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SCRANTON — An upcoming notice informing residents about a class action lawsuit challenging the city’s annual $300 trash fee should be as brief and concise as possible, a judge said Friday during a hearing. Lackawanna County Court Judge James Gibbons whitt

The attorney for two women suing Lackawanna County Prison for sexual abuse did not violate a gag order when he made statements related to the case to The Times-Tribune, a federal judge ruled. Attorneys for the county and jail sought to hold Scranton attor

JESSUP — Donning blue “Viva St. George” shirts with red scarves, Gubbio natives Martina Menichetti and her mom, Delia Pifarotti, delicately wove small bouquets of red, white, purple and yellow flowers in preparation for today’s La Corsa dei Ceri. “We’re p

HARRISBURG — A Pennsylvania appeals court Friday upheld the conviction of former state Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane for leaking secret grand jury information and lying about it, saying among other things she wasn’t entitled to use evidence of a porno

SCRANTON — Three local housing authorities will receive more than $5 million in federal Department of Housing and Urban Development funds. Lackawanna County Housing Authority is earmarked for $2,216,551, the Scranton Housing Authority for $2,675,953 and t

A Jermyn couple is accused of malnourishing their 2-month-old son. Austin Flora, 24, and Brittany Stilwell, 21, both of 575 Washington Ave., are charged with endangering the welfare of children after Scranton police detectives started a child neglect inve

SCRANTON — About 60 percent of the almost 4,000 civil cases that have been referred to mediation by U.S. District Court judges in the Middle District of Pennsylvania over the past 24 years have settled without the need for further litigation. With the ope

SCRANTON — Touting what he described as four years of steady progress, Mayor Bill Courtright said today the city is “facing incredible opportunities to grow, prosper and strive.”

CLARKS GREEN — An Our Lady of Peace school bus with about 10 students aboard and an Acura SUV collided Friday at the intersection of North Abington Road and Highland Avenue but no one was seriously injured, Clarks Summit Police Chief Christopher Yarns sai

The state Superior Court today upheld former state Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane’s conviction for leaking grand jury information and lying about her actions. A three-member panel of the court rejected Kane’s argument that she was wrongly prohibited fr