4 arrested in alleged meth lab in NE Pa. home
Four people were charged with operating methamphetamine lab in a northeastern Pennsylvania home after firefighters were called to investigate an odor.
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A suspected methamphetamine lab in Tamaqua drew fast and furious response from firefighters and law enforcement Monday morning.
View ArticleFolks Making The Most Of The Christmas Holiday
By early evening, the presents had been opened and the feast had been eaten but for many in our area they found ways to keep the holiday festivities going.
View ArticleBolus Christmas dinner draws thousands
Jake Danna Stevens / Staff Photographer Volunteers, from left, Bob Bolus, Chris Murphy and Mike Brennan, carve some of the 95 turkeys served Wednesday at St. Patrick's Church.
View ArticleTaylor man charged for possessing heroin
Patrolmen Nick Snyder and Rob Zuby went to 407 Union St. around 10 a.m. to serve an arrest warrant on Graham Tomlinson Jr., 28. Mr. Tomlinson's mother answered the door and said she did not know where...
View ArticleHealth care, education employment shrinks in 2013
"We are in a funk, but we're not the only ones," said Teri Ooms, director of the Institute for Public Policy and Economic Development, a regional research and analysis group.
View ArticleVeterans News 12/29/2013
Dupont VFW Post 4909 Home Association New Year's Eve party, Tuesday, post home; buffet dinner, 7:30-9 p.m., bar open, 7:30-1:30 a.m.; entertainment by Home Town Boyz, dancing, 9:30-1:30; hats, leis,...
View ArticleSplash park may be on the way for Taylor, with financial help
While the chill of winter lingers in the Scranton area, Peg Derenick, 66, of Taylor, thinks of summer, and the free splash park she and her husband hope to build on Derenick Memorial Field.
View Article15th Annual First Night Rings In New Year In Scranton
The celebration was in full swing here inside the Mall at Steamtown as folks readied themselves to say farewell to 2013.
View ArticlePennDOT's New Years resolution: numerous bridge fixes
The state Department of Transportation ended 2013 with a bang when the agency announced Scranton's West Linden Street and Taylor's Main Street bridges were reopening after being closed since 2011.
View ArticleRed Cross to hold blood drives in boy's honor
The American Red Cross will hold three local blood drives Wednesday, Jan. 8, in honor of her 2-year-old son, Paxton Nathaniel Bleiler, who was born premature Nov. 19, 2011 at Wilkes-Barre General...
View ArticleScranton Music Works closing its doors this month
Rebekah Brown / Staff Photo Scranton Music Works owner Conway Rowe in front of a wall of guitars in the soon-to-be closed downtown store Tuesday.
View ArticleNew year, new babies in Lackawanna, Luzerne and Wayne counties
Kaira Tavarez, 28, of Scranton did not expect to spend New Year's Day in the maternity ward of Moses Taylor Hospital.
View ArticleWriters, filmmakers will share work at Wilkes reading series
The biannual Maslow Reading Series takes place Sunday through Thursday to kick off the Wilkes University graduate creative writing program's January residency.
View ArticleFirst The Snow, Now The Cold
Temperatures in the single digits and up to eight inches of snow in parts of our area are what we're dealing with after an overnight storm.
View ArticleScholarships
Reading Eagle The Berks County Community Foundation recently distributed scholarships valued at $500 or more to the following students: Hamburg High School - Hamburg Area/Schuylkill Valley Association...
View ArticleAround the Towns for Sunday, Jan. 5
The Abington Community Library received an anonymous $3,000 donation that will help fund the purchase of two new computer systems for the children's library.
View ArticleQ&A: Kristina Taylor-Porter
Years ago, Kristina Taylor-Porter happened to be making copies of the training manual for a domestic violence shelter when she got the idea for her career, one that ended up bringing her to work as the...
View ArticleIncandescent bulbs out, CFLs in - but not in landfills
A blue and green recycling bin with three different compartments sits just inside the doors of Lowe's Home Improvement in Scranton.
View ArticleWhat can $50 buy you at the farm show?
From left: 16-year-olds Julia Farver, Taylor Golder and Jessica Farver of Bloomsburg, hold onto the 25 stuffed cows they purchased at the Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg on Monday.
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