Throop News

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation reports that maintenance and construction projects will result in lane closures and traffic delays in several areas today.

Michael J. Mullen / Staff Photographer Glenn Howey, right, conducts a public testing of voting machines Monday in the Lackawanna County Voter Registration office, 2400 Stafford Ave., Scranton, as James Barnick of Throop observes and assists.

This is due to merging-traffic safety concerns in the narrowed two-lane area. The signed ramp detour remains in effect.

After several widespread power outages had people in the dark for days in recent years, PPL is taking action hoping to prevent long term outages.

Lackawanna County plans to acquire three properties near the county prison on North Washington Avenue to create off-street parking for jail employees and visitors.

Mayor Jayme Morano said an officer was pulling onto the street when his contact lens fell out.

Finances and test scores are at the heart of the race for a seat on the Mid Valley School Board.

Residents had to run for their lives, and one was forced to jump from a window. More than a dozen people lost their homes in an early morning fire in Lackawanna County.

Several Throop residents will need temporary housing after an early morning fire significantly damaged an apartment building in the midvalley borough, Fire Chief Eric Hartshorn said.

Submitted Photo Kulpmont native Joe Garcia, who had a notable career as a federal mine inspector after his early days working coal mines in eastern Northumberland County, was photographed at the 10th anniversary of the Quecreek Mine Rescue last summer in front of a memorial related to the rescue.

"The purpose of the base repair is to prepare the road for a resurfacing that will be taking place in the near future.

Payments from Keystone Sanitary Landfill help fund Throop operations. The six candidates for borough council have ideas about how to spend the money wisely.

Borough council plans to hire workers to raze a dilapidated three-section storage shed that council members called an eyesore and safety hazard.

COLUMBIA COUNTY: The Interstate 80 westbound Columbia County Roadside Rest comfort and vending facilities will be closed starting Monday, April 22, for approximately two weeks for a main sewer line replacement project there.

In celebration of Arbor Day, three shade-tree organizations in the Abingtons will host an event to educate residents on the importance of planting trees.

The Mid Valley School Board will eventually pay the Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County, but a proposed budget was not approved at a meeting Wednesday.

The state Superior Court has upheld the insurance fraud conviction of Scranton businessman Bob Bolus, rejecting his claims that he did not get a fair trial.