Scranton News

Poet Andrea Gibson performed at the Century Club of Scranton on Saturday, May 18, to a full house of fans; many had travelled the kind of distance Scrantonians travel to cities like New York and Philadelphia.

A Taylor man will spend two years in a state intermediate punishment program that includes a stint in state prison for several crimes, including trying to cash two checks worth nearly $45,000 that he stole from a scrap yard in Scranton.

A man wanted on charges stemming from a homicide in Scranton, Pa., is in custody after a SWAT team deployed in a neighborhood on Syracuse's East Side on Tuesday evening.

The Times-Tribune said the U.S. Marshals Service reported a task force tracked 18-year-old Ryan Harding to the Syracuse, N.Y. area.

Area health industry executives and human services providers plan to discuss the regional impact of an expansion of Medicaid on Thursday at a state Senate hearing in Scranton.

Six months later, Gus Catalano and Robert Rutkowski still remember the call from an emergency dispatcher: "Child fell into storm drain." Just minutes later on Nov.

This primary election has a chance to be historic in Lackawanna County, with voters in Scranton picking a new mayor for the first time in twelve years.

A Clarks Summit man must serve two years in a state intermediate punishment program that includes a stay in state prison for trying to enter two homes in the Abingtons and other crimes.

Scranton will offer a smartphone payment option for parking meters under a 90-day trial period that kicks off Tuesday, May 28.

Angie Ross is greeted by candidate representatives as she enters the Renaissance Center on Pittston Ave.

If you're going to drive a stolen car in a town of roughly 77,000 people about the same size as Scranton, Pennsylvania or Ogden, Utah you want to be very careful about where you drive that stolen car to eat.

It was the zero hour at the downtown Scranton headquarters for Alyce Farrell's campaign for Lackawanna County Judge.

The volunteer fire company members injured in Sunday's crash in Coolbaugh Township have a long road to recovery ahead, Coolbaugh Township Assistant Fire Chief Bill Weimer said Monday.

Scranton, Lackawanna County- People gathered in Scranton this weekend to help raise money for a proposed 9/11 Memorial to an Electric City native.

Lackawanna College offensive tackle Jermaine Eluemunor will make several visits in June, but before doing so he make trim his list.

Despite leading the charge to repeal a ban on Scranton school directors accepting campaign contributions from district vendors, Director Bob Lesh has returned $1,100 in such contributions during his campaign.

The finale of NBC's "The Office" drew a season high of 5.7 million viewers, as fans tuned in to see the show's biggest star Steve Carell return for a wedding and nostalgic farewell.

SCRANTON – Oil and gas development damaged the water supplies of at least 161 Pennsylvania homes, farms, churches and businesses between 2008 and the fall of 2012, according to state records obtained by a newspaper.

In Tuesday's Pennsylvania primary, most of the action will be in Democrat-controlled cities: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Scranton and Harrisburg.

Evan A. Thoryk, 4, of Harveys Lake, salutes the Navy as they walk by during the Armed Forces Day Parade in Scranton Pa.