David Singleton

A 24-year-old Clarks Summit man assaulted his girlfriend, throwing her onto a bed and threatening her with a knife, borough police said.

Jun. 27—SCRANTON — A former Carbondale man will spend 18 months to five years in state prison for sexually abusing a 7-year-old girl. Kevin Jamerson Bennett was sentenced Tuesday by Lackawanna County Judge Margaret Bisignani Moyle for his Jan. 5 guilty plea to one count unlawful contact with a minor. The Times-Tribune does not identify victims of sexual assault. Carbondale police filed charges ...

The Lackawanna County Department of Parks & Recreation will offer two soccer clinics for youths 5 to 14 years old this month in cooperation with Riverfront Sports and Riverfront United.

The Lackawanna County Department of Parks & Recreation will team up with Riverfront Sports and NEPA Elite to offer two outdoor youth basketball clinics this month at McDade Park.

City fire and police searched the Lackawanna River on Monday morning after receiving a report of a possible body in the water.

Pennsylvania American Water issued a boil water advisory Thursday for customers in part of Jermyn because of a water main break along Rushbrook Road.

A Lackawanna County Court jury acquitted a Dickson City man on charges he sexually assaulted a woman two years ago.

Northbound and southbound motorists on Interstate 81 may encounter lane restrictions Wednesday in Lackawanna and Susquehanna counties for bridge inspections, the state Department of Transportation said.

A Honesdale man assaulted a state trooper who responded to a disturbance at a borough home, state police said.

Pending changes to Pennsylvania’s commercial driver license skills test should make the road a more attainable destination for would-be truck drivers, officials say.