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U of S dedicates new athletic facility

SCRANTON — A blessing marked the end of renovations and the beginning of a new era for University of Scranton athletics. The former South Side Sports Complex on Tuesday was rechristened the Kevin P. Quinn, S.J., Athletics Campus.

 

Wolf releases money for trail, landscape projects

The more than two-decade push to build a 40-mile walking and riding trail along the Lackawanna River got another boost from state government Tuesday. State officials announced the release of $1.2 million in grants to help close some of the remaining gaps

 

Firefighters called to home in Scranton

SCRANTON — City fire crews are on the scene of a reported fire at 1738 Clearview St. this evening.

 

Charges against Scott Twp. contractor dismissed

A magisterial district judge dismissed all charges against a contractor accused of failing to complete a building project in Greenfield Twp. at his preliminary hearing Tuesday in Lackawanna County Central Court. County investigators charged Robert Rohwer,

 

Dickson City man sentenced to serve up to three years for risking catastrophe

SCRANTON — A judge sentenced a former Dickson City man today to 11 to 36 months in prison for risking a catastrophe by burning a Bible in his kitchen sink and slicking his apartment building hallway with motor oil.

 

Scranton police arrest suspect in bank robbery

SCRANTON — Police on Tuesday arrested a suspect in Monday’s robbery of FNCB Bank on North Keyser Avenue.

 

NY man sentenced to prison on indecent assault, drug crimes in Scranton

SCRANTON — A judge sentenced a New York man Tuesday to three to eight years in prison on a drug charge and for an indecent assault of a woman in her city apartment. Kasiem T. Lundy, 38, was charged in early November 2016, with rape, sexual assault, aggrav

 

Pour Coffee House opens in downtown Wilkes-Barre

WILKES-BARRE — A new local cafe is open in downtown Wilkes-Barre.

Pour Coffee House opened Monday at 53 N. Main St.

 

Lackawanna County Court Notes

MARRIAGE LICENSES n Jason Stuart Colflesh and Bonnie Susan Deiter, both of Morrisville. n Joseph James Garofalo and Kelsey Ann Pentasuglio, both of Dunmore. n Michael Sean Cleary, Dick­son City, and Cecelia Higgins Dunford, Scranton. n Edy Adolfo Martinez

 

75 Years Ago: Former Yankee Tony Lazzeri takes field in Scranton with Wilkes-Barre Barons

May 8, 1943 Scranton Red Sox host opener About 1,800 baseball fans were on hand for the home opener of the Scranton Red Sox vs. the Wilkes-Barre Barons on May 7. The Red Sox won, 5-1. The game was originally scheduled for May 4, but inclement weather forc

 

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