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9TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Democrat Denny Wolff................11,020 Gary Wegman..................8,450 Laura Quick.....................7,616 Republican  Dan Meuser...............26,568 George Halcovage..........12,032 Scott C. Uehlinger 11,541

Two former state officials will face off against each other in the fall for a U.S. House seat in the newly drawn 9th Congressional District. Dan Meuser, former state secretary of revenue, claimed the Republican nomination while Denny Wolff, former state a

President Judge Michael Bar­rasse sentenced the following defendants recently in Lacka­wanna County Court

May 16, 1968 Teens escape from House of Detention Two teens escaped from the House of Detention in Scranton. The boys, 14 and 17, forced open a second-floor window of the 313 Monroe Ave. building, made their way to the ground and then climbed the fence to

Clifford Twp. Summer services: St. James Episcopal Church, Dundaff, beginning regular summer worship services, Sunday, May 27, 10 a.m., by the Rev. Cliff Graham, Eucharistic celebrant and pastor for the summer; Route 247, Dundaff Corners, near Crystal Lak

DAR learns to spin wool Julie Trumbower Perry presented the “Spinning a Revolution” program during the Scranton City Daughters of the American Revolution 110th anniversary luncheon. Perry described the life and activities on a 1769 American farm and demon

Buehler wins GOP nod for Ore. gov. Oregon state Rep. Knute Buehler has won the GOP gubernatorial primary, besting a crowded field vying to compete against incumbent Democrat Kate Brown in November. Buehler, who ran for secretary of state in 2012, was the

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Republicans picked a tough-talking state senator and a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump to be their party’s nominees for governor and U.S. Senate, setting the stage for what is expected to be a hotly contested general

SCRANTON — At the sixth annual Lackawanna County Job Fair, 69 companies from across the region will offer around 1,821 full-time, part-time and seasonal job openings.

SCRANTON — John Chrin probably couldn’t have asked for a nicer birthday present.