Scranton News

Scranton will offer a smartphone payment option for parking meters under a 90-day trial period that kicks off Tuesday, May 28.

Angie Ross is greeted by candidate representatives as she enters the Renaissance Center on Pittston Ave.

If you're going to drive a stolen car in a town of roughly 77,000 people about the same size as Scranton, Pennsylvania or Ogden, Utah you want to be very careful about where you drive that stolen car to eat.

It was the zero hour at the downtown Scranton headquarters for Alyce Farrell's campaign for Lackawanna County Judge.

The volunteer fire company members injured in Sunday's crash in Coolbaugh Township have a long road to recovery ahead, Coolbaugh Township Assistant Fire Chief Bill Weimer said Monday.

Scranton, Lackawanna County- People gathered in Scranton this weekend to help raise money for a proposed 9/11 Memorial to an Electric City native.

Lackawanna College offensive tackle Jermaine Eluemunor will make several visits in June, but before doing so he make trim his list.

Despite leading the charge to repeal a ban on Scranton school directors accepting campaign contributions from district vendors, Director Bob Lesh has returned $1,100 in such contributions during his campaign.

The finale of NBC's "The Office" drew a season high of 5.7 million viewers, as fans tuned in to see the show's biggest star Steve Carell return for a wedding and nostalgic farewell.

SCRANTON – Oil and gas development damaged the water supplies of at least 161 Pennsylvania homes, farms, churches and businesses between 2008 and the fall of 2012, according to state records obtained by a newspaper.

In Tuesday's Pennsylvania primary, most of the action will be in Democrat-controlled cities: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Scranton and Harrisburg.

Evan A. Thoryk, 4, of Harveys Lake, salutes the Navy as they walk by during the Armed Forces Day Parade in Scranton Pa.

Saturday's feast in Spring Lake featured a lot of talk - and soda bread, shepherds pies, corned beef and heaps of cabbage as the borough celebrated its fourth annual Irish Festival.

ASSOCIATED PRESS files ABOVE: Army Capt. Alfred Svenson of Scranton leaves the morning session of his general court-martial on June 30, 1964, in Frankfurt, Germany.

A 5.1-magnitude earthquake west of Ottawa, Canada, did not cause damage to the areas surrounding the epicenter nor to Scranton, but was felt by many just before 10 a.m., according to The Associated Press and a local geology expert.

A North Scranton woman accused of fatally stabbing her boyfriend nearly two years ago may finally get her turn before a jury.

A West Chester man tried to punch a University of Scranton police sergeant after leaving a bar early Friday, city police said.

A Scranton man insistent on returning to the Dominican Republic bit and stabbed his brother-in-law who tried to calm him down Thursday night, Scranton police said.

Support our men and women in the military! The Armed Forces Parade in downtown Scranton steps off at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 18.

There's a new wrinkle to the referendum on Tuesday's primary ballot regarding a commission to recommend the future structure of Lackawanna County government.