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WAYMART — A man died after lighting a cigarette while wearing an oxygen mask, state police in Honesdale said. At about 9:27 p.m. Friday, police responded to a report of the death of Douglas Raymond Till, 56, 25 Gravity Plains Road, Unit 1060, Waymart. An

Dr. Kevin Olsen spends up to 12 hours most weekends hunched over a laptop doing something he hates. The Scranton cardiologist updates his patients’ electronic medical or health records, often called EMRs or EHRs.

School years are designed to wind down with a solid sense of completion. Instruction delivered. Exams completed. Grades earned and recorded.

Pike County Judge Gregory Chelak sentenced: n Alex Leo Rivera, 34, Bushkill, to 119 days to 23½ months in Pike County Jail and $700 fine for recklessly endangering another person and harassment Nov. 1, 2015, in Lehman Twp. n Roseanne Marie Simeone, 30, Lo

SOUTH ABINGTON TWP. — With songs, prayers, Bible passages and some advice from the school’s board of trustees chairman, the 225 graduates of Clarks Summit University celebrated their achievement at Saturday’s commencement ceremonies. Matthew Calderón, cha

SCRANTON — A large lump of coal now joins the many mining displays in the Anthracite Heritage Museum at McDade Park to mark 250 years of the underground industry in the Lackawanna Valley. The coal, part of a commemorative display plaque, was a project of

May 13, 1968 Mother’s Day fire damages Preno’s Mother’s Day diners and staff escaped unharmed from a fire that broke out at Preno’s Restaurant, Adams and Lackawanna avenues, Sunday afternoon. The Scranton Fire Department received the call at 12:30 p.m. Wh

WEST PITTSTON — An alleged shoplifter shoved a loss-prevention officer Friday night while fleeing, police said. Jeffrey Thomas Joseph, 25, of 171 Salem St., Pittston, knocked the officer into the glass sliding exit doors of Gerrity’s Supermarket in West P

State police are looking for a New York man involved in a car crash in Benton Twp. in January in which a prominent Susquehanna County school official died. Magisterial District Judge Sean P. McGraw issued an arrest warrant Tuesday for Jacob Aaron Bennett,

SCRANTON — At a ceremony Saturday, nearly 300 new Keystone College graduates received advice from a best-selling author before collecting their degrees. Gregory Maguire, award-winning author of nearly 40 books, addressed graduates at Keystone’s 147th comm