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As excitement builds for Saturday’s royal wedding, workers at a Wilkes-Barre business have been busy printing life-size cardboard cutouts of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle 16 hours a day, seven days a week. Wet Paint Printing + Design on Horton Street lan

SCRANTON — City police arrested a man Thursday after he led officers on a chase in a stolen vehicle on Interstate 81. Anton P. Derevyanchuk, address unknown, is charged with fleeing from police, theft and related charges after he fled from police while dr

COVINGTON TWP. — Martz Group is adding a new stop to its Curbside Express bus service to New York City. The 7:50 a.m. pickup at the Daleville Park & Ride, off Interstate 380’s Exit 20 in Covington Twp., is to begin Saturday, May 26. The return stop is at

May 18, 1968 Parade to kick off Lions Club convention Close to 4,000 members of Lions clubs from around the state were to descend on Scranton for the 45th annual state convention May 19-21. To kick off the event, the members were to put on a parade throug

SCRANTON —The Lackawanna County district attorney’s office withdrew charges against a Lake Ariel man previously accused of stealing nearly $70,000 from Jefferson Twp.’s ambulance company with his wife. Gerald Dennis, 73, and his wife, Dorothy Dennis, 70,

The story’s not over for a Throop warehouse once owned by one of the world’s biggest publishing houses. The New York-based publisher W.W. Norton & Co. Inc. bought the 296,000-square-foot building at 1000 Keystone Industrial Park Drive, formerly owned by H

Hollisterville Memorial service: Memorial Day service, Hollisterville Cemetery, Monday, May 28, 11:30 a.m., Route 590, Hollisterville, lunch following service, Hollisterville Bible Church Fellowship Hall. Donations appreciated. Contact: Regina Polley, 570

An attorney for convicted cop killer Eric Matthew Frein believes Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court will agree state police illegally elicited a confession from his client, but that may not be enough to win a new trial. William Ruzzo said the justices focused q

PLAINS TWP. — Party on the Patio returns this summer to Mohegan Sun Pocono, but it’s looking a little different this season. The casino announced its annual 13-week concert series, which begins Thursday, June 7. Guests can enjoy live music from a variety

The Diocese of Scranton, along with two other Roman Catholic dioceses in the state, won’t stand in the way of a grand jury report expected to detail decades of sex abuse by members of the clergy. “The Diocese of Scranton continues to cooperate fully with