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WILKES-BARRE — It appears city officials have a good handle on spending through the first quarter of 2018, and some revenue is higher than expected. According to monthly financial reports, just about every category of accumulating expenses — including ove

PHILADELPHIA — When Eugene DePasquale looks for new ways to tighten state prison spending, he sees one glaring inefficiency. “One issue kept coming back that made the most sense that could help us make the most progress and solve a huge financial problem

HANOVER TWP. — Firefighters went fishing Wednesday, and they got a big one. Water rescue crews from Germania Hose Company and the Hanover Twp. Fire Department went to the Breslau boat launch Wednesday afternoon for a report of a truck in the Susquehanna R

WILKES-BARRE — A city man is facing robbery and assault charges after police say he threw a woman to the ground and robbed her of cash, cards and a cellphone earlier this year. Jarrett T. Edmonds, 35, of 197 S. Hancock St., is accused of attacking the wom

U.S. Rep. Tom Marino sued an elderly woman and her son for defamation, alleging they distributed an email that falsely accuses him of taking a drug industry kickback and having a “big hand” in spreading heroin and opioids at the heart of an addiction epid

PITTSTON — Pittston officials unveiled plans Monday for a different kind of bridal and party planning expo. Pittston Mayor Michael Lombardo joined Michelle Mikitish, executive vice president of the Greater Pittston Chamber of Commerce, at the Pittston Mem

WILKES-BARRE — Convicted double murderer Kenneth Carl Crawford III now has a glimmer of hope. After serving nearly 18 years of a mandatory life sentence, Crawford, 34, was re-sentenced Monday to 52 years to life in prison — a term that makes him eligible

WILKES-BARRE — Authorities on Monday announced a woman captured at Mohegan Sun Pocono last week has been charged with first-degree murder. Elizabeth Ann Chinn, 32, of South Point, Ohio, is charged with murdering Timothy Pahl, 67, during a burglary of his

Jeffrey Gretz has never been so busy. The owner of First Class Auto Glass Inc. in Scranton said windshields are cracking far more than usual, a conundrum likely caused by an abundance of anti-skid material spread this winter as road crews battled a seemin

WILKES-BARRE — A New York man accused in two Hazleton aggravated assault cases pleaded guilty Monday. Christopher A. DeJesus, 22, of Woodhaven, pleaded guilty to three felony counts of aggravated assault before Luzerne County Judge Michael T. Vough. Prose

Pennsylvania’s newest industry comes with a learning curve. More than 7,000 people now carry medical marijuana ID cards to treat illness with cannabis, and thousands more seek them. However, it remains a legal conundrum when it comes to federal law, and i

Three Luzerne County organizations will receive grants totaling $20,000 from Williams Companies, the company building the Atlantic Sunrise pipeline in Northeast Pennsylvania. They are: n WVIA Public Media, which is getting $4,000 to support educational pr

WILKES-BARRE — A Hazleton man accused of using drugs and trying to touch and kiss three juveniles in a backyard last year was sentenced Monday to three to 18 months in the county jail. Steve Salcedo, 28, previously pleaded guilty to three counts of corrup

WILKES-BARRE — An 80-year-old Hazleton man who admitted having a sexual relationship with a minor that spanned eight years was sentenced Monday to up to 10 years in prison. Arthur P. Dittman pleaded guilty in January to a count of involuntary deviate sexu

HANOVER TWP. — Township police announced Monday they issued 127 citations during a month-long crackdown on aggressive driving. Police made 121 traffic stops between March 19 an April 29, issuing 79 tickets for speeding, 14 for not using a seat belt and tw

PHILADELPHIA — More than two months after the first licensed shops opened in Pennsylvania, medical marijuana producers still struggle to keep dispensaries stocked. Despite demand that regularly outpaces supply in many shops, growers and sellers alike are

To move into the future and put the local Penn State campus on the map, the university dropped the Worthington and today officially becomes Penn State Scranton. “With the new name, it’s going to honor the Scranton family as well as kind of give a more reg

JACKSON TWP. — Jackson Twp. Supervisor Jay Wilkes was voted to the executive board of a statewide organization representing Pennsylvania townships. Wilkes is the secretary-treasurer of the board for the Pennsylvania Association of Township Supervisors, wh

Representatives of some of Luzerne County’s southernmost communities are asking why their citizens should pay to maintain county-owned roads and bridges when none exist within their municipal boundaries. Officials in Hazleton City and Hazle Twp. voiced op

LEHMAN TWP. — Back in 1962, Jerry Shilanski hopped aboard the caboose of a train leaving the Coxton Rail Yards in Duryea with his sights set on the World’s Fair in Seattle, Washington. Over the course of 15 days, he hitchhiked across the country before ar