“The Office 5K” weekend, which features the run/walk event Saturday downtown, will kick off Friday night with a world premiere, sneak-peek screening of a documentary series titled “Fan Level Midnight: Devoted to The Office.” Read more"Fan Level Midnight": Docuseries on NBC sitcom "The Office" gets Friday screening in Scranton before 5K run/walk Saturday 💬
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Demolition crews ripped into a defunct bridal shop in downtown Olyphant this week, making way for new storefronts and upscale apartments. Read moreDemolition underway at former Olyphant bridal shop; new apartments, storefronts coming to borough 💬
SOUTH ABINGTON TWP. — A Factoryville man involved in a car crash on Feb. 6 was driving recklessly with a toddler in his pickup truck, police said. Read morePolice: Factoryville man drove erratically, endangered child 💬
One board will hear appeals of building codes for three Abingtons municipalities. Read moreThree Abingtons municipalities agree to form joint board of appeals 💬
SCRANTON — A Scranton woman whose boyfriend is charged with criminal homicide after the Dec. 6 death of her son now faces felony child endange… Read moreWoman charged after death of son 💬
Wallenpaupack Brewing Company took home a silver medal at last week’s World Beer Cup in Las Vegas. Read more'Our white whale:' Wallenpaupack Brewing Company wins World Beer Cup medal 💬
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine graduates will hear from the country's top doctor during their commencement. Read moreSurgeon general to address Geisinger Commonwealth graduates 💬
A Luzerne County judge has revoked the bail for the man who admitted to abandoning a pit bull puppy found starving in Pittston after he failed… Read moreAnimal cruelty suspect's bail revoked after no show 💬
WILKES-BARRE — Standing next to a Scranton woman who survived being shot 12 times in 1972, Gov. Josh Shapiro rallied support at the Luzerne Co… Read moreShapiro touts funding proposal to prosecute gun crimes in Luzerne County with Scranton shooting survivor 💬
SCRANTON — A University of Scranton health clinic for uninsured Lackawanna County residents that closed during the COVID-19 pandemic has reope… Read moreUniversity of Scranton and Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine partner to reopen health clinic for uninsured Lackawanna County residents 💬
SCRANTON — A homeless man broke into student housing units on Feb. 11 and stole property worth over $2,000, police said. Read morePolice: Man steals from off-campus apartments 💬
SCRANTON — A city man caught by police selling 50 bags of fentanyl Monday fled first by car and then on foot, according to a criminal complaint. Read moreMan charged with selling brick of fentanyl, fleeing 💬
Taylor police charged a Scranton man for disseminating nude photos of his ex-girlfriend using multiple social media platforms. Read morePolice: Scranton man posted, shared nude photos of ex 💬
Motionless in White, led by frontman and Pittston native Chris Motionless, will return to Northeast Pennsylvania to headline the Scranton/Wilk… Read moreMotionless in White, Apocalypse Fest return to area 💬
MOSCOW — New software will make Lackawanna County’s budget a more useful, digestible, transparent and user-friendly digital resource for resid… Read moreContract should make county budget more accessible, user-friendly 💬
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SCRANTON -- Abington Heights made a frantic dash to the finish. Scranton athletes, who had just raced in the previous heat, waited it out. Read more68th JORDAN RELAYS: Abington Heights, Scranton share 3A crown; Mid Valley earns fifth straight 2A title 💬
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