Gov. Josh Shapiro signed an executive order Tuesday to force data center developers to comply with new planning and operating standards he unveiled in May, despite lacking a law imposing standards. In a speech in Harrisburg streamed online, Shapiro outlin... See more
A Lackawanna County jury has found a former Lowe’s employee guilty of first-degree murder for the in-store killing of a colleague last year. The jury returned the verdict on the fourth day of Christopher Wasnetsky’s trial for murdering Jeff Moeller on Jun... See more
Voters will decide whether to amend Lackawanna County’s main governing law to ban county employees from trading stocks or placing prediction market bets based on insider information obtained in their official duties. Despite concerns the question is too b... See more
A WVIA NEWS SPECIAL REPORT For months, Republicans have portrayed Scranton as a hotbed of out-of-control crime and blamed Democratic congressional candidate and city Mayor Paige Cognetti for it. Combined, U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan’s campaign and a national ... See more
The Scranton Jazz Festival that will play out Friday through Sunday in Northeast Pennsylvania’s largest city shows signs of maturity. First, this is the 21st edition of a festival inaugurated in 2005. (COVID-19 silenced it in 2020.) “Yeah, we are legal no... See more
