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WILKES-BARRE — UGI Utilities will begin a natural gas main replacement project this week along three blocks of North and South Franklin Street. The project will stretch from West Union Street to West South Street. The initial phase of the project will imp

DRUMS — Norman Scheutrumpf can talk at length about just about any experience he had during World War II. He doesn’t miss a beat when he recalls the names of the soldiers he met, the conversations he had with Belgians or what was served in field kitchens

Philadelphia Eagles superfan and 44-year-old Tresckow resident John Petrilyak Jr. thinks President Donald Trump should have let his Super Bowl-winning team visit the White House. The President rescinded the invitation Monday, a day before the scheduled vi

WILKES-BARRE — A panel of Commonwealth Court judges on Monday sided with the Wilkes-Barre City Police Benevolent Association in a dispute about whether holiday pay and other special compensation should be included when calculating the pensions of retired

Registered nurses at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital continued to picket Monday for the fifth day, demanding improvements in staffing. The nurses planned to strike for one day on Thursday but the hospital hired temporary replacement nurses and locked out th

Frank Henry, chairman emeritus of the Martz Group who was known for his leadership in the transportation industry, his philanthropy and public service, died Sunday. He was 85. For more than 50 years, Henry served as chairman of the Martz Group, a fifth ge

Relay for Life of NEPA raised about $144,000 through the end of its 24-hour walking event over the weekend. The amount currently in the coffers is short of the $170,000 goal, said Melissa Wall, who chaired the event at PNC Field. The group hopes to meet o

SCRANTON — Doctors in the city want to use data to treat a disease that claims more lives than breast cancer. Geisinger Community Medical Center is opening a new $1.7 million epilepsy monitoring unit on Monday where medical staff can capture and study eve

HANOVER TWP. — Two men accused in a robbery and burglary spree were hit Monday with new charges alleging they burgled a township home prior to a high-profile bank heist last month. Gerald Paul Pambianco, 29, of Plains Twp., and Derek Lee Spaide, 26, of Ha

The Pennsylvania Democratic Party filed a complaint Monday morning against U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta for using footage of himself speaking on the House floor in his campaign for U.S. Senate. By the afternoon, the Pennsylvania Republican Party filed a similar

Frank Carlucci III, a Scranton native and longtime federal official who as “flood czar” helped the Wyoming Valley recover and rebuild after the devastating Agnes Flood, died Sunday at the age of 87. Born Oct. 18, 1930, Carlucci graduated from Wyoming Semi

EXETER TWP. — Township residents came out in force on Monday to oppose a planned drug treatment center at a former elementary school, but the board of supervisors told them the zoning hearing board is the proper venue to air their concerns. Dozens of resi

WILKES-BARRE — Two cats are dead after a city man threw them out of an eighth-floor window of the high-rise building at the Sherman Hills apartments, according to police. Tyquan L. Hinds, 22, of 332 Parkview Circle, is facing two counts of aggravated crue

Three lawsuits that seek to hold the parents of convicted cop killer Eric Matthew Frein liable for his 2014 sniper attack that killed a state trooper and wounded another can proceed, a Lackawanna County judge ruled. Judge Terrence Nealon said Tiffany Dick

Police seized guns, money and drugs from a Hazleton home Monday morning after people jumped from a second-story window to escape officers, court papers say. Hazleton police said they were initially dispatched to a second-floor apartment inside 127 E. Mapl

The 72nd annual Back Mountain Memorial Library auction will be held next month and organizers held a kickoff dinner to gear up for the event Monday. The dinner, held at Apple Tree Terrace in Dallas, featured a basket raffle, silent auction and a mini auct

WILKES-BARRE — A Wilkes-Barre man accused of gunning a man down at the Sherman Hills apartments pleaded guilty Monday to a count of third-degree murder. Dominic Jaquariuspa Ray, 25, was in court for what was supposed to be a pre-trial conference ahead of

June 7: NEPA Procurement Technical Assistance Center Government Contracting Showcase, 8 a.m.-1:15 p.m., Kalahari Resorts & Conventions, 250 Kalahari Boulevard, Pocono Manor, offering plenary sessions on government contracting and opportunities to network

IN A CRISIS Local caseworkers for Helpline are available 24 hours a day to refer callers to resources available for those with drug and alcohol problems. Call 570-829-1341 or visit www.helpline-nepa.info. The state has a similar program, “PA Get Help Now.

ABB Optical Group Glenn Senese, who formerly held the east sales director role, will move to the new position of director of new business development. In his new role, Senese will focus on developing new business for the company, including maximizing lab