The drab economy, double-digit unemployment and tight consumer credit is forcing retailers to do just about anything to get shoppers into stores.

A state police fire marshal's "lentghy and thorough," investigation ends with cause undetermined, for a mid-July, fatal fire, in Dickson City.

Big changes are on the way for Lackawanna County's bus system. Thursday night, officials met at the Scranton Cultural Center to talk about what's next.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] LACKAWANNA COUNTY COURT NOTES Marriage Licenses - Jarek Lee Rodriguez-Muniz and Vanessa Gonzalez, both of Scranton.

Retail participants for "Home for the Holidays" Open House weekend, Nov. 27 to 29, are shown, from left: Francene Dudziec of Monogram Muse, Barry Kaplan of Everything Natural, Lisa Akulonis of Citizens Savings Bank, Sonia Wysochanski of Kidazzle/The Drapery Shop and Dana Oliver of Ambience Wallcovering.

In October, members of Johnson College's Social Force organized a clothing drive to help keep those who are less fortunate warm this winter.

Lessons were taught outside the classroom Thursday, as students spruced up a piece of Lackawanna County's history.

AWI/Shur Save Supermarkets showed their commitment to Pennsylvania families at a check presentation event hosted by Abington Christian Academy.

How often do you get to see a vampire salsa with Snow White? Or a mummy waltz with the Wicked Witch of the West? Bill Amos drags Millie Dooley from a graveyard in 'Night of the Living Dead,' running through tomorrow at the Phoenix Performing Arts Centre in Duryea.

Bids for a nearly $150,000 sanitation truck, a $100,000 brush truck and a resolution further defining city garbage service and fees for quantity and frequency of garbage pickup will be considered by the Dickson City Council on Monday at 7 p.m. The council meets at the Dickson City Hall Council Chambers, located at 600 E. Walnut St.

If The Real Housewives of Atlanta can record an upbeat party tune, why not Kelly Kapoor and Erin Hannon from The Office ? They may fictional characters on a sitcom, but they are just as real as the Housewives .

It was an emotional scene inside the Lackawanna County courthouse Tuesday as a man from Bushkill was sentenced for making the little boy touch him.

Marriage licenses - Jimmy Allen Rizzo and Minerva Rizzo, both of Dunmore. Property Transactions - Myer M. Alperin, individually, and as attorney-in-fact for Shirley Alperin, Clarks Summit, to Philip and Kathleen Graff, Waverly; a property at 35 Oakford Glen, Abington Twp., for $370,000. - Robert C. Wilson, Dickson City, to Jason E. Parry, Dickson ...

Oct. 22--A Williamsport-based developer has revived a dormant proposal for a Commerce Boulevard hotel, officials said.

Oct. 21--DICKSON CITY -- Development plans for a 62-unit hotel and 14-screen movie theater could be approved as early as Tuesday, according to a planning commission official.

Blakely The Genealogical Research Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania will celebrate family history month with a smorgasbord of ethnic dishes, said member Joseph Bryer.

Community Film Project Screening Room at the 411 Studio Saturday October 24, 2009 8:00 PM Admission $5 Venue: 411 Studo Venue Location: 411 Lackawanna Ave Olyphant, PA 18447 570-604-8474 570-677-1285 Community Film Project is proud to present these films at the 411 Studio: BORN PUMPED Comedy / Documentary Directed by Casey Burke and Jeff Fowler ...

There are homes that are smaller than this. A 42x70-foot IMAX screen is headed for Dickson City.

A lot of people apparently used their Columbus Day holiday to go to a doctor. The flu, and the fear of it, sent patients to a pediatrician's office in Lackawanna County.

A state-funded program that helps thousands of people in Lackawanna County pay their heating bill each winter is getting slashed this year.