Lackawanna County News

The county commissioners plan to expand the courthouse office space to hopefully alleviate some of the current crowding and storage issues.

Two people have pleaded guilty in connection with a violent hit run crash last year in Lackawanna County.

The Lackawanna County DA's office plans to seek the death penalty against an accused child killer from Scranton.

The district attorney in Lackawanna County has decided to seek the death penalty for a man accused of killing a child.

Investigators in Lackawanna County said a burning cigarette near a couch sparked a fire on a porch Friday morning.

Emergency workers in northeastern Pennsylvania say severe thunderstorms toppled scores of trees that destroyed two homes and damaged 40 more.

A prosecutor says a northeastern Pennsylvania man beat a 19-month-old girl so badly that she nearly died.

A fire broke out just after 4am Friday at 10-12 Laurel Street in Carbondale, displacing nine people who lived in two apartments.

A Lackawanna County man will spend between 6 and 23 months in home confinement for inappropriately touching a 9-year-old girl.

Flames ripped through a home near Thornhurst Wednesday morning, forcing the family who lives there to find another place to stay.

The passengers came out of it unscathed....but the bus driver got some cuts when somebody threw something off an I-81 overpass in Greenfield Township in Lackawanna County last night.

A woman accused of road rage in a grocery store parking lot in Scranton is expected to plead guilty.

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"This investment is a testament to Archbald Borough officials, as well as federal, state and local partners who came together to support this project, which has a total project cost of nearly $1.8 million ," Blake said.

A man accused of attacking his girlfriend and her son with a baseball bat was found guilty Thursday by a jury in Lackawanna County.

McClatchy-Tribune Information Services -- Unrestricted Middle The victims of an arson one year ago today are still waiting for criminal charges against whomever started the fire that chased families from their homes, destroyed apartments full of belongings and sent a baby to the hospital.

The district attorney in Lackawanna County tells Newswatch 16 a man will be charged with arson for a fire in Scranton's west side.

Lackawanna County District Attorney Andy Jarbola says 4 Scranton Police officers were justified in the shooting death of Brenda Williams.

Michael J. Mullen/Staff Photographer Lori Zepponi's home at 745 N. Irving Ave. will be part of the Lackawanna County Historical Society's biannual Historic Hill House Tour on Sunday.