Lackawanna Historical Society

Deliberations scheduled to resume Thursday in the trial of accused theft ring members Nicholas Dombek, Damien Boland and Joseph and Alfred Atsus.

Closing arguments held Tuesday in federal art and memorabilia trial.

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

Presiding judge says the case will last into February. Prosecutors say the theft ring operated in six states and the District of Columbia between 1999 and 2019 and collected hundreds of thousands in loot.

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.

President Joe Biden often speaks about his birthplace, Scranton. The Lackawanna Historical Society has taken on a new project, getting others to talk about the president’s time in the city. The society is working on an oral history of the 46th president along with the history of Scranton during his lifetime.

The owners of the Ritz Theater are inviting guests to see the newly renovated space with an affordable $1 movie series in partnership with Coca-Cola.

The region’s past was stored on Penn Avenue in Scranton for over 100 years. The future of that history was uncertain when the Times-Tribune newspaper and its three sister papers sold in September. Now, the Lackawanna Historical Society and Scranton Public Library are the owners of the archives that date back to the late 1800s.