SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) – Lackawanna County leaders made a costly decision by allowing juveniles who’ve ...

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 ...

The Lackawanna County district attorney opposes a request by Office of Youth and Family Services workers for the state’s highest court to review their case. District Attorney Brian Gallagher filed a ...

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 ...

Bill and Kerry Browning are a package deal. The Lackawanna County Human Services Director and his wife – Browning’s deputy at the Office of Youth and Family Services – are also in charge of a ...

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 ...

SCRANTON – Lackawanna County is shuttering its fledgling health department and redirecting resources to reinvent the way it serves vulnerable children and families. Commissioners Bill Gaughan and Matt ...

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 ...

Before he was removed from his mother’s custody, the 9-year-old boy suffered most of his life in homes polluted by animal excrement and insects. Food was scarce. When he went to live with Desirae ...

A Lackawanna County Court judge threw out charges Friday against five current and former county caseworkers and supervisors charged with failing to protect children from abuse. Judge James Gibbons ...