Scranton News

VFW post 4712, 500 Main St. Simpson will honor the memory of our fallen comrades, and veterans with our community.

Scranton Mayoral candidate Elizabeth Randol watched within the first hours of official ballot counting on Friday to certify the primary election results in Lackawanna County.

Democrat Elizabeth Randol lost her write-in bid to win the Republican nomination to run for mayor of Scranton, she said Friday.

Butch Comegys / Staff Photographer Jim and Karen Palumbo of Moosic take a stroll in front of the Albright Memorial Library on Friday night in downtown Scranton during the annual Swingin' on Vine event.

Jessup, Lackawanna County- We've seen a drastic drop in the temperature over the past few days.

A handcuffed 18-year-old Ryan Harding of Scranton was brought back Friday afternoon to his hometown.

A hearing for the chief on charges already filed against him was suddenly put on hold in Lackawanna County court when the state attorney general's office filed more charges.

Hazleton, Luzerne County- A Hazleton High School student is arrested for starting a fight involving the principal, a state trooper, and a security guard.

The city of Scranton will have another chance to remember long-forgotten Jimmy Reddington, a soldier killed in Vietnam 46 years ago, at a memorial service at 11 a.m. Saturday at his Cathedral Cemetery grave site.

A city mother accused of endangering the welfare of her small child had all charges bound over following a roughly one-hour preliminary hearing before Magisterial District Judge James Gibbons on Thursday.

Koch-Conley American Legion Post 121 will present an American flag to Cathedral Cemetery, Oram Street, today in preparation for the post's annual Memorial Day program, according to a news release.

The expansion of Medicaid could slash uncompensated care levels at Pennsylvania health systems and curtail a trend in which uninsured residents avoid treatment until emergency care is required, health care professionals said.

Authorities say they confiscated more than 1,000 pieces of drug-laced candy during a house search in northeastern Pennsylvania.

The Times-Tribune of Scranton reports that residents Nicholas Guffey and Mahalia Mailey have been charged with multiple counts of drug possession and manufacturing.

On Thursday, May 23, 2013 Diocesan officials learned through local media that on Friday, May 17, 2013, Father Daniel J. Doherty, who is a priest of the Diocese of Scranton and a member of the Society of the Priests of Saint Sulpice, who has been serving as Assistant Pastor at Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish, Tunkhannock, and Saint Mary ... (more)

"He'd be locked up right now and this wouldn't be happening." Brenda Cruise of Scranton is frustrated that 19-year-old David Ranakoski was out of prison and charged with yet another serious crime.

Scranton, Lackawanna County -- Led into the Lackawanna County District Attorney's office Thursday by the Reading and Northern Railroad Police Officer he's accused of trying to run over, 19-year-old David Ranakoski of Scranton shied away from the media.

Lackawanna County- A Lackawanna County teen already convicted of a deadly crash now faces new charges 19 year- old David Ranakoski of Scranton was on parole for the May 2011 Ransom Township crash that killed a two year old boy.

The Gibbons family from left: Eamon, 14, Brennan, 25, Megan, 22, James Gibbons, Quinn, 19, and Catie, 26, celebrate their victory on Tuesday night at Merts Bar in downtown Scranton.

Building products maker CPG International is being prepared for a sale by its private equity owner, a deal that could fetch between $1 billion and $1.5 billion, according to three people familiar with the matter.