Sep. 1—A group of current and former Lackawanna County Office of Youth and Family Services employees facing criminal prosecution must have their cases dismissed because they are considered legally ...

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 reporters ...

SCRANTON – Lackawanna County plans to contract with about a dozen out-of-county child welfare workers to help reduce a considerable backlog of Office of Youth and Family Services cases. Commissioners ...

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, ...

Aug. 6—Bill Browning is a smart guy. He has an answer for almost everything. The Lackawanna County Department of Health and Human Services director is articulate, experienced and suddenly open to ...

Sometimes, spurring the cavalry to saddle up is a matter of poking the right rumps. In response to Lackawanna County Department of Health and Human Services Director Bill Browning’s desperate plea for ...

Jun. 30—An action plan Lackawanna County Commissioner Chris Chermak ordered for the beleaguered county Office of Youth and Family Services has yet to be finalized. Chermak directed county Department ...

Attorneys who represent two of the Lackawanna County Office of Youth and Family Services employees whose quashed criminal cases are heading to a higher court said Monday they plan to broach the ...

SCRANTON, Pa. — Lackawanna County’s child welfare agency is once again fully licensed, the county majority commissioners announced Monday. The announcement ends more than a year of the county Office ...