Even before the COVID-19 pandemic sowed economic chaos across the nation, the census was a crucial piece of public business. Now, it is even more crucial and Northeast Pennsylvania will experience...
After nearly 200 years, the St. Rose of Lima Church is showing its age.
Built in 1832, the church on North Church Street is one of the oldest in the Diocese of Scranton. After 188...
The state Health Department reported no new COVID-19-related deaths in Northeast Pennsylvania on Sunday and eight new cases.
Statewide, the number of cases increased by 336 for a...
The state Health Department reported no new COVID-19-related deaths in Northeast Pennsylvania on Sunday and eight new cases. Statewide, the number of cases increased by 336 for a total of 78,798....
SCRANTON — Bright yellow boxfish swam lazily inside their quarantine tank in the aquarium’s back room.
They weren’t avoiding the coronavirus. No, the Electric City Aquarium and...
Strawberry picking will start soon at area farms, but the process will look a little different thanks to coronavirus safety measures.
While owners Regina LaCoe and her husband, Dick,...
After nearly 200 years, the St. Rose of Lima Church is showing its age.
Built in 1832, the church on North Church Street is one of the oldest in the Diocese of Scranton. After 188...
The band is with her.
Kristen McGee, a Peckville native, has had the chance to perform up and down the Northeast shoreline as well as throughout the country for the past 25 years,...
More than 1,000 people attending a Black Lives Matter protest Saturday in Scranton held an 8-minute, 46-second-long moment of silence for George Floyd.
Growing up black in Scranton, Myron Williams doesn’t remember any serious run-ins with police. He played sports, was active in the Boy’s Club and other youth organizations, and had many white...
COVID-19 has clouded the summer for Lackawanna County’s major tourist attractions.
The ban on large crowds forced Live Nation to cancel or postpone all concerts at the Pavilion at...
SCRANTON — In a normal summer, when he’s not stuck at home for 11 weeks, Joe Wechsler might hang three geranium baskets from his front porch.
The tattered flag at the Linden Street parking garage in downtown Scranton has been replaced, Friday, June 12, 2020.Christopher Dolan / Staff Photographer
Recognize Flag Day
Editor: All Americans are encouraged to fly the flag today, which is Flag Day. It is the 243rd anniversary of the adoption of the flag’s design by the Second...
In 1918 Mae West, actress, singer, comedian and sex symbol, added a new song to her act — “Ev’rybody Shimmies Now.” Crowd reactions were so enthusiastic West embraced the “frisky tune,” as it was...
Small restaurant owners throughout Northeast Pennsylvania have made big changes to keep customers and employees safe as they gear up to reopen their dining rooms in the “green...
Praise for center
Editor: My mother-in-law was a resident at Mountain View Care and Rehabilitation Center for four years before her passing.
College and high school graduates are entering the world of work in an unprecedented time. The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic collapse have created a challenging environment for...
Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLP Kristyn Howell, CPA, MBA, has been promoted to partner in the advisory, tax and assurance firm’s commercial practice, effective June 1. Howell, who has been with the...
Americans have seen far too many African American men like George Floyd die at the hands of police. But there is hope based on the vast majority of good police officers, reforms in the past decade...
Recognize Flag Day Editor: All Americans are encouraged to fly the flag today, which is Flag Day. It is the 243rd anniversary of the adoption of the flag’s design by the Second Continental...
Small restaurant owners throughout Northeast Pennsylvania have made big changes to keep customers and employees safe as they gear up to reopen their dining rooms in the “green phase.” They include...
SCRANTON — In a normal summer, when he’s not stuck at home for 11 weeks, Joe Wechsler might hang three geranium baskets from his front porch. This year is different. The former Scranton city...
Lackawanna County laid off 15 corrections officers, a prison captain, a secretary and a community service director in the first of what may be a series of potential layoffs at the county jail and...
Tom Brier Jr. lost, but he probably has a political future if he wants one.
The 28-year-old lawyer and Dalton native fell way short of upsetting state Auditor General Eugene...
A Scranton woman slashed a man’s leg with a knife during a dispute Thursday in the city, police charged.
Amanda Gursky, 32, 445 N. Sixth Ave., is charged with aggravated assault,...
SCRANTON — Protesters exercising their First Amendment rights at today’s Black Lives Matter demonstration on Courthouse Square should protect themselves against COVID-19, Mayor Paige Gebhardt...
Lynn Closterman put on hand sanitizer and had her temperature checked before she could even step through the front door of Head to Toe Salon & Spa in Tunkhannock earlier...
As Gov. Tom Wolf cleared the way Friday for Luzerne, Monroe, Pike and five other counties to go green June 19, a Susquehanna County official saw red.
North Pocono faculty and staff wave to a graduate making her way to the finish line to receive her diploma at North Pocono’s graduation ceremony at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond on Friday. The...
Cross Douglas wants to win by losing.
When his junior season of football ended, the burly starting two-way lineman from Lakeland realized he had one chance left to make a mark.