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Eye care practice opens new location Precision Eye Group recently opened a new location at 3319 Lake Ariel Highway, Honesdale. The new facility is a 6,000-square-foot, modern eye care clinic with more than double the exam rooms of the current location, st

Grieving families of some drug overdose victims are finding solace in the fact that surging deaths from the opioid epidemic have led to a record number of organ donations around the country. The Gift of Life Donor Program — which organizes all donations i

A woman who lost her daughter in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012 will speak about school safety and awareness June 11 in Wilkes-Barre. “A Parent’s Perspective” is scheduled at 9 a.m. at the F.M. Kirby Center, with registration beginning

Lackawanna College student and Air Force veteran Travis Heller is on target to change the optics game when it comes to shooting. With his company, IFF Optics, he’s developing advanced scope technology that uses computers on the front of guns to inform the

Following alternating bouts with drug abuse and recovery, Eric Bowman’s relapse in March 2017 killed him, but brought new life to someone he never met. After the Hunlock Creek man died of a heroin overdose, one of his kidneys was transplanted in a dying m

Trucking company officials in Northeast Pennsylvania say they are being impacted by a shortage of truck drivers and it’s slowing growth. Transportation and logistics provider A. Duie Pyle has projected a need for nearly 100 additional professional drivers

SCRANTON — The bow in 1-year-old Brynnlee Turner’s hair matched the writing on her shirt as she made her way around the warning track at PNC Field on Saturday morning. “Purple’s for Dad, White’s for Mom, Us and this cancer just can’t get along,” the purpl

U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta on Friday introduced legislation requiring the departments of Homeland Security and Education to establish security standards and guidelines that schools can use to best protect their students and teachers. Barletta, R-11, Hazleton,

DALLAS ­— Over 100 people assembled with members of the Misericordia University community Saturday to witness the rededication of its historic archway during Alumni Weekend. Surrounded by alumni, campus staff and students, Misericordia University Presiden

The Diocese of Scranton received a state grand jury report that outlines how it and five other Roman Catholic dioceses across Pennsylvania handled decades of sexual abuse allegations against priests. In an email, Diocese of Scranton spokesman Bill Genello

WILKES-BARRE — Quality-of-life violations dropped nearly 40 percent from last year in the same city neighborhoods, data shows. Code and health inspectors spent one day in each of the last five weeks walking through the same city neighborhoods they did beg

DALLAS TWP. — Martin Barry has seen the dead trees in Dallas Twp. They’re ash trees, infected by an invasive insect and a potential danger to travelers on the township’s roads. Township officials first noticed the problem last year. Over the winter and in

State military officials are trying to track down photos of two Luzerne County soldiers killed during the Vietnam War as part of a project to show the faces of all Pennsylvanians killed during the war. Officials are looking for photos of Private 1st Class

WILKES-BARRE — A man accused of opening fire on a loaded vehicle during a dispute over a parking spot and shooting a passenger in the head pleaded guilty Friday to aggravated assault and was immediately sentenced to up to 13 years in prison. Lizandy A. “L

WILKES-BARRE — Registered nurses at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital returned to the picket line Friday after they were informed Thursday night they are locked out until Tuesday. Nurses said Community Health Systems, the for-profit Tennessee-based company th

WILKES-BARRE — The Plains Twp. forgery suspect entwined in a mysterious arson case waived her right to a preliminary hearing Friday while maintaining her innocence. Linasheri D’Onofrio, 50, will stand trial on two counts each of forgery and theft alleging

The family of a longtime Scranton Prep staffer, who died after an accident during a 2016 football game, sued the Valley View School District and its football stadium contractors and engineers for neglecting to comply with field standards. Anthony L. “Taps

EXETER — Veteran police officer Leonard Galli was properly fired last summer for continuing to use his work computer for personal business, an arbitrator ruled Thursday. Arbitrator Ralph H. Colflesh Jr. rejected a union grievance the Exeter police officer

The Dallas Twp. Police Department will introduce Pastor Matthew Jonathan Tarr as its new chaplain at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the municipal building. On the same night, officer Taylor Dunn will receive the Life Saving Award and officer John Mendygral will be giv