Olyphant News

Council voted Tuesday to support a resolution from the Lackawanna County Association of Boroughs calling for a severance tax for natural gas producers in Pennsylvania.

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.

Olyphant, Lackawanna County -- A New York man admitted to killing an aspiring dancer and dumping her body in Lackawanna County.

To the U.S. Census Bureau, it is officially designated Census Block 1025. It contains a total of seven houses on McKinley, Gallagher and Barrett streets.

A convicted sex offender accused of killing an aspiring dancer from Texas whom he met at a New York City nightclub three years ago pleaded guilty Monday, the day his trial was to begin.

Cynthia Zujkowski of Clarks Summit places a photo and sign at the Nittany Lion shrine at Penn State Worthington Scranton at a candlelight vigil Sunday to mourn and honor Joe Paterno.

The Scranton Lackawanna Industrial Building Co., development arm of the Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce, sold a 10.2 acre parcel in the industrial park to an Mericle Commercial Real Estate Services for $651,300, according to courthouse records.