Keystone College

Fourth graders from Clarks Summit Elementary School in Lackawanna County released rainbow trout they helped raise in the South Branch of the Tunkhannock Creek.

The school in Lackawanna and Wyoming counties can remain open and recruit students again.

The region's first St. Patrick's Day parade of 2025 is set for this weekend in Pittston. A play in Scranton will focus on Irish history, and Keystone College will host its annual sugar shack open house.

After three days of deliberations, jurors convicted Joseph Atsus, Nicholas Dombek on most counts they faced and Damien Boland on all counts against him.

Dawn Trotta said Nicholas Dombek banged on her front door in September 2019, furious that her brother, Thomas, was cooperating with police in widespread thefts.

Lawyers for Nicholas Dombek, Damien Boland and brothers Joseph and Alfred Atsus portray Thomas Trotta as a liar, thief and exploiter of children.

Thomas Trotta also details Keystone College theft, his criminal background and his friendship with other accused ring members.

Trooper Kyle Hnat said he took care to corroborate statements that ring leader Thomas Trotta. Eventually, police dropped him as a confidential informant because he kept committing burglaries, testimony shows.

Testimony begins in Scranton federal trial of four accused members of multi-state theft ring that stole art, sports memorabilia.

Lawyers for suspects and prosecutors will begin choosing a jury in a federal courtroom in Scranton for a trial expected to last at least two weeks.