Jul. 24—The Lackawanna County district attorney's office is weaponizing the justice system to hold child protective services workers criminally responsible for decisions with which it disagrees ...

This announcement comes over a year after OYFS was downgraded from a full to provisional license in 2023.

They stood behind majority Commissioners Bill Gaughan and Matt McGloin, a couple dozen key players whose vital work is done outside the spotlight. Media outlets from across the region sent ...

Opinion OYFS failure calls for more than arrests A Scranton police prisoner transport van is parked Tuesday on Wyoming Avenue at the Lackawanna County Government Center. (Borys Krawczeniuk/Staff ...

Sep. 1—Lackawanna County Judge James Gibbons did not issue an immediate ruling Friday regarding the fate of prosecutions against five current and former Office of Youth and Family Services ...

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Beverly Mackereth, a consultant hired to turn around Lackawanna County's struggling Office of Youth and Family Services, has no illusions about the task ahead. "There's not a quick fix," Mackereth ...

During the summer, the county signed agreements with five attorneys hired to represent current and former OYFS workers who Scranton police and county detectives accused of putting children in ...

In an email, William Browning, director of the county’s Department of Health and Human Services, under whose authority OYFS falls, said removing children from the home is a traumatic experience.

Defense attorneys in OYFS child endangerment cases seek dismissal of charges, accuse DA’s office of ‘weaponization’ of justice system ...

Jul. 24—The Lackawanna County district attorney's office is weaponizing the justice system to hold child protective services workers criminally responsible for decisions with which it disagrees ...