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The developer purchased over 500 acres of land in the township this month. -
![Downtown Scranton resident Rose Barclay talks about using a water tanker set up at Linden Street and North Washington Avenue on Monday evening, July 2, 2026 during a water break nearby. Barclay said her son is on the Autism spectrum and routine handwashing is essential to him. 'He washes his hands probably 100 times a day, and I don't want to [him] feel overwhelmed. So I'm a mom. I'll go collect water,' said Barclay who also said she needs the water for cooking.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/7fe58f8/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3662x2040+0+55/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F17%2F22%2F46721e054e1b8cf29a5090b11463%2F072726watertanker.jpg)
The latest as of Monday night: Pa. American water expects to complete repairs by 9 a.m. Tuesday; city and county buildings expected to reopen later Tuesday morning. -
It's Monday, July 27. Today on Up to Date: state grants for farmers, summer program for students, Lackawanna County crime and Community Connections. -
State police charged Stacy Wayne Mann of Dickson City in Lackawanna County this week with threatening to kill President Donald Trump and other local elected officials, police and Jews. -
The East Region Junior Little League Softball Championship started Thursday in Nanticoke. The Pennsylvania State Major Baseball Tournament starts Monday in Jenkins Twp. -
Josh Castellani, the executive assistant to Lackawanna County Commissioner Thom Welby, resigned Monday amid Electric City Trolley Museum Manager Chris Calvey's accusation of political "strong-arming" in the county Democratic Party officer election last week. -
On today's update to date, data center protest, PJM grid, Pa. updates its measles dashboard and a shooting in Scranton -
The 2026 Solemn Novena to St. Ann continues this week at St. Ann’s Basilica on St. Ann Street in West Scranton. -
The Lackawanna County coroner on Monday identified last week's West Scranton shooting victim as city resident Clinton Thornton-Hill, 39. -
Coroner Tim Rowland said the 39-year-old Scranton man died at the Geisinger Community Medical Center emergency department at about 8:30 p.m. Friday.
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![Downtown Scranton resident Rose Barclay talks about using a water tanker set up at Linden Street and North Washington Avenue on Monday evening, July 2, 2026 during a water break nearby. Barclay said her son is on the Autism spectrum and routine handwashing is essential to him. 'He washes his hands probably 100 times a day, and I don't want to [him] feel overwhelmed. So I'm a mom. I'll go collect water,' said Barclay who also said she needs the water for cooking.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e4c1d6f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3662x2040+0+55/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F17%2F22%2F46721e054e1b8cf29a5090b11463%2F072726watertanker.jpg)
