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The majority of Lackawanna County municipalities are participating in a free electronics recycling program that’s already underway and continuing through July. The county’s environmental office recently posted a June collection schedule for the program, w

Matthew Sacchetti eluded police twice, but his girlfriend helped officers track him down.

WILKES-BARRE — An intoxicated member of a biker gang threatened his father with a meat tenderizer and spit on police officers as they arrested him Sunday night, according to police.

It was announced today that singer-songwriter, musician and actor, Dwight Yoakam, will be Live in Concert at the F.M. Kirby Center on Friday, October 5 at 8:00 p.m.

KINGSTON — A traffic stop led to a drug bust at a Kingston home on Saturday, according to police.

Johnson College and the Andrew Mazza Foundation held the inaugural Mazza Diesel Jam at Johnson College in Scranton on Sunday. Diesel Jam celebrated the diesel truck community, featuring a truck show, mobile dyno runs, vendors, food and live entertainment.

SCRANTON — Jane Widenor flips through the tattered black book filled with the names of hundreds of First Christian Church parishioners spanning eight decades. The book is bittersweet for the 85-year-old Clarks Summit woman because it is one of the few mem

It’s been a pretty lousy season for Craig Pallman. The South Abington Twp. strawberry farmer has experienced some wet, chilly springs, but this year is one of the worst. “This has been one of the most challenging springs — or lack thereof — that I can rem

SCRANTON — Authorities are looking into how a vacant South Scranton home went up in flames early Sunday morning. Crews responded a few minutes after midnight to 514 Palm St., where they would spend the next two hours. They had the flames under control in