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SCRANTON — A Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning playwright and a renowned furniture designer are among the winners of the 2018 Governor’s Awards for the Arts, which will be given in the Electric City this summer. As the highest honors the state presen

After a nasty influenza season dominated by a mostly vaccine-resistant viral strain, Pennsylvania had a record-breaking 256 deaths.

MOOSIC — A woman died Monday after her vehicle drifted into oncoming traffic on a busy borough street and collided with another vehicle, Police Chief Rick Janesko said. The woman, whose identity was not available Tuesday morning, drove south on Birney Ave

PHILADELPHIA — Tens of thousands of Starbucks employees around the country will be spending their afternoon in racial-bias training Tuesday, an event stemming from the arrests of two black men at a Philadelphia location last month.

ARDS The following were admitted to the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition program for driving under the influence: ■ Shana Jeanette Santarelli, 23, 1108 New St., Jessup, stopped Dec. 15 by Blakely police. ■ Randall Frable, 38, 426 Fig St., Scranton,

SCRANTON — The playground at William Prescott Elementary School could get a major overhaul thanks to parents and administrators who are working to raise money for the project. School Principal Al O’Donnell and PTA members Sydney Snyder and Julie Cohen rec

SCRANTON — Fifteen thousand flags billowed in the wind Monday morning at Cathedral Cemetery. Preston Kester, 6, carried a flag for an uncle he never got to meet. Koch-Conley American Legion Post 121 held its annual Memorial Day program in the cemetery, jo

This year’s NEPA Match Day event celebrated its fourth year by shattering several records. The annual event, where a community foundation matches charitable contributions, drew nearly 2,000 donors who supported 25 participating nonprofits and the NEPA Mat

SCRANTON — The air rippled as flames shot out of a weathered iron furnace sitting in the shadow of Scranton’s historic Iron Furnaces on Monday afternoon as part of the International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art. Nearly 2,000 pounds of molten i

SCRANTON — Midlife women often find themselves doing double-duty as caregivers. As mothers, they may still have children at home who need attention and, as daughters, they sometimes have aging parents or other older family members who require assistance.