This outlet’s coverage of Lackawanna County, including Scranton and the surrounding communities, tracks crime, courts, and local institutions in the county. As part of this outlet’s broader Local coverage across northeastern Pennsylvania, Lackawanna County reporting focuses on cases and stories other outlets in the county aren’t tracking closely, including matters moving through county courts that get little other press attention. If it happens in Lackawanna County and it’s of public interest, we’ll cover it — check back here to stay current.
The surveillance system Scranton wants to build next to City Hall was designed for the occupied West Bank, refined on Palestinians, and is maintained today by engineers in Tel Aviv. Axon is the storefront. Israel is the back office. The Pocono Review reported in July that the old Fidelity Bank branch at 334-346 N. Washington...
Archbald, Pennsylvania has six proposed data center campuses, four active court cases, and a borough manager who admitted in writing that he drew the zoning map from developer property lines. Here's what residents weren't told — and who knew it first.
In February 2026, Politico reported that Scranton is buying a building from Fidelity Bank with her husband's uncle on the board. Every outlet ran with it. Then everyone moved on. We pulled the SEC proxy, the vote record, the FBI crime data, and a congressman's financial disclosures — and found ten things the story missed, starting with what the building actually is.
The legal fight over “Project Gold” — the proposed 1,000-acre data center campus straddling Clifton and Covington townships along Interstate 380 — has entered a new phase, and the families leading the opposition are asking the community to help fund it. For those catching up, here is a recap: Judge Mark Powell of the Lackawanna...
Scranton man Tara Glan sentenced to 43.5 to 97 years after pleading guilty to raping four children and an intellectually disabled woman over five years at Ray of Hope Church in Taylor, Lackawanna County.
Tara Glan raped children at a church in Taylor, Pennsylvania for five years. He also raped a woman with a documented intellectual disability — roughly 18 times, eight of them inside the church itself, 10 more in the church van after he dropped off the other passengers and she was alone with him. He pleaded...
Tara Glan raped children at a church in Taylor, Pennsylvania for five years. He also raped a woman with a documented intellectual disability. He was a van driver and youth group leader at Ray of Hope Church, and investigators say he used that access to reach every victim. He pleaded guilty on February 2 before...
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport is growing for the first time in years. But its two county owners can't stop fighting long enough to sign a federal agreement worth $21 million.
A 20-foot sinkhole swallowed a Honda in a Blakely driveway Dec. 27 as mine subsidence strikes Lackawanna County again. Wayne County border communities like Lake Ariel also sit near abandoned mines.
Scranton's $115.5M budget holds taxes flat for fourth time in six years while ending century-old split tax system amid Lackawanna County's first reassessment since 1968.