Lackawanna County

Foster Township gun collector Thomas F. Braddock Jr. wants to buy a 9 mm machine gun from a dealer in Georgia as an investment. He wanted to proceed with the deal by getting the signature of Luzerne County interim sheriff Jack Robshaw. But Robshaw didn'...

The Stanley Cooper Sr. Chapter of Trout Unlimited will host an Introduction to Fly Fishing for Adults program on Saturday, May 11, at the American Legion Post in Mountain Top (off of Church Road). The program is for men and women 18 and older and begins...

First in a series of stories looking at issues facing candidates for Scranton mayor and city council. Next Sunday: Scranton finances. For weeks last summer, Mayor Chris Doherty and a city council led by President Janet Evans sparred in a battle that...

Having local roots makes Amy S. Luyster's job as a local economic advocate that much easier and satisfying. Raised and schooled in Dunmore, Ms. Luyster chose to stay local to earn a degree in communications with a concentration in public relations and a...

Candidates running for Old Forge mayor all have one common goal -- repair the credibility of the Police Department after two officers were charged last year with having sex with a minor. Two Democrats and two Republicans will battle in the upcoming...

The owner of a now-closed Scranton temporary employment agency will spend one year in prison for recruiting people living in the U.S. illegally to work at local businesses and illegally paying them under the table to conceal the scheme. Senior U.S....

Three strangers asked a man if he wanted pizza, then beat him and stole his cigarettes and house keys as he was walking home from a city bar early Thursday. Manfredo Pagan, 18, 1418 Linden St., Bianca Rivera, 20, 928 Beech St., and Timothy Towers, 25,...

Scranton Tax Collector Bill Courtright will hire a new solicitor for the Single Tax Office because of the recent death of office solicitor Mark Walsh. Mr. Walsh, 53, died Tuesday after a three-year battle with leukemia. Although state law mandates...

After she denied him oral sex, police said Sean Brown repeatedly punched Samantha Tice about 2 a.m. Friday before he went to the kitchen and yanked out the drawer where she keeps her knives. Mr. Brown, 28, listed as homeless, was sitting on the couch in...

The name of disgraced ex-state Sen. Robert J. Mellow has been removed from two buildings, a portion of one local college campus and one park. On Thursday, Marywood University issued a statement saying, "After thoughtful consideration, The Marywood...

Sheriffs in two neighboring counties have differing views on Luzerne County Interim Sheriff John Robshaw's refusal to sign off on paperwork needed for citizens to buy machine guns, short-barrel shotguns and rifles and silencers. The federal form to...

A Scranton woman is in jail after cutting her boyfriend's arm down to the bone following an argument Tuesday afternoon. Cheryl McNichols, 49, 217 W. Market St., was drinking with her boyfriend, Robert Lasky, at their apartment when they got into an...