Lackawanna County

There is a new face in the Scranton Police Department. On Thursday, James Golden, 28, a city native and 2 1/2 -year Lackawanna County sheriff's office veteran, was sworn into service at City Hall before acting Police Chief Carl Graziano and Scranton...

A member of the Crips street gang is in custody and another is wanted for the slaying of a Lackawanna College student in the Hill Section on Sunday morning. Marlon Clotter, 21, 1024 Capouse Ave., shuffled into a room at the Scranton Police Department...

Man held for claim for phony burglary A Dunmore man was arrested Thursday for filing a false insurance claim to cash in on a phony burglary. Paul Gianzanti, 33, 122 Sand St., walked into Dunmore Police Headquarters on March 14 to report someone...

Scranton school directors who claim an appointment was made illegally will have a day in court -- but will have to wait more than a month to make their case. Directors Kathleen McGuigan and Jason Shrive asked Lackawanna County Judge Terrence Nealon on...

Beer distributor LT Verrastro Inc. hopes to take advantage of the underground ocean of natural gas in Pennsylvania to run its fleet of trucks and cars less expensively -- and more cleanly. The company will receive a $217,399 state grant to defray the...

With the snip of a blue ribbon, the newest addition to Lackawanna County's park system officially opened Thursday. Municipal officials from the North Pocono area joined Commissioners Corey O'Brien, Jim Wansacz and Patrick O'Malley at the ribbon-...

None of the six Democratic candidates running for Scranton City Council supports increasing the real estate, wage, business privilege/mercantile or realty transfer taxes -- or the city's trash-collection fee -- as ways to raise revenue, they said during a...

Less is more for Monroe County under the legislative redistricting plan that won final approval Wednesday from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. More as in more clout. One of the two state Senate seats encompassing parts of the county under the new maps...

The Old Forge School District could be the first in Lackawanna County to appoint a superintendent without a degree in education. District officials completed the first round of interviews for the position last week, including at least one candidate...

Prison to acquire properties for parking Eminent domain considered Lackawanna County plans to acquire three properties near the county prison on North Washington Avenue to create off-street parking for jail employees and visitors. The...

There is no record of a phone call from a Chicago man alerting Scranton police to the abuse of an elderly Dickson City woman, acting Police Chief Carl Graziano said Wednesday. Mark Gruss, who witnessed the abuse on a webcam, told The Times-Tribune he...

Police seized heroin and cocaine from a suspected drug dealer's underwear Tuesday night -- drugs the man told police he kept taped to his testicles prior to the search. Michael Smith, 26, homeless, sold two bags of heroin during a controlled drug...