Scranton | featured news

The Barnes & Noble bookstore damaged in Wednesday night's tornado will reopen, the company announced on the store's Twitter page this afternoon:

The Valley View Baseball team leaves the high school for Thursday’s PIAA Class 4A Final against Ringgold.

Dallas Twp. Open house: Misericordia University open house for high school students and parents, Saturday, Aug. 18, registration, 9 a.m., Anderson Sports and Health Center inside the North Gate, 10-3 p.m. Contact: Misericordia University Admissions Office

Good works around the region

A Wilkes University student is just one of 60 in the country to be selected for a scholarship in honor of former National Football League player Pat Tillman, who left his sports career to join the Army after Sept. 11 and was killed in Afghanistan. The Pat

Five months before voters decide, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and Gov. Tom Wolf still have double-digit leads over their opponents as they seek re-election, according to a new Franklin & Marshall College poll released Wednesday to The Times-Tribune. Casey led U.S

MARRIAGE LICENSES ■ Jennifer Michelle Sitar and Michael J. Stone Jr., both of Nanticoke. ■ Nicholas Patrick Lazor and Nicholas Panagakos, both of Dunmore. ■ Brook Barry VanFleet and Trini Huu Nguyen, both of Dalton. ■ James Wesley Howell, Tunkhannock, and

SCRANTON — In a 2-1 vote, the zoning board on Wednesday approved a proposal for 20 apartments in the vacant Pennswood Manor building in South Side. Building owner John Zhang sought a variance to convert the building at 929 Cedar Ave. and Maple Street into

SCRANTON — Sealed bids for the purchase of the Lackawanna County Administration Building are due to the county controller’s office by 2 p.m. Friday. They will be opened shortly thereafter, Chief of Staff Andy Wallace said. The county plans to vacate the s

Pottsville’s D.G. Yuengling & Son Inc. has 189 years of history to its name as America’s oldest brewery. But here’s a first for the iconic company: It has bought the naming rights for an arena at the University of South Florida. The agreement with Tampa B