Throop News

An 86-year-old Dunmore man who had oral sex with a teenage runaway boy was sentenced Tuesday to six to 23 months in prison by Lackawanna County judge Vito Geroulo.

NANTICOKE Police reported the following: Robert Gogola, 42, of Garfield Street, was charged with simple assault and harassment after he allegedly assaulted Edward Randy Eckrote in a South Prospect Street residence on Friday, police said.

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

The state Department of Environmental Protection, in coordination with state police, cited 12 trash trucks on Nov.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] As Lackawanna County's official election vote count proceeded Monday, two candidates filed requests for recounts based partly on a computer coding error that cost two Scranton candidates up to 2,452 votes.

Interstate 81 south is down to one lane and an on-ramp is closed in part of Lackawanna County.

A priest in the Diocese of Scranton has been removed as administrator of three Throop parishes after he inadvertently displayed four photos of what a diocese spokesman called 'minimally attired adult males' before the 8 a.m. Mass at St.

Participate in our election results forum below, beginning when the polls close at 8 p.m. Below are unofficial results of Lackawanna County voting in Scranton, Dunmore, Carbondale and countywide races, as counted by The Times-Tribune. Diocesan priest removed for displaying 'inappropriate' photos before Mass A priest in the Diocese of Scranton has ...

Officials from the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Business and Industry, Luzerne County commissioners and the Luzerne County Diversity Commission announced a partnership to raise awareness of the importance of completing 2010 U.S. Census questionnaires.

A priest in the Scranton diocese has been removed from his position at three churches.

A northeastern Pennsylvania priest has been removed from his duties after church officials say he accidentally displayed inappropriate pictures from his computer before Sunday Mass.

Hundreds of area students who normally attend vo-tech classes weren't able to do that, Thursday.

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 ...

Freshman Democratic State Rep Kevin Murphy has an opponent. From a press release.

One person was killed in a crash in Throop, Lackawanna County. The deadly wreck happened just before 3 a.m. Tuesday on Keystone Industrial Park Road in Throop.

The borough has expanded its recycling program to include corrugated cardboard, office paper and shredded paper, a borough official said.

A Dickson City woman whose car hit a motorcycle last month in Jefferson Twp., fatally injuring a passenger on the bike, has been charged with careless driving resulting in death and two other summary traffic offenses, police said.

A local health care system is stepping up efforts to prevent the spread of the dreaded Swine Flu.

A Throop woman has died of injuries received in a motorcycle accident Sunday in Jefferson Township, the Lackawanna County coroner's office said.

A new book on the history of Olyphant is hitting local bookshelves just in time to make your end-of-summer reading list.