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Today brings the much-anticipated reopening of newly renovated Albright Memorial Library in Scranton, which closed in late November for a roughly $495,000 improvement project.

Lackawanna County Democratic Committee Chairman Patrick J. Cummings announced the party’s committee “is going all the way” with President Lyndon B. Johnson and Vice President Hubert Humphrey.

Entertainment for the evening was provided by James McCool and Joseph Kelly, both of Philadelphia; Peter Walsh of Jessup; and premier storyteller Larry Sharkey.

When the Rev. Franciszek Hodur stepped behind the pulpit of a South Scranton church March 20, 1897, he had no way of knowing what would come next.

Clarks Summit Two programs at the Gathering Place for Community, Arts & Education, 304 S. State St., will look to the past to celebrate Women’s History Month. On Monday, March 26, local historical re-enactor Jennifer Ochman will portray author and poet Lo

I don’t blame Dan Sansky for hanging up. If I were him, I wouldn’t talk to me. I found Sansky’s cellphone number on his employment application at the County of Lackawanna Transit System (COLTS), where he is maintenance supervisor.

Speaking to a packed room of women clad in green, Mary Lou Quinlan reflected on women who were under-recognized and overlooked.

Before Grace McGregor Kramer had her first child almost three years ago, no one in her family business’s near-century history had ever taken maternity leave.

SCRANTON — A Lackawanna County judge upheld the conviction and sentence of a city man charged with shooting at one man and robbing another.

SCRANTON — A pedestrian was injured and a driver will be cited after a crash Friday around 5:30 p.m.

BLOOMING GROVE TWP. — State transportation officials will host a public meeting Monday to explain the planned 2021 reconstruction of an 8-mile stretch of Interstate 84.

The Greens will meet in Scranton today and it has nothing to do with the celebration of St. Patrick’s Day.

U.S. Sen. Harry S. Truman of Missouri was the principal speaker at the 38th annual St. Patrick’s Day Dinner of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of Lackawanna County.

SCRANTON — Long-planned parking changes at the Marketplace at Steamtown remain in the works, a representative of the parking-system operator said Friday.

SCRANTON — Both sides in a lawsuit over sewer-sale proceeds froze the case for 90 days, pending the outcome of negotiations in a related lawsuit.

The attorney for a former Lackawanna County Prison guard charged with sexually abusing a female inmate seeks the transcript of the grand jury proceedings that led to his charges.

SCRANTON — As the clock struck noon, 97 fourth-year medical students learned their futures in a flurry of cheering, tears and confetti.

A federal grand jury indicted two people on charges they smuggled drugs and tobacco into Lackawanna County Prison, adding to the long list of troubles at the jail.

MOOSIC — The public will have a chance to shape the Lackawanna County Heritage Fair before its post-Memorial Day 2019 debut as a celebration of the region’s cultural and ethnic history.

SCRANTON — The fate of a lawsuit accusing the Scranton School Board and its members of negligence may come down to the language in the school district’s insurance policies.