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Attorney’s name spelled wrong A story on Page A1 in Friday’s editions about potential risks faced by confidential informants misspelled the last name of Philadelphia defense attorney Michael Fienman. To report an error, please call the Metro Desk at 570-3

When Lt. Col. Robert McAllister started service with the Pennsylvania National Guard in 1991, he planned on wearing the uniform for only a few years. So when he joined 1st Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment, the local Guard unit based in Northeast Pennsyl

TUNKHANNOCK — Borough police made a unique arrest today, thanks to a little help from a passerby.

FALLS TWP. — A barn fire Friday morning in Wyoming County claimed 10 piglets. Firefighters were called to Blacksmith Road around 7:30 a.m. When Lake Winola crews arrived, flames fully engulfed the barn, according to Second Assistant Fire Chief Mike Dziak.

Investigators on Thursday found more than an ounce of cocaine and almost half an ounce of crack when they searched an apartment in Dickson City.

SCRANTON — Lackawanna County President Judge Michael J. Barrasse ruled today that a Dunmore man is a sexually violent predator and then sentenced him to at least 10 years in state prison for raping and impregnating a mentally disabled autistic woman.

FELL TWP. — Firefighters from eight local departments are battling flames at a home in the township. By 6 p.m., crews worked to extinguish the last pockets of fire that ripped through the two-story home on Hillside Street.

SCRANTON — Eleven months after the Lackawanna County Land Bank sold its first property, the count now stands at 50. Andrew Planey and Meegan Possemato stood on the sidewalk in front of 1137 Capouse Ave. and exchanged a quick kiss Friday after county Commi

SCRANTON — The search for a missing nun picked up pace this morning after cellphone data led police and a cadaver dog to a block away from the rubble of her burnt out home on Washburn Street.

WILKES-BARRE TWP. — Investigators worked throughout the day Thursday to identify the killer who stabbed a woman repeatedly in the throat, leaving her dead in her own bathroom.