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Archbald Pam Savitski is trying to rejuvenate the borough's defunct Lions Club. It folded about a year ago, she said.

Dr. John F. McGeehan, standing left, is surprised by his colleagues during a ceremony at a medical staff meeting celebrating his 22 years as director of medical education at Mercy Hospital.

A troubled cemetery in Scranton is back in the news again. A worker describes the conditions at Washburn Street Cemetery as the worst he has ever seen.

What's believed to be a special military coin has been discovered amidst all the scrap in an auto parts yard in Lackawanna County.

Cocktails for a Cause will be held Saturday, Oct. 3, from 7 to 10 p.m., at Jhon's Place, 112 S. Main St., Old Forge.

A man accused of seven arsons, including two at businesses our area, appeared in Lackawanna County court Friday.

LACKAWANNA COUNTY COURT NOTES Marriage licenses - Michael G. Tini and Heather Michele Ferelli, both of Peckville.

LACKAWANNA COUNTY COURT NOTES Marriage licenses - Michael G. Tini and Heather Michele Ferelli, both of Peckville.

LACKAWANNA COUNTY COURT NOTES Marriage licenses - Michael G. Tini and Heather Michele Ferelli, both of Peckville.

State taxpayers weren't the only ones paying rent for state Senate Democratic Leader Robert J. Mellow's Peckville office to a company he co-owned. The senator's campaign committee paid rent to the company for space in the same building, too.

Two days after we learned that state Sen. Robert "Bobbie B" Mellow used tax money to rent office space from his wife, I got a press release announcing grants to help Luzerne County manage raw sewage.

Amid revelations that taxpayers spent more than $200,000 to lease an office for state Sen.

Eric of Epstein of "Rock the Capital" talked with WILK's Sue Henry today about the recent report that alleges Senator Bob Mellow rented office space off his wife and himself, paid for with taxpayer money.

A newspaper says taxpayers paid seven years of rent on an office for the Democratic state Senate leader in a building that was partly owned by his wife and later himself.

One motorcyclist is dead and two others are injured after a head-on crash in Lackawanna County.

Before Jerry Auriemma visited his wife's grave at Cathedral Cemetery, he visited the grave of a stranger, a veteran.

A community in Lackawanna County found a special way to honor two young people who passed away within days of each other in 2007.

Largest ambulance company in NEPA will note 11th anniversary on Aug. 4. Lackawanna Ambulance, the largest EMS and medical transportation provider in northeastern Pennsylvania, is preparing to mark a milestone.

A man has been sentenced for an arson at a catering business in Lackawanna County.