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Flash mob marriage proposal captivates Downtown Scranton with song and dance
SCRANTON, Pa. (WOLF) — A flash mob converged this evening in Downtown Scranton in front of Pappas Pizza all for one man's marriage proposal. It was elaborately orchestrated, with a number of people in attendance, full of song and dance almost like something out of a movie. Thankfully, the woman who was proposed to said yes.
VIDEO PREMIERE: Wilkes-Barre rock band Portland Frank remembers ‘Buck’ in heartbreaking tribute
Decrease Font Size Increase Font Size Text Size Print This Page Send by Email. With a name that can be found on Urban Dictionary, it may be hard to imagine that Portland Frank would produce a poignant, sentimental song that tugs on the heartstrings, but when that violin comes in and the story plays out in sincere lyrics and an emotional music video, there’s not a dry eye in the house.
Scranton officials plan to repeal residency requirement
The City of Scranton plans to repeal a 4 decades long residency requirement that requires municipal employees to live in the Electric City. According to reports, Mayor Paige Gebhardt Cognetti sent Scranton City Council a proposed ordinance to repeal the residency requirement across the board, for all city employees, including administrative employees not in any union. Mayor Cognetti said the residency requirement is impeding the city's ability to retain and attract quality employees to the City of Scranton. Council on Tuesday voted 3-2, with President Gerald Smurl, Bill King and Jessica Rothchild all in favor of the repeal, and Mark McAndrew and Tom Schuster opposed.
Millions in state budget for businesses
LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — The governor stopped in Duryea on Friday at the Production Systems Automation factory to tout the recently signed state budget. More than 500 million dollars will help the state grow more competitively with jobs, better pay, and more businesses. 20 million will go toward the Main Street Matters Program to help small businesses. PSA currently has 92 workers and is one of the 7,000 small businesses in Luzerne County with fewer than 100 employees. They say this money will go a long way.
Team County Wins 90th Dream Game, 35-28
Mid Valley’s Jordan Chmielewski scored three touchdowns and caught the game-clinching interception for Team County to beat Team City in the 90th Dream Game, 35-28. During halftime, Dunmore native and now Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio was honored as the man of the year.
Collecting items to keep the community cool in Scranton
SCRANTON, Pa. — With three heat waves in the books so far this summer, keeping cool isn't always easy. That's why the city of Scranton collected items to make sure everyone has what they need to beat the heat. The city hosted a heat-related items drive at Weston Field...
Cybersecurity expert talks CrowdStrike outage
SCRANTON, Pa. — Lanes were grounded, banks offline, media outlets off air, and hospitals left to cancel procedures after a worldwide IT outage on Friday. Officials with CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity company, say the company sent out an update to Microsoft Windows that sent systems across the world into disarray.
Wilkes-Barre man pleads no contest in shooting, standoff
A Wilkes-Barre man accused in a shooting at a South Wilkes-Barre barbershop and then threatening to shoot police during a standoff pleaded no contest Friday to aggravated assault and related charges. Julio Rivas, 35, was accused of shooting another person in the area of the New Flow Barber Shop, 127...
In Duryea, Shapiro declines to speculate about replacing Biden as presidential nominee
President Joe Biden consistently denies he’ll drop out of the presidential race, but a well-known state resident keeps getting mentioned as a possible replacement if Biden gets out. At a stop Friday morning in Duryea, Gov. Josh Shapiro declined to address the possibility of replacing Biden as the Democratic...
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