MOSCOW — New software will make Lackawanna County’s budget a more useful, digestible, transparent and user-friendly digital resource for residents and officials alike. Read moreContract should make county budget more accessible, user-friendly 💬
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 💬
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 💬
Students who receive a two-year degree from Lackawanna College will be able to transfer those credits to the University of Scranton under more… Read moreUniversity of Scranton, Lackawanna College form more than 30 articulation agreements 💬
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 💬
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 💬
Here’s some good news for PPL customers. Read morePPL to decrease electricity supply prices 💬
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 💬
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 💬
“Jimmie” Howard was 8 years old when he began sharing his love of pencils with the world outside Scranton. Read moreChris Kelly Opinion: A boy, his pencils and history's keepers 💬
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A multiday jazz festival returns this weekend to Wilkes-Barre, which lays claim to the first jazz festival in the country. The headliner Satur… Read moreCheck out the Wilkes-Barre Cavalcade of Jazz this weekend 💬
SCRANTON — First work, then play. Read moreScranton plans another spate of upgrades at several parks 💬
A Plymouth mother barred from contacting her daughter was sentenced Tuesday to serve up to two years in jail for snatching the child with the … Read morePlymouth mother sentenced for Skyzone child snatching 💬
The man who admitted abandoning Nova, a pit bull puppy found starving and abandoned in Pittston, is now a fugitive after skipping out on his s… Read morePit bull abandonment suspect wanted for failing to appear 💬
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Carter Musewicz had two hits, four RBIs and one run to lead Mid Valley to a 14-2 Lackawanna League Division II baseball victory over the Chief… Read moreWEDNESDAY'S HS BASEBALL: Mid Valley rolls against Lakeland 💬
Ellie Ambrosechia had three hits, including a double, two RBIs and one run to lead the North Pocono softball team to a 10-9 Lackawanna League … Read moreWEDNESDAY'S HS SOFTBALL: North Pocono outduels Wallenpaupack 💬
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Praneel Mallaiah, William Arp and Domenic Peters led Abington Heights to a 5-0 win to open the District 2 Class 3A Team Championships on Wedne… Read moreWEDNESDAY'S D2 TENNIS: Abington Heights stays undefeated and advances in Class 3A; Scranton Prep moves on in Class 2A 💬
Abby Kimler won the 100-meter hurdles, the 300 hurdles, and the high jump, and ran on the winning 400 relay team to lead Wallenpaupack to a 12… Read moreWEDNESDAY'S TRACK AND FIELD ROUNDUP: Wallenpaupack wins girls and boys LTC Division II crowns 💬
Finn Kane and Mackey Lynett each scored four goals, and Scranton Prep defeated Delaware Valley, 11-8, on Wednesday to win the boys lacrosse ch… Read moreWEDNESDAY'S HS LACROSSE: Scranton Prep defeats Delaware Valley and captures WVC championship 💬
Lindsay Howard is ready for the next challenge in her basketball journey. Read moreHS GIRLS BASKETBALL: Lindsay Howard named head coach at Holy Cross 💬
The Lackawanna Interscholastic Athletic Association honored two standout scholar-athletes Wednesday morning at the annual breakfast celebratio… Read moreHS SPORTS: Romanowski, Granko win scholarships as LIAA scholar-athletes of the year 💬
Dunmore athletes pushed themselves to the limit and were exhausted in the finish line area at the new Mid Valley Spartan Stadium. Read more68th JORDAN RELAYS: Dunmore eager to compete at first postseason event 💬
Clayton Beeter struck out nine over 5⅔ innings and Luis Torrens drove in four runs as the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders beat the Jacksonvil… Read moreTorrens, Beeter lead RailRiders past Jumbo Shrimp 💬
The New York Yankees have a well-earned reputation as an organization that finds diamonds among piles of forgotten relief pitchers on the mino… Read moreBottom of order providing boost for RailRiders offense 💬
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