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June 18, 1943 Whites Crossing man kills wife, children, self George Davis shot and killed his wife, Grace, and their two children, Lois Jean and Diane, before taking his own life, Carbondale police said. Neighbors called the police in the morning after th

The widow of a Wyoming County man fatally shot by a Tunkhannock Twp. police officer serving a mental health warrant agreed to a $1.27 million settlement of a federal lawsuit. Melinda Williams filed suit in 2013, against officer Mark Papi and several other

GEISINGER WYOMING VALLEY HARVEY: A son, April 30, to Deborah Harvey, Meshoppen. SHERIDAN: A son, April 26, to Michelle Sheridan, Tunkhannock. MOSES TAYLOR AKHUNOV: A daughter, June 11, to Aiala Levy and Timur Akhunov, Scranton. ASH: A son, June 2, to Dust

SCRANTON — The city received a $125,000 state grant to fund a temporary fix of big holes that opened in recent years in some backyards in Green Ridge from the collapse of an old underground stormwater conduit. Council last Monday unanimously introduced a

After a nearly yearlong delay, hand-dipped milkshakes and a popular coffee chain may soon come to Keystone College. The college announced the Keystone Commons commercial development project in July, but compliance issues and regulations kept construction

WILKES-BARRE TWP. — The power was back on at almost all of the stores still standing in Arena Hub Plaza on Sunday — four days after a tornado destroyed or damaged dozens of businesses in and near the busy shopping complex. A steady line of cars streamed i

A 36-year-old Fell Twp. man stole a car and a mobile phone and hit the road, only to be thwarted when authorities used the phone’s location-tracking software to nab him in Connecticut, police said. Alex O. Ocasio, whose last known address is 504 Main St.

Bishop Joseph C. Bambera apologized Sunday to victims ahead of a grand jury report expected to detail child sexual abuse by Catholic priests and attempts to conceal it. In a written message published in church bulletins, the bishop offered his “deepest ap

Real estate developer Robert K. Mericle has long touted the region’s skilled workforce and proximity to interstate highways when seeking to attract industries to locate in Northeast Pennsylvania.

NOXEN — Forty-two snakes, half of them timber rattlers, made an appearance Saturday at the annual Rattlesnake Roundup, and carnival goers backed up over a mile at the entrance to see the guests of honor.