Lackawanna County District Attorney Mark Powell will be the next judge on the county Court of Common Pleas. The state Senate voted 44-4 on Tuesday to approve Powell’s nomination and those of several ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro nominated Democratic Lackawanna County District Attorney Mark Powell to fill a vacant county judgeship ...

The state Senate Judiciary Committee approved Mark Powell's nomination, setting up a confirmation vote this week ...

Gilbert Bates was getting madder by the minute. The 31-year-old farmer was chewing the fat with a neighbor in November 1867.

The Atlanta Braves recently missed out on free agent Jack Flaherty, but they could quickly pivot to Michael King as a ...

Walk in another man's shoes takes on a whole new meaning with this very interesting and patriotic tale of compassion and ...

J. Mark Powell is VP of Communications at Ivory Tusk Consulting, a former TV journalist and author of the political thriller “Tell It Like Tupper.” The opinions are the writer's.

When Brockway’s Sophia Schmader’s running 3-pointer from the top of the key failed to draw iron just before the final buzzer, ...

J. Mark Powell is a novelist, former TV journalist and diehard history buff. Have a historical mystery that needs solving? A forgotten moment worth remembering? Please send it to HolyCow@ ...

On the Brookville Lady Raiders basketball team’s Pink Out Night for cancer awareness, it was time to build some momentum for ...

A local task force is in the early stages of potentially saving more than a dozen Houston County volunteer fire departments. These efforts could potentially see ...

Despite being little more than the answer to trivia questions today, Vaughn Meader was a pioneer who paved the way for ...