Brian Gallagher, a former federal prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice, has been named Lackawanna County District ...

Lackawanna County District Attorney Mark Powell resigned that post Friday and was sworn in as the newest judge on the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas. The swearing in ceremony at the ...

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

Judge Mark Powell gives an interview after being sworn in a courtroom in the Lackawanna County Courthouse in Scranton Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (SEAN MCKEAG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER) Show Caption 1 of 4 ...

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 ...

SCRANTON, Pa. — Former Lackawanna County District Attorney Mark Powell was sworn in at the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas Friday afternoon. The state Senate approved his nomination on ...

Lackawanna County District Attorney Mark Powell, right, stands Monday beside state Sen. Marty Flynn, shortly before addressing the state Senate Judiciary Committee. The committee advanced Powell ...

Scranton Mayor Paige Gebhardt Cognetti will seek another term this year during an election cycle where races for that office, ...

Lackawanna County’s newest judge is now officially on the bench. Mark Powell was sworn-in as judge on the County Court of ...

State lawmakers are moving forward this week with votes to confirm nominees to fill vacant judicial seats in nine counties. But Blair County — which has two vacant seats on its five-member judicial ...