Lackawanna County

Three years ago, South Scranton residents Kristy and Doug Hill had the scare of their lives when doctors discovered their infant daughter, Karley Rose, had a rare heart defect. Now 3 and doing great, Karley will be among the participants at Saturday's...

Only 12 states require a person to obtain permission from all parties before recording a conversation. Unfortunately for Luzerne County Controller Walter L. Griffith Jr., Pennsylvania is one of them. The citizen advocate turned elected watchdog...

Seniors to monitor streams Environmental groups are recruiting local senior citizens as volunteers to monitor water quality in area streams, observe wildlife and help with office tasks. The Lackawanna County Conservation District and the nonprofit...

Dallas High School made the high honor roll. Newsweek and its online home The Daily Beast named Dallas to its list of America's Best High Schools 2013, which ranks public institutions, including charter and magnet schools, throughout the country on...

A former Ransom Twp. secretary will spend up to 23 months in county prison for stealing close to $100,000 in taxpayer money. This morning, Lackawanna County Judge Michael J. Barrasse sentenced Kathleen Zielinski, 61, to 9 to 23 months in county prison,...

What started four months ago as the Lackawanna County commissioners' plan to eliminate election of four county row offices evolved into a movement for a broader county government overhaul that they oppose and that insurance executive Chuck Volpe thinks is...

Negotiations between the North Pocono School District and its teachers union have quietly continued since an April 18 strike, but there are signs the protracted labor dispute could soon heat up again. John Holland, a regional field representative for...

They do it all. They work long hours outside the home, take their kids to school, appointments and practices and still find time to grocery shop, make dinners and do laundry. They are working mothers. A new report released by the Joint Economic...

Donna Davis Javitz pointed to her extensive legal experience and noted changes she would make to the Lackawanna County court system during an editorial board meeting with The Times-Tribune on Friday. The Dickson City attorney joins a crowded field of...

A suspect in the fatal shooting of a Lackawanna College student served a prison sentence for a 2008 home invasion robbery in which a shotgun was shoved into a victim's mouth. Marlon Clotter, then 17, and three other teens wearing bandanas and hooded...

Jacob Abplanalp and Elissa Palmer stashed their bulletproof vest in the dining room and their drugs in various places throughout their Waverly Twp. home. A backpack near the couch held more than four bricks of heroin. A sunglasses case next to the bed...

Welcome back, Montage. The sale of the bankrupt Sno Mountain recreation complex to a group of investors closed Friday in Philadelphia, setting the stage for the attraction's water park to open in two weeks. The sale price was $5.1 million, and the...