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SCRANTON — A former Lackawanna County sheriff’s deputy pleaded guilty Monday in county court to assaulting a woman a year ago.

DICKSON CITY — A Colorado man crossing the country by foot spent Monday night in a borough hotel before continuing on his roughly 3,000-mile journey.

A dispute over whether the state attorney general’s office improperly seized records as part of the grand jury probe of alleged sexual abuse at the county prison will be heard in Lackawanna County Court, a judge ruled.

The 20-day strike by the telephone workers of Bell Telephone came to an end at midnight when the company and the Federation of Telephone Workers of Pennsylvania reached an agreement. Some 700 telephone workers in the Scranton area returned to work.

SCRANTON — The Lackawanna County Department of Parks and Recreation is cooperating with the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ Bureau of Forestry in a joint effort to spray gypsy moth caterpillars.

Scranton City Council expects Mayor Bill Courtright to again seek a residency waiver for city Business Administrator David Bulzoni, who returned to his post last week.

Those attending public meetings at the Lackawanna County Administration Building may bring and use their cellphones, Sheriff Mark McAndrew clarified Monday.

SCRANTON — At the sixth annual Lackawanna County Job Fair, 69 companies from across the region will offer around 1,821 full-time, part-time and seasonal job openings.

SCRANTON — City Hall, Lackawanna County’s offices and the county courthouse will be closed Tuesday for Election Day. Nonetheless, the Lacka-wanna County Department of Elections will be open Tuesday. Residents with election-related questions may call the o

Matthew Trotter, Forest City Regional High School Earning the rank of Eagle Scout taught Matthew Trotter about leadership, citizenship and teamwork more than any other endeavor. The senior at Forest City Regional High School said he owes most of what he i

SCRANTON — After a snowy, cold winter that hung on through mid-April, Dave Dombek has some good news for residents of Northeast Pennsylvania. “Overall, it looks like the temperature for the summer as a whole might run a little above normal,” the senior me

May 14, 1918 Some wives turn in loafing husbands Police Magistrate Thomas Williams was given the names of 36 habitual loafers in the city of Scranton and was in the process of issuing warrants for their arrest. Once the men were in police custody, they we

The spinal cord injury limiting Joseph Salva’s use of his arms and legs keeps him from riding a conventional bicycle, but he still didn’t expect to get much out of his first ride on a hand cycle. “I just thought I’d be pedaling along,” said Salva, who use

School years are designed to wind down with a solid sense of completion. Instruction delivered. Exams completed. Grades earned and recorded.

Dr. Kevin Olsen spends up to 12 hours most weekends hunched over a laptop doing something he hates. The Scranton cardiologist updates his patients’ electronic medical or health records, often called EMRs or EHRs.

SCRANTON — Rain and cool weather may have put a damper on turnout, but the festivities flowed on at the 2018 Lackawanna River Conservation Association RiverFest on Saturday.

SCRANTON — A large lump of coal now joins the many mining displays in the Anthracite Heritage Museum at McDade Park to mark 250 years of the underground industry in the Lackawanna Valley.

BROOKLYN TWP. — On a mostly wooded hillside rising steeply from Martins Creek, amid the rambling fieldstone walls, the crumbling foundations, the small, secluded cemetery holding the earthly remains of souls known and unknown, a story awaits telling.

Mother’s Day diners and staff escaped unharmed from a fire that broke out at Preno’s Restaurant, Adams and Lackawanna avenues, Sunday afternoon.

The first Pennsylvania primary election with federal candidates since the state narrowly backed Republican Donald Trump for president takes place Tuesday with a search for its potential deeper meaning already underway.