Scranton

Scranton police are investigating a stabbing that left three people wounded at a downtown apartment building Tuesday evening.

Scranton City Council voted Tuesday to approve Geisinger’s zoning changes that will allow for its expansion in the city.

On this week's News Voices, WVIA's Sarah Hofius Hall and Borys Krawczeniuk talk about a recent visit to Scranton by Ukrainian Army veterans, who pleaded for more American military aid to fight Russia.

Both Wilkes-Barre and Scranton have found alternative partners for the Code Blue program that was previously organized by Keystone Mission in both cities.

Mehmet Oz, also known by his television persona ‘Dr. Oz,' visited Scranton in his role as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator with U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan to talk about federal efforts to address health care shortages and costs. Sen. Dave McCormick, meanwhile, visited the Wyoming County Healthcare Center in Tunkhannock to tour the facility and meet executive leadership.

President Donald Trump will visit Northeast Pennsylvania on Tuesday for the first time since his election last year, a White House official confirmed Thursday.

The Cypress House Bakery at St. Luke's Episcopal Church will start its workplace training program for formerly incarcerated people in January. Community members can tour its new kitchen on Friday in Scranton.

This season's first signifcant winter storm has moved out of Northeast Pennsylvania after dumping several inches of snow around the region, but intense cold is expected in the coming days.

December 1, 2025– Toyota of Scranton will host a blood drive tomorrow in honor of Giving Tuesday, to raise money and fortify blood donations in support of two employees’ family members. The state budget has a new fund for neurodegenerative disease research, and a Lackawanna County lawmaker helped lead the charge. And, a Luzerne County nonprofit brings together the region’s older adults and disadvantaged with soup.

On this week's News Voices, WVIA's Roger DuPuis and Lydia McFarlane talk about the No One Dies Alone program, which partners Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine students with patients at Allied Services Hospice facilities in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre.