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A company that owns the rights to distribute pay-per-view sporting events filed a federal lawsuit against several Lackawanna County businesses, alleging they illegally showed last year’s Floyd Mayweather/Conor McGregor boxing match at their establishments

SCRANTON CEO of local hospitals resigns The CEO of Commonwealth Health’s Regional Hospital of Scranton and Moses Taylor Hospital is resigning June 5 to accept an offer outside the area, according to Commonwealth Health. Justin Davis was named CEO of Moses

SCRANTON — The CEO of Commonwealth Health’s Regional Hospital of Scranton and Moses Taylor Hospital is resigning effective June 5 to accept an offer outside the area, according to Commonwealth Health.

NEWTON TWP. — State Police at Dunmore continue to investigate a Thursday crash involving a South Abington Twp. police vehicle and patrolman.

HAZLE TWP. - A woman forced a teenage boy to have sex with her at least six times a day and later advertised him online to perform sexual acts with strangers for money to buy heroin, state police allege.

The Tunkhannock Area School Board signed off on a collective bargaining agreement with its teachers this week and gave teachers a week to respond.

Wayne County agreed to a $90,000 settlement of a lawsuit filed by a former county employee who claimed he was retaliated against after he accused a county official of assaulting him. Troy Branning, a former county maintenance worker for 12 years, filed su

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Three cygnets hatched at Bubeck Park this week, with six eggs remaining.

WILKES-BARRE - Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against the former Nanticoke man accused of brutally beating and stabbing a 97-year-old woman with a screwdriver as she slept in her bed on Thanksgiving in 2013.

IHOP, also known as the International House of Pancakes, will open Monday at 770 Kidder St. in Wilkes-Barre.