Scranton Times-Tribune

Company takes control of former deaf school campus in Scranton, Dunmore

A company recently took control of the former Scranton State School for the Deaf campus in Green Ridge after completing a lengthy foreclosure.

Roofs get repairs at the campus of the former Scranton State School for the deaf in Green Ridge on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO)

Then-Lackawanna County Commissioner Debi Domenick speaks Jan. 3, 2023, during the commissioners’ reorganization meeting at the Lackawanna County Government Center in Scranton. (FILE PHOTO)

Former Commissioner Domenick alleges sex-based discrimination, retaliation

Calvin Polachek gave an emotional address to a crowd at the Kentucky State Capitol earlier this year, delivering a harrowing of surviving a mass shooting that killed his best friend, brother and nine others at Dallas High School. (FOX 56 News WDKY)

Dallas grad under fire for mass shooting claim met with Shapiro about gun violence in 2019

The Lackawanna County Government Center in Scranton on Friday, March 28, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)

Lackawanna County’s bond rating lowered one notch, but outlook stable

Gary Ruby recounts his time in and around baseball. (TIMES-TRIBUNE FILE)

As always in the ballpark, Ruby comfortable in new role as liaison

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Crime and Public Safety

Scranton man accused of stomping cat to death

SCRANTON — A 20-year-old Scranton man stomped a cat to death on Wednesday, Scranton police charge. Noah Gillis is facing a felony charge of aggravated cruelty to animals. According to the criminal complaint: Police responded to an area of Parker...

Local News

Jen Broyan talks about the farm’s strawberry crop and weather and how the rain has effected the crop while touring the Zenith Road field In Nescopeck on Thursday, May 29, 2025.(John Haeger / Staff Photographer)

Strawberry fields aren’t forever

As Jen Broyan walked through her field, she pointed to clumps of strawberries starting to redden but also strips of black plastic where no plants grew.

High School Sports

Abington Heights’ Conner Abel tosses the ball during the baseball game at Abington Heights in Clarks Summit on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (REBECCA PARTICKA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)

D2 CLASS 5A BASEBALL CAPSULE: Abington Heights vs. Pittston Area

Class 5A 1-Pittston Area (21-0) vs. 2-Abington Heights (17-4) When: Thursday, 4:30 p.m. Where: Wilkes University ission: Tickets must be purchased online through Hometown Ticketing. Go to piaad2.org, click on the link and find the game you’d like to attend....