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These 64 PA Big Lots Stores Are Among Nearly 1,000 Closing Nationwide: Here's When These 64 PA Big Lots Stores Are Among Nearly 1,000 Closing Nationwide: Here's When
These 64 PA Big Lots Stores Are Among Nearly 1,000 Closing Nationwide: Here's When Big Lots, the popular discount retailer, is officially going out of business. The company, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September, has announced plans to close all 963 of its remaining stores nationwide, including the remaining 64 locations in Pennsylvania. Big Lots had 73 stores located in the Keystone State when they declared bankruptcy over the summer. More than 6% of all Big Lots were located in the commonwealth, with the most stores located in Texas.  The last day of business is expected to be in mid-February, according to sources familiar with the closures. While offi…

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by Jillian Pikora
Schools
Authorities ID Custodian Found Dead Day Before School Started In Lackawanna County Authorities ID Custodian Found Dead Day Before School Started In Lackawanna County
Authorities ID Custodian Found Dead Day Before School Started In Lackawanna County An 81-year-old man found dead at an elementary school in Lackawanna County has been identified, authorities said on Friday, Sept. 6. The body of Gary Porter, 81, of Dunmore, was discovered on Aug. 27 at Dunmore Elementary Center at 300 W. Warren St. in Dunmore, Lackawanna County Coroner Timothy Rowland told Daily Voice. His death took place one day before the new school year began on Aug. 28. Rowland said he has not issued a ruling on the cause of death pending a police investigation. The custodian passed away while working the night shift at the school, Superintendent John Marichak …

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Second Suspect Charged In Deadly Scranton Shooting Second Suspect Charged In Deadly Scranton Shooting
Second Suspect Charged In Deadly Scranton Shooting Another man is in police custody for the Scranton murder of 36-year-old Benjamin Thompson.  Quamir Robinson was arrested at his Dunmore home on Tuesday, May 21, city police said in a release. He's charged with conspiracy to commit robbery, according to officials.  Authorities have said 36-year-old Thompson was shot to death on Jackson Street on May 14. Twenty-four-year-old Rahjuan Marquel Morgan was arrested two days later for criminal homicide and conspiracy, Daily Voice reported.  "Additional suspects have been identified and are considered fugitives," police said Tue…

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by Mac Bullock
News
COLD CASE: $5,000 Reward Offered In PA Woman's Sudden Disappearance COLD CASE: $5,000 Reward Offered In PA Woman's Sudden Disappearance
Cold CASE: $5,000 Reward Offered In PA Woman's Sudden Disappearance Forty-five years after a Scranton woman vanished, Pennsylvania State Police are on the case.  Authorities say Joanne Williams was 22 years old the last time she was seen on December 7, 1978.  Williams left her East Gibson Street home that night to attend a dance class at a studio in Chinchilla some six miles away, according to investigators. She left the studio around 10 p.m. and was never seen again.  Police said they found her car, a red 1977 Datsun 200 SX with white racing stripes, about a week later, unlocked and abandoned across town at the intersection of&nbs…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Convicted PA Arsonist Torches Roommate's Dad's House, Killing Him: Bucks DA Convicted PA Arsonist Torches Roommate's Dad's House, Killing Him: Bucks DA
Convicted PA Arsonist Torches Roommate's Dad's House, Killing Him: Bucks DA A Lackawanna County man, who was convicted of arson in 2013, was charged for setting a fire at his roommate's parents' home in Bucks County, killing her elderly father inside, authorities said. Christopher G. Gillie, 61, of Dunmore, was charged with murder, attempted murder, aggravated arson, recklessly endangering another person, persons not to possess firearms, and related offenses for the events that led up to the death of 81-year-old Julius Drelick, Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub said Monday. Investigators believe Gillie intentionally set fire to 5777 Private Drive i…

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by Nicole Acosta