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Scranton man charged with 1.5 million dollars in covid fraud
A Scranton man has been charged with fraudulently obtaining more than $1.5 million in COVID funding. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced Friday that James G. Miller Jr. was charged with fraudulently obtaining the money through false representations in multiple applications for assistance. Miller and his co-conspirators are charged with filing fraudulent applications for pandemic stimulus funds, including Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) benefits, Lost Wage Assistance (LWA) payments and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans.
Humor therapy fund brings kindness and bullying awareness program to Scranton
Gab Bonesso really, really wanted a glue stick in first grade. Standing in front of a few dozen kids at the Boys and Girls Club of Scranton, she acts out the moment one of her classmates gave her one, dancing with and kissing the glue stick. “I’m gonna tell the...
3rd annual Classics basketball camp at Scranton Prep
SCRANTON, Pa. — The third year of the Classic's girls basketball camp is the biggest yet. Scranton Prep head girls basketball coach, Bob Beviliga welcomes 82 4th-8th grade campers for a week of learning and competition. "I think the girls that come here understand that a lot of the...
Giving back in honor of a loved one
SCRANTON, Pa. — The family of Jim Barrett gathered along Olive Street in Scranton on Sunday to give away food, school supplies, sleeping bags, and toiletries to those in need. Jim Barrett died last year, and his family says he was all about helping others. "He was all about...
Orlowski Returns as Assistant Athletic Director
With our student-athletes making final preparations to return to campus in three short weeks, the King's College Athletic Department and Associate Vice President and Executive Director of Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreation Cheryl Ish released the newest addition to the department's staff. On Tuesday afternoon, Ish announced Andy Orlowski's return to King's College as the next Assistant Athletic Director.
Biden exits presidential race, endorses Harris; Local lawmakers react
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WOLF) — Sunday, President Joe Biden announced his plans to drop out of the presidential election. Soon after, Biden endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris. Former President Donald Trump spent time leading up to the election in November going against President Joe Biden for the 2024 presidential...
UPDATED: Mayor Brown says Wilkes-Barre will clear Kirby Park homeless camps this week
At least 10 people without homes have been camping in the riverfront area of Kirby Park, including extremely vulnerable individuals, Mayor George Brown said. "We had an elderly woman. And we also had a young lady who is going to have a baby," Brown said Monday. "And we found them shelter."
Misericordia University athletes celebrated at White House event
LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — From a baseball field in Dallas Township to the White House in Washington, D.C., members of the Misericordia University Men's Baseball Team were recognized at the nation's capitol on Monday for winning the NCAA Division III World Series. "Just like talking to everyone and hanging...
Good Morning PA - Moscow Country Street Fair
The North Pocono Cultural Society invites you to the annual Moscow Country Street Fair. Come to beautiful downtown Moscow on July 25, 26, and 27 and enjoy vendors, parades, childrens activities, food, art and quilt shows, rummage sale, live music, raffles and so much more.
Cows and croquet: A look at Honesdale's Central Park in the 1800s
Editor's note: This is part one in a series looking at the history of Honesdale's park system. There was a time in Honesdale when residents brought their cows to graze in Central Park. It wasn't long, however, before the wishes prevailed of people who wanted the public square to be for children to toss a ball, build leaf forts, or make a snowman, or for adults to stroll, play croquet, listen to a brass band or just sit under leafy maple shade on a bright vermillion park bench.
‘Agnes’ documentary to be screened at River Common on Sept. 12
WILKES-BARRE — “Agnes,” a critically-acclaimed documentary film that chronicles the Agnes Flood of 1972 and its impact on the Wyoming Valley, will be screened on Thursday, Sept. 12, at the Millennium Circle at River Common in Wilkes-Barre. The screening was originally scheduled for June 21, but was...
Johnson College Scranton Enrolling Students in Forklift Operator Training Course
Johnson College now enrolling for its Forklift Operator Training Course on Saturday, August 17, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Diesel Truck Technology Center at its Scranton campus. The cost of the course is $200, but if you are a current Johnson College student or alum the cost is only $100. Space is limited!