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In Lance Stange Jr.’s view, the timing of the drenching storm that blustered through Lackawanna County during the mid-afternoon on Election Day could hardly have been worse. The county Republican Party chairman knows from prior elections the biggest surge

SCRANTONPolice: Car ad led to robbery City police are investigating after a man reported being robbed after looking to buy a car on Craigslist. City police responded to 830Woodlawn St. at about 4:25 p.m. and talked to Andrew Bates, of Scranton. Bates told

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ESTATES FILED n Sabine A. Yantorn, 428 Willow Ave., Olyphant, letters of administration to Danielle F. Lennartz, same address. n Shirley A. Smith, 1424 Short Ave., Scranton, letters testamentary to Robert J. Smith Jr., 510 W. Grace St., Old Forge, and Mic

SCRANTON2 held in Florida for county burglaries U.S. Marshals arrested two people in Panama City, Florida, on Wednesday related to a police chase and several burglaries in Lackawanna County. Florida authorities are holding Francis Smith, 40, and Dorri Smi

Carbondale Flag placement: Carbondale Memorial Day Committee, flag placement on all veterans’ graves, Saturday, May 26, meeting, Memorial Park, 8:45 a.m. Flag burning: Boy Scout Troop 8, flag burning ceremony, American Legion, 13 Hospital St., following f

May 17, 1943 Interest high in Murray Plant Hundreds of job seekers filled the U.S. Employment Service office on Wyoming Avenue to apply for positions with the new Murray Corp. plant being built in South Scranton. The Murray Corp. put out advertisements sa

SCRANTONPolice led on I-81 chase City police are investigating after a Wednesday afternoon police chase involving a stolen vehicle on Interstate 81. Officers responded to 1229 Academy St. at about 2:50 p.m. A man told them he left his Chevrolet Suburban r

SCRANTON — The inmate canteen account can sustain the return of a GED program to the Lackawanna County Prison at no cost to taxpayers, county controller and prison board member Gary DiBileo said Wednesday. The prison has not offered a program to help inma

SCRANTON — The congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary plans memorial services for Sister Angela Miller, IHM, and her sister, Rosemary Smith, on Sunday and Monday. Miller has been missing since April 28, when police say her nephew, Alan Smith, 49, ki