishing a handgun during an argument Monday afternoon, police said. Police said Thomas O’Boyle Jr., 65, 330 Rear Cherry St., drew a fully-loaded .357 magnum revolver during a verbal dispute with James Lattimore

New charges are pending against a former Lackawanna County Prison guard ensnared in an ongoing probe of sexual abuse at the jail, a state prosecutor said Monday. George R. Efthimiou, 50, 1121 Loomis Ave., Taylor, faces one count of institutional sexual as

SCRANTON — There are no plans to close West Scranton High School, but that didn’t stop about 100 people from taking to the streets Monday to defend it. Holding handmade signs reading “West is Best!” and “We Bleed Blue,” West Scranton parents, teachers, st

March 20, 1918 K of C campaign: $45,000 in two days E.J. Lynett, chairman of the local Knights of Columbus war campaign, announced that in two days the fundraiser received $45,000 from contributors big and small. The goal of the local campaign was $50,000

Shawn Merritt sought the man he thought shot his brother with a BB gun. When Merritt and his friend, Michelle Gardner, found their target, Christopher O’Connor, they beat him up, Scranton police said. Trouble was, Dave Merritt, Shawn’s brother, told polic

SCRANTON — City police charged a man with choking his girlfriend and bouncing her head off a kitchen counter Saturday afternoon. Jalil Bahar-Kubadidi, 18, of 602 Grace St., is charged with assaulting Alisha Ocasio, who suffered bruises over her left eye a

SCRANTON — City police charged two people with promoting prostitution Friday afternoon. They arrested Joanna Grodzka, 33, of 30 LaGrange St., Pittston, and Aioki C. Jarvis, 26, of Washington, D.C., in a parking lot at 300 Meadow Ave. Officers from the pol

Changes implemented earlier this month by the state Department of Auditor General ensure all school district audits and reviews examine school safety measures and provide findings to law enforcement officials.

Cheryl O’Hora’s preferred workspace has playground equipment. The longtime volunteer court-appointed special advocate, or CASA, loves spending time outdoors, and, as it turns out, so do the children she represents.