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WILKES-BARRE TWP. — Traffic came to a standstill along Interstate 81 on Tuesday morning after a three-vehicle pileup, according to state police. The crash took place around 6 a.m. in the area of Mile 166 — between the Blackman Street and Highland Park Bou

Lackawanna County already has its first announced candidate for county commissioner in the 2019 primary election. Businessman Christopher Chermak officially kicked off his candidacy for a Republican nomination for commissioner with a fundraising event Tue

SCRANTON — The Lackawanna County Veterans Affairs Office is asking residents and volunteers from area veterans organizations to return damaged veterans’ grave markers. Damaged markers can be dropped off at the office, which is located on the third floor o

DICKSON CITY — The left lane of Business Route 6 west, across from the Viewmont Mall heading toward Scranton, will be closed until late Wednesday afternoon for repairs from a collapsed drainage pipe, state Department of Transportation spokesman James May

MOOSIC — State police are looking for a man accused of leading police on a chase earlier this month. Jaimie Mozeleski, 35, 937 Palm St. , Scranton, is charged with aggravated assault, fleeing and eluding police and other counts after the pursuit on May 12

A 24-year-old man who admitted to looking at child pornography while he was a student at Marywood University will spend between 11 and 23 months in the Lackawanna County Prison. Matthew Staats appeared before President Judge Michael J. Barrasse for senten

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Pop artist Robert Indiana, best known for his 1960s "LOVE" series, has died at his island home off the coast of Maine. He was 89.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Some top Pennsylvania lawmakers want to allow independent voters to participate in the major parties' primary elections in an effort to bring more moderates to the polls.

LAKE WORTH, Fla. (AP) — Residents of a Florida city who received alerts about a power outage were also warned to look out for zombies. That's right — zombies

A Mass for for Sister Angela Miller, I.H.M., and her sister, Rosemary Smith, was celebrated Monday at the IHM Center in Scranton, behind the Marywood University campus. Police say Smith’s 49-year-old son, Alan Smith, shot her before burning down the Scran