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Armed Officers Imbedded in Riverside Schools
TAYLOR — Students at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut will head back to class Thursday for the first time since last month’s deadly shootings. Here at home, students in a school district...
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Suspected Computer Thief Caught On Camera
TAYLOR — Surveillance video shows the man cops believe walked out of store with two computers in Lackawanna County. Officers released video of the crime at Walmart in Taylor around 10:45 a.m. Tuesday....
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Driver Pleads Guilty to Murder Afer Fatal Wreck
LACKAWANNA COUNTY — The driver who caused a deadly wreck last summer admits she was drunk when she collided with another car in Taylor last summer. Lackawanna County prosecutors believe this is the...
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Suspected Computer Thief Caught On Camera
TAYLOR — Authorities believe two men are stealing computers from a store in Lackawanna County. Taylor police released surveillance video of one of the suspects. They said it happened on Monday and...
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Police Nab Suspected Computer Thief
TAYLOR — A man arrested for a theft from Best Buy has admitted stealing two computers from a Walmart in Lackawanna County, according to police. John Whitlock, 31, of Scranton was arrested Thursday for...
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Farewell To A Firefighter In Lackawanna County
TAYLOR — A firefighter who lost his battle with cancer got quite a sendoff by his fellow firefighters Thursday in Lackawanna County: a procession through Taylor. Capt. Dennis Owens was only 39 when...
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Decades of Making the Perfect Potato Pancake
TAYLOR — Many Christians observing Good Friday make their meals a tradition. One woman has been providing such a traditional meal for 70 years, running the kitchen for her church’s potato pancake sale...
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Taylor Bridge Project Continues
TAYLOR — Construction crews in part of Lackawanna County are getting ready to put some bridge beams in place. Contractors plan to set those beams Tuesday on the Main Street Bridge in Taylor. Crews are...
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Fire At Taylor Businesses
TAYLOR — The owner of a laundromat and car wash in Lackawanna County used a garden hose to put out a fire at the businesses before firefighters arrived. Firefighters think an electrical problem sparked...
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Taste Test: Veggie Tortilla and Sweet Potato Chips
Chips are a common snack that many of us munch on during the day or choose to have for a quick snack to hold us over for dinner, but a lot of the time the chips we choose may not be the healthiest....
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Officer Injured, Two Face Drug Charges After Chase
TAYLOR — About 45 minutes after a Scranton Police officer made a traffic stop just over the city line in Taylor, a handful of officers were left scouring an embankment, looking through the brush for...
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‘Drawn’ to Helping Others
TAYLOR – Linda DuBorgel has been ‘Drawn to Art’ and shares her passion with kids here at her home studio in Taylor. “I consider myself extremely lucky to do what I do, because not only do I enjoy it,...
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Police: Missing 12-Year-Old Girl Found
A 12-year-old girl that was reported missing on Saturday night in Lackawanna County, has been found, according to police. Police were asking for the community’s help to locate Courtney Kilvitis. She...
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Sketch Released After Abduction Attempt
TAYLOR — Police in Lackawanna County released a sketch of a man they say tried to abduct a 13-year-old girl. Police tell us the man pulled up alongside the teenager Sunday in the 100 block of Keyser...
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Decades In Prison For Deadly DUI Crash
SCRANTON — A woman from Lackawanna County admitted causing a deadly crash and pleaded guilty to charges of third degree murder. On Monday, she learned she’ll be heading to prison for a long time....
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Gas Leak At Bridge Project Capped
TAYLOR — Crews raced to the scene of a natural gas leak in Lackawanna County around noon Tuesday. Officials with PennDOT say the leak started when a crew working on the Main Avenue bridge project in...
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UPDATE: Three Charged In Horrific Death Of Family Member
TAYLOR — Authorities in Lackawanna County filed murder charges Wednesday against three women they believe neglected a family member with Down syndrome, causing his death. Prosecutors in Lackawanna...
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Avoiding Neglect: Help Is Available
SCRANTON — People across the area are reacting to the story of a mother and her daughters charged with murder in the death of a family member. Not only because of what police say the family did but...
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Gensiak Relative Reacts To Murder Charges
TAYLOR — A day after a mother and her two daughters were arrested in Lackawanna County for allegedly allowing their family member to “rot to death,” a relative is speaking out. She says Robert Gensiak,...
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Accused Family Members Took Part In Taste Test
TAYLOR — Family members accused of causing the death of Robert Gensiak took part in a story Newswatch 16 did a few weeks before he died. Susan Gensiak and her daughter Joan were interviewed by...
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