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June 14, 1943 Flag Day celebrated with parade Flag Day in Scranton was celebrated with an evening parade and patriotic rally sponsored by the Scranton Elks Lodge. The parade started at 7 p.m. at Mulberry Street and Jefferson Avenue and made its way up to

by Borys Krawczeniuk SCRANTON — Lackawanna County Democrats re-elected Chris Patrick as county party chairman at their meeting Tuesday evening. They chose Lorraine Stevens, first vice chairwoman; Brian Rinaldi, second vice chairman; Carol Thomas, third vi

SCRANTON — The Lackawanna County tax assessor’s office allowed the privately owned Electric City Parking Garage to remain tax exempt since 2017 because of an unanswered legal question, county Deputy Director of Assessments John Foley said Wednesday. That

Wednesday night’s storm has caused damaged in the area of the Arena Hub shopping complex in Wilkes-Barre Twp. Power lines are down in the area of Mundy Street and damage is reported to the U-Haul and Kurlanchek’s Furniture. Storms started entering Luzerne

SCRANTON — The National Weather Service at Binghamton, New York has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Lackawanna and Luzerne counties, effective through 9:30 p.m.

SCRANTON — A Honesdale-based monument maker will correct errors on the monuments on Lackawanna County Courthouse Square, likely by the end of the year.

SCRANTON — The head of security for the Bloomsburg Fair Association didn’t hesitate when asked what should concern organizers of the new Lackawanna County Heritage Fair. “Well,” William J. Barratt told members of the fair committee, “terrorists is No. 1.”

BELLEFONTE — A former Penn State University fraternity brother and Scranton resident today entered the first guilty plea in the death of a pledge who was fatally injured after a night of heavy drinking and hazing.

WILKES-BARRE — A city man sustained a non-life threatening injury when he was cut during a robbery late Tuesday night, according to police.

SCRANTON — A power outage in Scranton’s South Side cut electricity this morning to Gerrity’s Supermarket and a handful of other Meadow Avenue businesses. A store employee at Gerrity’s stood in the main entrance and waved off people coming to do grocery sh