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SCRANTON — City and Lackawanna County buildings will be closed Wednesday because of the winter storm expected to blow through the area.

SCRANTON — An attorney for a property owner challenging Scranton’s rental registration program argued Tuesday in Lacka-wanna County Court that the city should be barred from collecting rental fees while a class-action lawsuit against the city is pending.

The majority of Lacka-wanna County municipalities will receive a portion of more than $65,000 in liquor licensing fees the state will return to their local governments.

A mother charged Tuesday with homicide by vehicle in a crash that killed her daughter resisted arrest when officers apprehended her.

A six-candidate state House race that includes a former Lackawanna County commissioner and his brother competing for a Democratic nomination highlights the May 15 primary election ballot locally.

Officials with the state Health Department, the state police and the Scranton police all released a report saying that there is no heroin traffic in the Scranton area.

SCRANTON — The full force of the latest winter storm to cover Northeastern Pennsylvania with snow will fall east of Scranton, likely leaving the city with a little less snow than previously foretasted, but presenting a problem for border counties still feeling the effects of last week's nor'easter.

SCRANTON — The Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine Diversity Taskforce’s “Black Women in Medicine” documentary film and panel discussion is canceled tonight. The event was scheduled for 6 tonight at the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. — K

Hard rock fans rejoice. A slew of bands are set to stop at Montage Mountain Resorts this summer, Live Nation announced today.

SCRANTON — City council heard a request Monday from Pennsylvania Ambulance for the city to designate an official basic life support ambulance service.

Retired state police Trooper Jeffrey M. Pace was remembered Monday as someone who enjoyed doing things for other people and doing them without fanfare. For Pace, the act was its own reward.

The new director of the Lackawanna College Police Academy could have pursued a spot in law enforcement administration, perhaps as chief of police somewhere.

Ernest Lemoncelli will try again to do what no Republican has done locally in decades.

March 6, 1918 Scranton woman declared sane A large group of supporters stood and applauded when Lackawanna County Judge H.M. Edwards declared that Catherine Breswitz was sane and should be released from the Hillside Home immediately. Louis Breswitz,who ha

With 22 days until the Scranton School Board has to pass a balanced budget, teachers Monday continued to vouch for their positions and their colleagues’ jobs.

SCRANTON Scarf might hold key to crime City police are hoping a burnt scarf and assistance from the public will help solve a Willow Street arson. An early morning blaze on Feb. 19 displaced 10 people at an apartment building at 640 Willow St., police said

The Diocese of Scranton celebrated the 150th anniversary of its founding Sunday with a Mass at St. Peter’s Cathedral.

Organizations should collaborate on projects that use the arts to improve quality of life and address local economic, environmental, health and wellness, and transportation-related issues, a recently released report recommends.

SCRANTON — The force was just strong enough to get the starfighters across the finish line. J

Eleven members of the Vultures, a local motorcycle gang, were cleared of charges that they unlawfully entered a cabin after a member’s grandmother testified that she gave permission for them to use the cabin.