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SCRANTON — A city man faces felony and other charges for selling crack cocaine.

Scranton police responding Wednesday to a reported West Side burglary found a dead man with a stab wound leaning against a blood-covered tub, his body cold to the touch and

A woman died after being struck by a motorcycle while trying to put a tire in her car along I-81 North in Lackawanna County, the coroner says.Lackawanna County

Scrantons, Wilkes-Barres and Hazletons police departments will share in $155,662 in federal money that will pay for law enforcement initiatives, U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwrights office announced.

The Giant Company aims to help fight local hunger by hosting Fill a Plate — a food drive to benefit area food banks and pantries.

A grand opening for the Dicks Warehouse Sale store in the Green Ridge Plaza will be held this weekend.

SCRANTON — The city asked about 176 tax-exempt entities to consider making payments in lieu of taxes this year.

In other business Tuesday, Scranton City Council:

As his daughter defends Israel from Hamas, Carbondale native Joshua Aaron Manarchuck will use his music Wednesday night to support the embattled nation from afar.

Dominic Saadi is a Maronite Christian of Lebanese descent. He is a husband, father and local business owner, a proud pacifist and a prolific contributor to letters to the editor