Duryea News

SCRANTON A local uniform and equipment company that felt slighted by the Lackawanna County sheriff's department told county commissioners at their Feb.

A Luzerne County business that sells police supplies and equipment wants the Lackawanna County commissioners to re-examine how and where sheriff's deputies are allowed to spend their uniform allowances.

So far, the area's winter temperatures might not be typical, but the forecast for mid-February is for a lot of ice in Clarks Summit.

An argument about getting a pizza or a chicken club sandwich led to a stabbing inside a house on Meyers Street early Monday, according to charges filed.

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Lori Nocito , executive director of Leadership Wilkes-Barre , recently participated in the White House Community Leaders briefing series, a day-long program conducted by the White House Office of Public Engagement.

A man's intended evidence became his own undoing when he and a woman were arrested Wednesday night for recording a phone conversation between him and a neighbor on the woman's cellphone, according to Duryea police.

Each a resident of Jenkins Twp., the homeowners came Thursday night to the Pittston Area High School to talk with state, federal and local emergency management agency officials about the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program and to see if their properties were eligible.

There will be no school on Monday, January 16, at Holy Rosary School as the nation celebrates the life of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr., and recognizes all he did to promote respect and equality for all.