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SCRANTON — Lackawanna County District Attorney Mark Powell will seek the death penalty for one of the three people charged with last month’s murder of Nina Gatto, a confidential informant who worked for his office.

May 25, 1968 Minors cited with underage drinking The Scranton Police Juvenile Unit and agents from the state Liquor Control Board raided four establishments in Scranton in a crackdown on underage drinking. A total of 37 minors were found drinking in Dorun

Lackawanna County will save about $20,000 a year after eliminating 45 of its 300-plus cellphones. A “limited scope review” of the county’s cellphones conducted last year by the county controller’s office found in September that the county was paying for 3

William B. Sordoni, who was known for his business leadership and mentorship as well as his community involvement, died Wednesday at age 73. Sordoni served in various leadership roles in Sordoni Construction Services, Commonwealth Telephone and Sterling I

SCRANTON — A judge will hear arguments today about how a notice should be worded to alert city residents to a class action lawsuit challenging the city’s annual $300 trash fee. Lawyers for plaintiff Adam Guiffrida filed a motion proposing how they think a

Northeast Pennsylvania native Donald Michael Nemeth didn’t talk about his time in Vietnam, and his kids knew not to ask. “When we were older ... he would say a few things but he never got specific,” said his daughter, Nicole Reisinger. Next month, Reising

SCRANTON — Feedback from about 20 people who gathered in the city Wednesday will aide in a countywide effort to fight blight. Those convened at Goodwill at North — the site of the first of four meetings to be held as part of a burgeoning Blight to Bright

SCRANTON — A mobile war memorial honoring servicemen and women killed during the War on Terror, which includes the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, is coming to Scranton. The Remembering the Fallen National Memorial includes pictures and biographies of

JESSUP — A man is in custody after leading borough police on a chase and punching an officer in the face Wednesday night. Borough police responded to the area around the basketball courts near Jessup Memorial Field at about 9 p.m. for the report of a knif

May 24, 1943 Surprise air raid drill a success Lackawanna County Citizens’ Defense Corps are once again proud of the successful response by the county’s residents to a surprise blackout and air raid drill held the previous day. The drill started at 9 o’cl

SCRANTON — A grant writing workshop scheduled for tonight in the Electric City aims to help local artists and arts organizations apply for Project Stream grants through the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts program. Arts-related and community-based nonpro

SCRANTON — People can responsibly discard their unused or expired medicine during a drug take-back event Tuesday at the Prescription Center in downtown Scranton. Take-back events such as this one help patients clean out their medicine cabinets and safely

SCRANTON — The city Planning Commission on Wednesday approved a proposed Sheetz gas station/store at West Linden Street and Seventh Avenue. The commission voted 4-0, with Chairman James Thomas, Jay Murphy, Kathryn Borer and Thomas Galella all in favor, to

SCRANTON — The Lackawanna County Veterans Affairs Office is asking residents and volunteers from area veterans organizations to return damaged veterans’ grave markers. Damaged markers can be dropped off at the office, which is located on the third floor o

Dance Hall Devils guarantees that its audiences will dance themselves silly. Since 2015, the Scranton-based pop-punk band has pumped out great covers from a wide variety of musicians. This five-piece group includes Nick Van Wagenen on vocals, Kevin Stone

May 23, 1968 Mayor says some SRA money is not subject to an audit Scranton Mayor James Walsh announced that a portion of money supplied to city by the Scranton Redevelopment Authority was not subject to an audit. The accounting firm hired by the city to c

SCRANTON — The first of four public meetings to discuss the Lackawanna County Land Bank’s plan to develop a countywide strategy for addressing vacant and abandoned properties will take place tonight in the city. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. at Goodwill at

SCRANTON — Established two years ago, the private, nonprofit Discovery Multiple Intelligences Preschool in East Mountain is expanding. Scranton’s only public-private Montessori preschool and kindergarten, Discovery MI Preschool plans to buy the Irish Cult

SCRANTON — A Scranton woman faces charges after she left her children home without food or furniture, city police said. While handcuffed during a prostitution investigation Monday, Ivy Murray, 27, 523 Cherry St., Scranton, started screaming her children w

MOOSIC — State police are looking for a man accused of leading police on a chase earlier this month. Jaimie Mozeleski, 35, 937 Palm St. , Scranton, is charged with aggravated assault, fleeing and eluding police and other counts after the pursuit on May 12