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Scranton City Council voted 4-1 Monday to preliminarily back Mayor Bill Courtright’s request for an indefinite residency waiver for the business administrator who lives in Newton Twp. David Bulzoni served as business administrator for nearly all of Courtr

Rippon wins ‘Dancing’ title Move over, bronze medal, and make room for the Mirrorball trophy. Adam Rippon, Olympic bronze medalist figure skater and Clarks Summit native, and his professional dance partner Jenna Johnson won ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars:

The Western Wayne School District may have acted improperly in 2017 when it approved a contract amendment for former Superintendent Joseph Adams to add health benefits for his wife, state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said Monday. Auditors found the p

SCOTT TWP. — A man is dead after a collision involving a motor vehicle and a riding lawn mower, township police said. The incident happened about 3:30 p.m., near the intersection of Green Grove Road and Rovinsky Road, when the vehicle hit the mower, police said.

Talk show host Sue Henry is out at WILK News Radio. The circumstances behind Henry’s departure were not immediately clear, but she did confirm Monday was her last show with the station. Henry has been a WILK broadcaster for 16 years, serving in the 9 a.m.

The developer of a defunct project to renovate a downtown building will not have to repay more than $250,000 to Honesdale after a Wayne County jury found the borough was responsible for the project’s failure. The verdict Friday frees developers Michael C.

PLAINS TWP. — State police at Dunmore on Monday said they looking for help to identify a man they say used a Lackawanna County woman’s banking information to withdraw money from an ATM in Luzerne County. Surveillance pictures of the man they’re looking fo

LENOX TWP. — One person is dead following a fire early this morning at a mobile home in lower Susquehanna County, state police at Gibson said. An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday to identify the body recovered at 621 State Route 2035, Trooper Jason F. Mil