Archbald News

In a year a federal corruption investigation of him heated up, former state Senate Democratic Leader Robert J. Mellow's chief campaign committee spent almost $740,000 on lawyers for unspecific reasons, despite a state law that says campaign money must be spent on influencing the outcome of elections.

Tom Owen thought about running for state representative in Lackawanna County, but changed his mind.

Complete coverage of natural gas drilling in Northeast Pennsylvania including recently updated searchable database of natural gas drilling leases for Lackawanna, Luzerne and Wyoming Counties Valley View to host career fair ARCHBALD - Valley View High School will host an information night Thursday and a career fair Friday.

As part of a budget day extravaganza, the Senate gave final approval Tuesday to a county-option Marcellus Shale drilling impact fee that provides some revenue for statewide environmental programs and state review of local zoning rules.

Gov. Tom Corbett proposed a 2012-13 state budget that cuts overall spending for the second year in a row, holds the line on taxes and again cuts a business tax while sharply slashing funding for higher education and county-run social services.

An Archbald man accused of breaking into a home in Jermyn and sexually assaulting a woman pleaded no contest Friday to aggravated assault, burglary and aggravated indecent assault in Lackawanna County Court.

Almost seven years after resigning as a Lackawanna County commissioner, Democrat Randy A. Castellani is looking to get back into government.

A plea today in a court case where authorities accuse a man of beating a woman during a home invasion in Lackawanna County.

A joint narcotics investigation by local and county authorities ended early Thursday with the raid of a Pear Street home, the arrest of two alleged drug dealers and the seizure of 170 bags of heroin, according to a criminal complaint.

Boroughs and townships in Lackawanna County will find federal Community Development Block Grant funding harder to come by in 2012.

Teams of bowlers came out in support of The Northeast Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association fundraiser at Chacko's Bowling Center on Sunday.

The Abington Community Library will double as an art gallery in February and March, with part of the proceeds from the sale of prints going to support the library itself.

The sentencings of Robert C. Cordaro and A.J. Munchak on Monday will end what may be only an early chapter in the annals of prosecuted government corruption in Northeastern Pennsylvania.

A borough man was charged after police said he forced a preteen boy to watch pornographic movies at his home.

About 15 concerned North Pocono residents met with state Sen. John Blake, D-22, Archbald, addressing their qualms about the proposed 230-kilovolt PPL Electric Utilities power line that could run through Clifton, Covington and Thornhurst townships.

A tax loophole that enables many Pennsylvania businesses to avoid paying state corporate taxes would be closed in exchange for cuts in the corporate tax rate under legislation unveiled Wednesday by a bipartisan group of House lawmakers.

William W. Cawley Jr. of Archbald and Mark S. Holtsmaster of Moscow were promoted to sergeant and assigned to Troop N in Swiftwater and the Bureau of Criminal Investigation, respectively, according to a press release.

Police in Taylor charged a teenager Monday for trying to kidnap a woman at Walmart store in the borough last week.

Regional and local leaders gathered in the Moscow municipal building Friday afternoon as borough officials accepted a $500,000 check for infrastructure improvements throughout the town.