The Scranton City Council plans to ban the sale and possession of kratom, a substance that officials portrayed Monday as increasingly addictive and potentially deadly. At a Lackawanna County Courthouse news conference, City Councilman Patrick Flynn, the c... See more
The Lackawanna County commissioners postponed action Wednesday on a proposed policy regulating the way employees interact with federal immigration agents and other law enforcement. The decision drew applause from more than a dozen advocates who want a tou... See more
The cause of the fire that killed a 77-year-old Scranton man and displaced four neighbors Saturday will probably never be known, the city's fire chief said Monday. The fire collapsed the Dartmouth Street home where John G. Kollra lived alone, making pinpo... See more
Never mentioning President Donald Trump by name, former U.S. Sen. Bob Casey accused him last week of pushing destruction of the nation's judicial system, press freedom and voting rights. During a University of Scranton speech, Casey listed each of the pre... See more
The search for a new Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport leader officially began Friday amid potatoes, apples, corn flakes, spaghetti and toothpaste. Oh, and salsa and toilet paper and Huggies. There is an explanation. Passengers flying out of the... See more
