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State Police report 86-year-old woman killed in Route 6 crash on Wednesday
Tri-County Independent via Yahoo News· 5 months agoA two-car, fatal head-on crash closed Route 6 in both directions in Prompton Borough, Wayne County,...
Police regionalization in the Midvalley, Upvalley stumbles amid pair of votes
The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 19—An attempt to regionalize police departments in the Midvalley and Upvalley appeared to lose some momentum as two of the nine municipalities involved in a state-led study took votes recently ...
Pennsylvania caseworkers ignored years of child abuse, now face felony charges, prosecutor says
WPXI via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThree caseworkers and two supervisors at Lackawanna County’s Office of Youth and Family Services in...
Honesdale council pursues borough manager; two applicants have backed out
Tri-County Independent via Yahoo News· 2 months agoBy unanimous vote, Honesdale council on Feb. 26 agreed to contract Keystone Municipal Solutions to...
Financial health of most municipal pension plans in Lackawanna County improve
The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa. via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJun. 19—The financial health of most municipal pension plans in Lackawanna County improved between 2019 and 2021, with four attaining strong enough gains to emerge from distressed status. Of ...
Dunmore man tapped to lead state police
The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 13—Incoming Gov. Josh Shapiro plans to nominate state police Maj. Christopher L. Paris as the agency's commissioner, Shapiro announced Friday. Paris, a Lackawanna County native who supervised ...
Scranton's exit from Act 47 headlines top stories of 2022
The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 1—When city council voted on an autumn evening in 1991 to ask state government to declare Scranton a financially distressed municipality under Act 47, most people expected the city to complete ...
Protesters cleared from Columbia's Hamilton Hall and Florida abortion ban in effect: Morning Rundown
NBC Universal via AOL· 3 weeks agoNew York police cleared protesters from Columbia University’s campus after days of mounting...
Commissioners award contract to replace LaPlume bridge
The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa. via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJun. 21—A contractor will replace a long-closed LaPlume Twp. bridge during the next 18 months, the project engineer said Wednesday. The Lackawanna County commissioners awarded a $1,877,735 contract ...
Lackawanna County Office of Youth and Family Services action plan due soon, officials say
The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa. via Yahoo News· 10 months agoJul. 19—Lackawanna County should be ready to release its plan to improve its child protection agency in "the next couple of weeks," Chief of Staff Brian Jeffers said Wednesday. In response to ...
