Transition fair planned for special ed students
When special education students graduate from high school, they and their parents often do not know about services and opportunities available. A group of local educators and service providers hopes to...
View ArticleCops: Moosic man punched woman, rammed cars with truck, tried to kick officer
A 27-year-old Moosic man on Sunday assaulted a woman in the passenger seat of his pickup truck, rammed two parked cars with the truck and then struggled with officers as he ran for a bridge amid shouts...
View ArticleDEP hires contractor to clean illegal dumps in Carbon, Schuylkill
The state Department of Environmental Protection has hired a contractor to clean up illegal piles of refuse dumped in Carbon and Schuylkill counties last August. The Carbon County sites slated for...
View ArticleBusinesses Hoping Things Heat Up During Lent
It is especially busy at the business each Friday during Lent, the Christian observance before Easter when some people avoid meat, making pizza popular. "Fridays is usually a pizza day and it's been...
View ArticleBroken Water Pipes Keeping Crews Busy
Officials at Pennsylvania American Water say these temperatures have kept crews working around the clock as more and more broken pipes pop up. The scene on East Grove Street in Taylor is a common one...
View ArticleTaylor police arrest Thornhurst man for drugs
A Thornhurst Twp. man is in police custody after Taylor police said they found multiple drugs and more than $1,000 in his car.
View ArticleOfficials called to apparent suicide in Taylor
A man died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound on the front lawn of a Taylor home, Lackawanna County Coroner Tim Rowland said. The call for the shooting came in around 3 p.m. on the 1100 block...
View ArticleLandfill officials answer questions at DEP hearing on expansion
Keystone Sanitary Landfill has an exemplary 24-year compliance record with state regulators and was the first landfill in the U.S. to get a specific certification in recognition of environmental,...
View ArticleHealth study urged in area of Keystone Sanitary Landfill
The focus of an upcoming health study on Keystone Sanitary Landfill remained unclear on Friday, but an area cancer expert suggested state regulators examine air quality around the Dunmore and Throop...
View ArticleThree hospitalized after two crashes
Three people were hospitalized Saturday after two car crashes - one in South Side and the other on Interstate 81 near the Davis Street exit. Two people were taken to Moses Taylor Hospital after a crash...
View Article"Stuart Little" comes to Quakertown
E.B. White's adventurous little mouse comes to Quakertown when Star of the Day Event Production spresents the musical version of classic children's story. "Stuart Little" follows the adventures of the...
View ArticleNamedropper, March 3, 2015
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network NEPA Affiliate and national representatives accept an $8,847.60 donation from Tom and Bill Sheakoski, owners of Pizza by Pappas, that makes them the presenting sponsor...
View ArticleRiverside Teachers Plan to Strike Monday
Teachers in the Riverside School District in Lackawanna County gave notice Thursday that they will be going on strike come Monday. Riverside's teachers' union actually set this strike date on Super...
View ArticleScranton-slash-Taylor' native competes for crown on - RuPaul's Drag Race'
Mrs. Kasha Davis, a Taylor native and Riverside Junior-Senior High School graduate, will compete on season 7 of "RuPaul's Drag Race" when it premieres Monday on Logo TV. Alocal talent will work the...
View ArticleWest Chester filmmaker driven to tell Eritreans' story
His job at the jail had been to sell the kerosene that inmates buy for cooking. He said he saw some use it to set themselves on fire.
View ArticleRiverside Teachers on Strike
Teachers in the Riverside School District in Lackawanna County walked off the job Monday morning. They have been working under the terms of their old contract for more than a year.
View Article'Stuart Little' comes to Quakertown
The cast of 'Stuart Little' presented by Star of the Day Event Productions features Rachel Knappenberger as Stuart . The play will be presented at McCoole's Arts and Event Place in Quakertown.
View ArticleWatres Armory in Scranton finally has new owner
TRIBUNE FILE Watres Armory, 900 Adams Ave. in Scranton, is now in the hands of a new owner, DFM Properties. The state completed its sale of the vacant building at 900 Adams Ave. to a private firm,...
View ArticleDuryea glass plant damaged by blaze
Photo Andrew Krech ANDREW KRECH / THE CITIZENS' VOICE A man looks on as clouds of smoke billow out of a three-alarm fire at Schott North America Inc. in Duryea on Tuesday. No injuries were reported,...
View ArticleKavulich legislation would require schools to hold lockdown drills
Pennsylvania students regularly practice evacuating their schools in case of a fire. Students may soon be required to practice drills in case there is an intruder.
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