Lackawanna County News

A Lackawanna County home has heavy damage after a fierce fire. It broke out Saturday afternoon around 3:30 near Clarks Summit.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] LACKAWANNA COUNTY COURT NOTES Marriage Licenses - Richard Brazill and Danielle Judith Rempe, both of Dunmore.

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A former Whites Crossing volunteer firefighter was sentenced Tuesday to 10 to 20 years in state prison for his role in setting fires that caused more than $3 million in damages to buildings and businesses in the Upvalley, some of them landmarks.

SENTENCINGS The following were recently sentenced in Lackawanna County Court: - Joseph J. Palmitessa, 29, 323 12th Ave.; one month house arrest, five months probation and a $1,000 fine for drunken driving on Keyser Avenue on Nov.

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Police in Lackawanna County are looking for a robber after a cab company worker was clubbed in the head.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] Marriage Licenses - Craig Edward Wetmore and Jessica Lynn Swaintek, both of San Francisco.

Mortgage fraud charges have been filed against Brian Scott and Gerrylene Villanueva, both from Elm Street, Scranton.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] Marriage LicenseS - Khumada Amil Gregory and Jaclyn Leeann Mrykalo, both of Scranton.

Lackawanna County's nursing home will be sold, according to commissioners. Both commissioners and the head of the new company said Thursday workers don't need to worry about losing their jobs at the Lackawanna County Health Care Center after it is sold.

The majority, Lackawanna County Commissioners, execute an agreement to sell the county nursing home.

An elections board in northeastern Pennsylvania has ordered a recount of all votes cast in the Nov.

Culinary arts and restaurant practices students at the Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County and Chief Blaise Alan Dente recently served dinner for the Scranton chapter of UNICO.

The computer problem that resulted in more than 24-hundred straight-party votes for some Scranton City Council candidates not being counted has prompted Lackawanna County minority commissioner A.J. Munchak to call for a county-wide recount.

Nov. 5--The city's animal control officer was arrested Thursday for allegedly stealing a wallet from a neighbor's home where she had taken her children trick-or-treating and then trying to use the owner's credit-debit card to make purchases later Halloween night.

Lackawanna County majority Commissioners Michael J. Washo and Corey D. O'Brien will hold a Lackawanna County Commissioners' Hearing on the County Space Study at 10 a.m. on Friday, November 6, in the Lackawanna County Administration Building, 200 Adams Ave., sixth floor, Scranton.

Family and friends are mourning the loss of a well-known businessman from Susquehanna County.