Bats beat Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 11-6 (Louisville Courier-Journal)
The Louisville Bats pounded Scranton/Wilkes-Barre for eight runs in the second inning and coasted to an 11-6 win this afternoon at Louisville Slugger Field.
Van strikes bicycle in Scranton, killing rider (Centre Daily Times)
A bicyclist is dead after being struck by a van while crossing a street in Scranton.
ceremonies mark construction of Scranton Redevelopment project! (PAHomePage.com)
Governor Ed Rendell joined city officials and local developers to celebrate construction on a major downtown Scranton redevelopment project.
A call for public service at Scranton's annual Armed Forces Weel Lincheon. (PAHomePage.com)
More than 400 people,many of them veterans,turned out for the annual Armed Forces Week Luncheon in Scranton on Wednesday. The featured speaker, Pennsylvania Air National Guard Col. Frank J. Sullivan, told the gathering that everyone ought to be involved in some form of public service.
Van strikes bicycle in Scranton, killing rider (WFMJ Youngstown)
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) - A bicyclist is dead after being struck by a van while crossing a street in Scranton. Police say 47-year-old Alfonso Chara was riding across the street under the Steve & Barrys Bridge at the Mall at Steamtown when he was struck. He was dragged about 70 feet.
Man Hit & Killed on Bicycle in Scranton (PAHomePage.com)
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY- A man was killed in a bicycle accident in Scranton this afternoon. It happened at the corner or Wyoming and Lackawanna Avenues about 4:30 this afternoon. The man on the bike was hit by a 15 passenger van.
Car theft investigators meet in Scranton. (PAHomePage.com)
Law enforcement officers from more than a dozen states are in Scranton for the annual convention of the International Association of Auto Theft Investigators.
Scranton man to face charges he threatened children with loaded gun (Times Leader)
WILKES-BARRE - A Scranton man will face charges in Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas in connection to threatening two children with a gun.
‘Friday Night Fights’ returning to Scranton (The Citizens' Voice)
SCRANTON — Nationally televised boxing is headed back to Scranton. On June 13, ESPN2 will air its popular Friday Night Fights series live from the Lackawanna College Student Union, the old CYC, it was announced during a mid-afternoon press conference with the Lackawanna County commissioners and Scranton Mayor Chris Doherty on Monday afternoon. What’s expected to be a seven- or eight-bout card ...
Amtrak will study extending passenger service from Binghamton to Scranton (The Citizens' Voice)
A move to extend Amtrak passenger railroad service to Binghamton, N.Y., through Scranton could boost Northeastern Pennsylvania’s hopes for train service to metropolitan New York City.
