'Cash mob' at Scranton store boosts business, hopes (11:54PM)

A boisterous and bearded Matty Mailler frantically bagged groceries as dozens of people crowded around his register with chips, candies and ice cream. Around 30 people flooded into Matty’s, a corner store in Scranton’s West Side, Thursday evening as part of a cash mob, similar to a flash mob but aimed at supporting small businesses. (read more)
Scranton 2015 budget raises taxes 19 percent
Photo: Christopher Dolan, License: N/A, Created: 2014:10:31 09:01:52 Scranton Mayor Bill Courtright on Wednesday proposed a $107.4 million budget for 2015 with a 19 percent increase in property taxes. (read more)
Video: World's Tallest, Smallest Men Meet
Photo: N/A, License: N/A The world's tallest and shortest living men met for the first time in London on Thursday as part of an event to mark the 60th anniversary of Guinness World Records. (read more)
Eric Frein look-alike gets wheels, thanks to online fundraising
Photo: N/A, License: N/A, Created: 2014:11:11 23:36:07 James Tully — the Pocono area man who says he was frequently mistaken by police for Eric Frein, the suspect in the fatal shooting of a Pennsylvania State Police trooper — now has a car thanks to an online fundraising campaign. (read more)
Blooming Grove police barracks reopens two months after ambush
Photo: N/A, License: N/A, Created: 2014:11:12 10:58:29 BLOOMING GROVE TWP. — Two trees rise from the forest floor forming a V, each trunk slashed with a line of orange spray paint to mark the spot a manhunt began. The front door to the Blooming Grove state police barracks is 82 yards away. (read more)
Concrete firms install new sidewalks at home of slain trooper
Photo: N/A, License: N/A Bart Sacco of Concrete Texturing Tool & Supply and Kingdom Products in Throop saw the news reports of the ambush killing of a Pennsylvania State Trooper and recognized the victim, Cpl. Bryon Dickson II. (read more)
State police confident Frein statements won't be suppressed
Photo: Michael J. Mullen/AP, License: N/A An attorney who was denied access to ambush suspect Eric Matthew Frein immediately following his arrest thinks Mr. Frein has a viable argument to challenge the admission of statements made to police without counsel present. The U.S. Supreme Court and stat (read more)
Kane fires, disciplines employees over porn emails
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Attorney General Kathleen Kane said Wednesday four of her employees have been fired and 11 suspended without pay for involvement in a pornographic email scandal that also prompted a state Supreme Court justice to step down. (read more)
Lackawanna County controller flags project bidding
Photo: PAMELA SUCHY, License: N/A Lackawanna County government has paid for millions of dollars’ worth of goods, services and project cost overruns over the last six years without following proper procedures to protect taxpayers, according to an audit Controller Gary DiBileo released Wednesday. (read more)
Collins: Things get uglier for NCAA regarding Penn State probe
Photo: Matt Rourke/AP, License: N/A Nine days after Penn State officials announced the hiring of former FBI director Louis Freeh to lead the “independent” investigation into the university’s actions in regard to the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal, Freeh received a request. (read more)
DEP to fine DeNaples firm over July fuel oil spill
Photo: N/A, License: N/A, Created: 2014:07:16 09:41:39 State environmental regulators plan to fine Dunmore businessmen Louis and Dominick DeNaples after a fuel oil leak on their property spread to the Lackawanna River in July. (read more)
Highmark deal could aid Blue Cross members
Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania members likely will see lower premium increases and improved quality of care if the insurer joins health insurance giant Highmark Inc., an economist who analyzed the proposal said Wednesday. (read more)
Probation for man who stole dying veteran’s crucifix
Photo: N/A, License: N/A, Created: 2014:01:15 14:00:01 A nurse’s aide who stole a gold crucifix necklace from a dying veteran last year at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Plains Twp. has avoided jail time. (read more)

The Hunt for Eric Matthew Frein
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Dynamic overview of the search for the man accused of the State Police Shooting at Blooming Grove including photos videos and links
Chris Kelly: Kane keeps shooting self in foot
Photo: N/A, License: N/A Enemies have been gunning for Kathleen Kane since she took office. None has had better aim than the state attorney general herself. (read more)
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