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SCRANTON — A blessing marked the end of renovations and the beginning of a new era for University of Scranton athletics. The former South Side Sports Complex on Tuesday was rechristened the Kevin P. Quinn, S.J., Athletics Campus.

The more than two-decade push to build a 40-mile walking and riding trail along the Lackawanna River got another boost from state government Tuesday. State officials announced the release of $1.2 million in grants to help close some of the remaining gaps

SCRANTON — City fire crews are on the scene of a reported fire at 1738 Clearview St. this evening.

A magisterial district judge dismissed all charges against a contractor accused of failing to complete a building project in Greenfield Twp. at his preliminary hearing Tuesday in Lackawanna County Central Court. County investigators charged Robert Rohwer,

SCRANTON — A judge sentenced a former Dickson City man today to 11 to 36 months in prison for risking a catastrophe by burning a Bible in his kitchen sink and slicking his apartment building hallway with motor oil.

SCRANTON — Police on Tuesday arrested a suspect in Monday’s robbery of FNCB Bank on North Keyser Avenue.

SCRANTON — A judge sentenced a New York man Tuesday to three to eight years in prison on a drug charge and for an indecent assault of a woman in her city apartment. Kasiem T. Lundy, 38, was charged in early November 2016, with rape, sexual assault, aggrav

WILKES-BARRE — A new local cafe is open in downtown Wilkes-Barre.

Pour Coffee House opened Monday at 53 N. Main St.

MARRIAGE LICENSES n Jason Stuart Colflesh and Bonnie Susan Deiter, both of Morrisville. n Joseph James Garofalo and Kelsey Ann Pentasuglio, both of Dunmore. n Michael Sean Cleary, Dick­son City, and Cecelia Higgins Dunford, Scranton. n Edy Adolfo Martinez

May 8, 1943 Scranton Red Sox host opener About 1,800 baseball fans were on hand for the home opener of the Scranton Red Sox vs. the Wilkes-Barre Barons on May 7. The Red Sox won, 5-1. The game was originally scheduled for May 4, but inclement weather forc