BY JOSEPH KOHUT, STAFF WRITER / PUBLISHED: JANUARY 12, 2019 SCRANTON — Drug charges filed against the son of Lackawanna County Judge Thomas Munley were withdrawn in court Friday and the 19-year-old instead pleaded guilty to two summary offenses. Logan Munley appeared in Central Court on Friday morning for a scheduled preliminary hearing. He pleaded
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ALLENTOWN, Pa. – ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The families of seven autistic students who were abused by their teacher in a northeastern Pennsylvania classroom have agreed to a $5 million settlement of their federal lawsuit. Former special education teacher Susan Wzorek pleaded no contest to reckless endangerment and spent six weeks in prison in 2005
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It’s been more than a year since a 25-year-old man lost his here on a highway in Lackawanna County. Now we know his family is settling it’s lawsuit with General Motors. Attorneys say the ignition in Jimmy Miller’s GM vehicle shut off while the young man was traveling along the Casey Highway near Carbondale. He
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SCRANTON — A family in Lackawanna County who lost a daughter in a car crash four years ago is among those receiving a settlement from American auto-maker General Motors. General Motors has begun compensating the victims of crashes tied to faulty ignition switches in certain GM models after recalling those 2.6 million vehicles earlier this
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The parents of seven emotional support students in the Scranton School District claim a former teacher abused their children and possibly others, according to court records. Larry Moran Sr., attorney for the parents, said the teacher, Maggie McAndrew, physically, emotionally and verbally abused students in her class at the Charles Sumner Elementary School during the
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SCRANTON, Pa. — A former teacher in Lackawanna County was sentenced Tuesday to almost a year in jail for molesting close to a dozen of his students. The former automotive tech teacher at the Lackawanna County Career Technology Center was sent to jail after a sentencing hearing in Scranton. Richard Humphrey of West Wyoming was
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SCRANTON — Former Lackawanna County Commissioners Randy Castellani and Joseph Corcoran agreed Friday to settle a defamation case against the owners of The Times-Tribune, ending a 13-year legal dispute. The settlement comes two days after a Lackawanna County jury ruled a Jan. 12, 2004, article by former reporter Jennifer Henn falsely reported the men were
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A Lackawanna County jury on Wednesday found a 2004 article that alleged former commissioners Randy Castellani and Joseph Corcoran were uncooperative when they testified before a 2003 grand jury was false. The verdict against the Scranton Times LP, owner of The Times-Tribune, is a key victory for the men, but it does not end the
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The mother of a 21-year-old Blakely man killed when a tractor-trailer struck the disabled vehicle in which he was a passenger filed a lawsuit against the trucking company and two other drivers. Rhonda Walsh is seeking damages for the Jan. 24, 2016, death of her son, James Douglas Walsh. According to the suit: James Walsh
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The federal government agreed to pay $50,000 to settle a federal lawsuit filed by a woman who said she was groped by an administrative law judge with the Social Security administration, according to the woman’s attorney. Alice De Quevedo of Duryea sued Judge Sridhar Boini and the federal government last year, alleging Boini grabbed her
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