News from SCRANTON
Published on May 19, 2022 - Page 14
SCRANTON — Berwick’s Allie Melchiorre earned a spot in next week’s PIAA Class 3A track and field state meet with wins in the discus and javelin...
Published on March 9, 2022 - Page 8
SCRANTON — Area students in grades five to 12 are invited to participate in The University of Scranton’s Earth Day Essay Contest 2022. The contest...
Published on March 2, 2022 - Page 1
SCRANTON — A Bloomsburg woman who pleaded guilty to defrauding the government of nearly $300,000 in COVID-19 relief money was sentenced Friday to a...
Published on August 16, 2021 - Page 9
SCRANTON (AP) — In the most fun card game a baseball fan as big as he is could play, Stephen Olson is potentially holding a miracle hand. He just...
Published on August 16, 2020 - Page 3
SCRANTON — A settlement hearing is scheduled in the death of a Berwick man who died after being restrained at the Luzerne County Correctional...
Published on April 7, 2020 - Page 4
SCRANTON — A Bloomsburg man sent to Lackawanna County Prison after a jury found him guilty of sexually exploiting minors recently died at a Scranton...
Published on February 22, 2020 - Page 5
SCRANTON — Sharla McBride, evening co-anchor for WNEP, is leaving the station. McBride announced her departure on her Facebook page Friday, saying...
Published on January 3, 2020 - Page 1
SCRANTON — Geisinger fired a doctor who had worked for the health system more than 28 years, alleging he “abandoned” his patients at a Scranton...
Published on November 10, 2019 - Page 10
SCRANTON — Geisinger and Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine have unveiled the Geisinger Primary Care Scholars Program to provide debt-free...
Published on October 27, 2019 - Page 26
SCRANTON — Katie Starr scored the game’s only goal to help Berwick advance to the District 2 Class 3A semifinals with a 1-0 over Scranton Prep in...
Published on September 17, 2019 - Page 10
SCRANTON — A Lackawanna County youth group leader has been arrested for sexually abusing a child, Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced Friday....
Published on June 18, 2019 - Page 5
SCRANTON — Pennsylvania American Water customers in Nescopeck no longer have to boil their water before use. Acceptable test results were obtained...
Published on April 30, 2019 - Page 4
SCRANTON — The parents of a boy identified as being on the autism spectrum have filed a federal lawsuit against the Northwest Area School District, a...
Published on April 24, 2019 - Page 7
SCRANTON — Despite his attorney’s attempts for a reduced penalty, a Hunlock Creek man was sentenced to two years in prison after he pleaded guilty to...
Published on February 6, 2019 - Page 12
SCRANTON — A Shickshinny man was one of five people arraigned by a federal grand jury for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, heroin and...
Published on January 13, 2019 - Page 3
SCRANTON — Former fugitive Shawn Christy is reaching out to a big dog in a bid to secure a new detention hearing. How big? Try “Dog the Bounty...
Published on December 23, 2018 - Page 4
SCRANTON — The Diocese of Scranton has added a nun who taught school for many years in Dunmore and 10 other people to its list of individuals accused...
Published on November 4, 2018 - Page 10
SCRANTON — Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, in collaboration with United Concordia Dental, recently presented Allied Services Integrated Health...
Published on June 2, 2018 - Page 3
SCRANTON — Three Jersey Shore men were charged in U.S. Middle District Court in Scranton in an alleged conspiracy involving altering truck emissions...
Published on January 18, 2018 - Page 8
SCRANTON — The University of Scranton will host the 19th annual Northeast PA Brain Bee on Saturday, Feb. 3. The competition will begin at 1 p.m. in...
Published on December 31, 2017 - Page 8
SCRANTON — Steven J. Scheinman, M.D., president and dean of Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine and chief academic officer at Geisinger, has...
Published on December 24, 2017 - Page 7
SCRANTON — Commonwealth Health, which includes the Berwick Hospital Center, is ending its teaching relationship with the Scranton-based Geisinger...
Published on November 8, 2017 - Page 23
SCRANTON — If revenge is a dish best served cold, Mountain View’s 4-0 win over Millville certainly filled the bill. Nick Pellew scored a hat trick...
Published on October 26, 2017 - Page 26
SCRANTON — Luis Garcia made 10 saves for Berwick, which was outshot 26-5 in a loss to No. 1 seed Scranton Prep in the District 2 playoffs in high...
Published on October 22, 2017 - Page 12
SCRANTON — A professor at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine contributed to research that led to the Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded Oct. 2 to...
Published on August 11, 2017 - Page 3
SCRANTON — Three people accused of brutally strangling a man with a set of jumper cables and dumping his body in Susquehanna County last summer...
Published on August 2, 2017 - Page 5
SCRANTON — A couple has reached a $12.5 million settlement with Geisinger over a heart surgery that was allegedly botched, leaving a young girl with...
Published on July 23, 2017 - Page 3
SCRANTON — Bloomsburg-based Steve Shannon Tire Co. bought Sandone Tire’s long-standing retail tire business, expanding its portfolio of tire shops to...
Published on June 6, 2017 - Page 3
SCRANTON (AP) — An attorney representing an inmate charged in the murder of a guard at the Canaan federal prison more than four years ago says his...
Published on April 5, 2017 - Page 12
SCRANTON — The mother of three who died after completing a half-marathon suffered an internal hemorrhage, the Lackawanna County coroner has reported...
Published on March 5, 2017 - Page 3
SCRANTON — A trio of defendants accused of killing a 21-year-old man and dumping his body last year will go to trial in September, according to the...
Published on February 9, 2017 - Page 1
SCRANTON — A Bloomsburg man awaiting trial in the alleged kidnap and rape of a 14-year-old suburban Philadelphia girl is facing federal charges for...
Published on February 5, 2017 - Page 3
SCRANTON — A Shickshinny woman pushed a plastic bag down on her friend’s head and held her hand over his mouth, a Wilkes-Barre newspaper reported....
Published on January 4, 2017 - Page 5
SCRANTON — Geisinger Health System and The Commonwealth Medical College have received all required regulatory approvals and have finalized a...
Published on December 15, 2016 - Page 26
SCRANTON — The University of Scranton will host the 18th annual Northeast PA Brain Bee for high school students in grades 9 through 12 on Saturday,...
Published on September 29, 2016 - Page 1
SCRANTON — Geisinger Health System is poised to take ownership of its own medical school, announcing Wednesday it has signed an agreement to buy The...
Published on September 6, 2016 - Page 3
SCRANTON — A Luzerne County correctional officer pleaded guilty Friday to accepting cash and drugs in exchange for giving prisoners special perks,...
Published on July 21, 2016 - Page 9
SCRANTON — For Bloomsburg American Legion baseball coach Eddie Sanders, his first season at the helm was a memorable one. Becoming the first...
Published on July 19, 2016 - Page 10
SCRANTON — Brittan Kittle, Danny Koch and Evan Long had three hits apiece to lead the Bloomsburg American Legion team to an 11-5 win over South...
Published on July 18, 2016 - Page 14
SCRANTON — Aaron Ovelman drove in four runs to help Bloomsburg’s American Legion baseball team beat Tunkhannock, 8-6, at the Region 5 tournament on...
Published on June 26, 2016 - Page 27
SCRANTON — Dr. Thomas Martin, a pediatrician for many years at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, has been honored by his alma mater, Franklin...
Published on June 7, 2016 - Page 7
SCRANTON — Bloomsburg softball coach Brian Wawroski has talked about adversity all season. The Panthers beat Lackawanna Trail, 4-3, in the first...
Published on May 17, 2016 - Page 10
SCRANTON — Berwick had three athletes win titles at the District 2 track and field meet Monday, and earned four spots at the state meet. Payden...
Published on April 23, 2016 - Page 1
SCRANTON —Mary Ann McGuire was just knee-high when she was trailing her grandmother stumping door-to-door for the Democratic Committee. McGuire, now...
Published on April 22, 2016 - Page 1
SCRANTON — A Lightstreet man kicked off a campaign rally for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders here Thursday. The visit — just five days before...
Published on March 12, 2016 - Page 10
SCRANTON — The following students are representing local school districts in the Region IV Band.A concert will be held today at 2:15 p.m. in the...
Published on December 18, 2015 - Page 4
SCRANTON — A judge has sentenced a Bloomsburg-area man for traveling to Scranton in February to have sex with a 14-year-old boy, according to a...
Published on November 21, 2015 - Page 9
SCRANTON — The George Curry era at Berwick came to an end Friday night at Scranton Memorial Stadium when the Bulldogs fell to Scranton Prep in the...
Published on November 21, 2015 - Page 13
SCRANTON — With its season on the line, Berwick knew the task of beating Scranton Prep was going to present a difficult challenge. What came as a...
Published on November 16, 2015 - Page 1
SCRANTON — A federal judge has dismissed Maria Sanutti-Spencer’s lawsuit against the warden and his deputy at Columbia County Prison. The murder...
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