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A search for a woman who fell into Roaring Brook at Nay Aug Park last night turned into a recovery effort this morning. Scranton’s Deputy Fire Chief Al Lucas said five teams are entering the water and will begin a systematic search upstream toward an eddy

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein turned himself in to police Friday morning to face the first criminal charges to be filed against him after months of misconduct allegations from scores of women that destroyed his career and set off a national reckoning known as the #MeToo movement.

LAKEWOOD, Wash. (AP) — Talk about gunning the engine.

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William B. Sordoni, who was known for his business leadership and mentorship as well as his community involvement, died Wednesday at age 73. Sordoni served in various leadership roles in Sordoni Construction Services, Commonwealth Telephone and Sterling I

Lackawanna County will save about $20,000 a year after eliminating 45 of its 300-plus cellphones. A “limited scope review” of the county’s cellphones conducted last year by the county controller’s office found in September that the county was paying for 3

MARRIAGE LICENSES ■ Lauren Reynolds Reading and Brook Hollis Kryston, both of Factoryville. ■ Durante Garvin and Rosemarie Hein, both of Scranton. ■ Eric Thomas Torres and Marissa Ann Mason, both of Scranton. ■ Ronald Thomas Bird and Noelle Cicchillo, bot

Northeast Pennsylvania native Donald Michael Nemeth didn’t talk about his time in Vietnam, and his kids knew not to ask. “When we were older ... he would say a few things but he never got specific,” said his daughter, Nicole Reisinger. Next month, Reising

Archbald Garbage collection: No borough trash collection on Memorial Day, collection will be one day late for the entire borough. Lackawanna County Community program: National Missing Children’s Day program, today, 5 p.m., Michelle Jolene Lakey Kiosk, Spr