Jermyn News

South Canaan Twp. Instead of exchanging gifts, Doug and Sheryl Jordan did something much different over the holidays.

Police apprehended Wednesday night a Nigerian man suspected of robbing at knifepoint a Sunoco gas station in the 1700 block of North Main Avenue.

Mayfield's modest fine for obstructing a fire hydrant could prove costly if it fails to deter residents from blocking them with their cars, the borough's fire chief said.

The case of a borough man charged with assault and child endangerment for allegedly injuring a 20-month-old girl was sent to Lackawanna County Court after a preliminary hearing Monday.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] share this Assault charges against a Jermyn man accused of injuring a 20-month-old girl were sent to Lackawanna County Court on Monday following a preliminary hearing.

Hundreds of people showed up, Saturday, in downtown Scranton to see a teen actor from a popular Nickelodeon kids show.

After months of construction, the ribbon was cut Tuesday morning for a new office and pavilion at Aylesworth Park in Archbald.

County leaders in Lackawanna County cut the ribbon Tuesday on a new and improved Aylesworth Park in Archbald.

IllScarlett are launching a cross-Canada tour in support of 1UP! on Nov. 25 in Kelowna, B.C. USS will support the Mississauga, Ont.

Leo and Ann Moskovitz will receive the 2009 Andrew J. McGowan Cornerstone Award at an award dinner on Friday, Oct.

Jason Farmer / Staff Photographer Helen Spinley, 95, of Jermyn, the oldest parishioner of Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Mayfield, hands the Rev.

There was nothing accidental about the fire that demolished part of the Murray Complex in Wilkes-Barre Sunday.

A resident of an apartment building heavily damaged by flames Tuesday night was arrested Wednesday on charges of starting the fire during what investigators say was an argument over the ownership of video games.

Eight people are homeless this morning after an apartment building went up in flames.

Two people were hospitalized after a fire in Lackawanna County. Flames hit an apartment complex on Henry Drive near the Archbald/Jermyn line just before 11 p.m. Tuesday.

National recording artists Strung Out, a punk-rock band based in Los Angeles, Calif., will perform a concert on Oct.

One person is dead after an ATV wreck in Lackawanna County. The crash happened around noon Saturday in a wooded area off Delaware Street near the Jermyn/Archbald line, according to police.

LHVA is conducting a study of the Lackawanna Greenway and the Lackawanna River Heritage Trail.

The crash of an all terrain vechicle on a dirt road in Archbald leaves a Jermyn man dead.

LACKAWANNA COUNTY COURT NOTES MARRIAGE LICENSES - John Joseph Savo and Nicholle Leann Pavalone, both of Jessup.