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$5M settlement reached in suit over medical death of Pa. county prison inmate
A federal judge in Scranton has been asked to approve a $5 million settlement with the final two defendants in the wrongful death suit brought by the mother and estate of a man who died in the Clinton County Correctional Facility. The proposed settlement with WellPath of Wilmington, Delaware, and...
Pa. firefighters battle 2-alarm restaurant fire
HANOVER TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A popular Italian restaurant in Hanover Township, Northampton County, is closed indefinitely after a Sunday morning fire. Roughly 10 fire companies, including the Hanover Township Volunteer Fire Company, responded to a fire at Nonna Sulina’s Sicilian Kitchen & Grill, 5000 Bath Pike, just after 9 a.m., according to a Northampton County dispatcher.
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Over the Falls, No Swimming Allowed
The Look Back: November 2022 – Repost-Read – Crossing Bridges. Celebrating “WalkingSquares” challenge. Walking over a bridge along a stream that forms several amazing falls!. You see, my son, it is not a fact that you will never face dangers. Difficulties always come, but they do...
GREATER PITTSTON'S PAST: Capitano-Nash Motor Car Company
Ninety-eight years ago in June of 1926 the Capitano-Nash Motor Car Company showed off its new Broad Street garage in the former Strand Theater after a down-to-the-bones transformation of the building. The concrete, brick and steel building, reputed to be fireproof, was four floors and 28,000 square feet. The lower...
Non-profits set to beautify Washburn Street Cemetery
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Volunteers are helping clean up a local cemetery that’s been neglected for some time. Seven groups gathered in West Scranton at Washburn Street Cemetery. Volunteers spent several hours pulling weeds, cutting up downed trees from recent storms, and cleaning headstones. The beautification project was organized by “Christmas Miracles from Heaven” […]
Historic newspaper front pages: Biden's decision to drop out of race for president
Biden quits. Biden exits race. Biden bows out. These were just some of the headlines that appeared in giant type across newspaper front pages today (July 22) in Florida, in places like Scranton, Pennsylvania and around the word. In Scranton, the hometown of President Joe Biden, on page 1A of...
Wilkes-Barre cop stuck with drug needle during struggle
A city police officer was stuck in the hand with a hypodermic needle during a struggle with a woman who appeared high during an encounter in South Wilkes-Barre early Monday. Jessica Dorothy Shaver, 33, of 189 Rear Susquehanna Ave., Exeter, is facing assault charges after being stopped in the 300 block of Riverside Drive around 12:30 a.m.
‘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...
Active shooter drills can traumatize students, research shows
Within my first few weeks attending the University of Scranton, a police officer came to our recreation center to provide instructions on how to respond during a school shooting. This talk included videos and photos from real shootings, while also graphically describing the actions necessary to take during such an event. I found the talk to be disturbing and frightening as it instilled a strong sense of fear within me that this situation could actually take place during my time on campus.
Hanover Chief of Police among 11 area residents volunteering in the Dominican Republic
HANOVER TWP – Eleven area residents, including the Chief of Police for Hanover Township, recently completed a one-week intensive mission of outreach, assistance, and material aid for rural residents in the Dominican Republic. Hailing primarily from Chatham, Madison, Florham Park, and Warren, the group of 11 spent their week...
Valor provides ‘happy place’ for veterans fishing at lake
It was a perfect day to enjoy fishing and the outdoors for our veterans. Valor’s fly fishing event was held for the first time Saturday at the Camp Trexler property, recently purchased by the Veteran’s Initiative, a private beneficiary, in cooperation with Valor. Two other fishing events are...
Keystone intermediates win third consecutive game at Eastern Regional
DOVER, Del. — Keystone Intermediate Little League pitcher Evan Edwards put on quite the performance on Monday morning. Edwards, Keystone’s starting pitcher who pitched 6 2/3 innings, struck out 13 batters, gave up five hits and held opponent South Vineland to just four runs and three walks as Keystone defeated South Vineland, 7-4. The win is Keystone’s fourth dating back to its comeback win in the state championship game last Monday evening. Keystone, who has now beaten New York and New Jersey’s state winners, will play again Tuesday morning. Edwards also went a perfect 3 for 3 at the plate and scored two runs with a walk, Hayden Hanley, Camden Fuller and Trey Lapp all tallied two hits. Fuller was 2 for 3 with two RBIs while Lapp was 2 for 2 with a walk and an RBI.
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