Joe Kohut

Police beat/investigations team reporter for the Scranton Times-Tribune. New Jersey native. U of S grad. || [phone] || [email protected]

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Large police presence at the corner of Ash Street and Capouse Avenue. Police tape cordoned off Pop’s Tires and an adjacent barbershop. Police have two men in handcuffs.

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@amichris2 Hi! I was working on a story about this. Would you be willing to give me a call? 570-348-9100 ext. 5187. Ty!

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A crowd of President Biden’s supporters have gathered in front of his childhood home on North Washington Avenue

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Scranton Firefighters are on scene of a massive blaze in West Side. #nepa911

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Are you a college student who is back to living w their parents to ride out COVID-19? Are you a parent whose children returned home to finish their college semester? Do you have strong feelings about it? DM me for a story I'm working on or email [email protected]

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Hey folks from the Scranton area: Do you vape? Has the recent coronavirus made you rethink the habit? Let me know: [email protected].

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A fire marshal just brought up additional sheets. Even more people are on the landing.

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The coroner is ascending the ladder to the cleared out landing on the third floor. He is carrying white cloth.

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Firefighters appear to have spotted something on the third floor. An excavator cleared out some rubble and the ladder holding the searchers is being lowered for a closer look.

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Firefighters are using heavy machinery to search for three people reported unaccounted after a large fire in Dunmore. The machinery is digging through the building while a firefighter on a ladder scans the rubble.

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Moosic police have been here at Oakwood Terrace for well over an hour. No word on what for. At one point, there were five police vehicles here.

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Three accounting firms submit proposals to #Scranton for outside #audit of the city's employee gasoline credit cards https://t.co/R8C0GztVzE

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Fire investigators are back on the scene of yesterday’s fatal fire.

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#BREAKING Scranton Police Chief Carl Graziano says the missing 13-year-old has been found deceased in the kitchen of the burned home. He informed the boy’s family at 12:20 p.m.

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Heavy machinery is sifting through rubble as the search continues.

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Half of the house has come down. Investigators are searching.

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A 13-year-old boy remains missing following a fire this morning at Wayne Avenue and William Street.

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Scranton gas card billing records full of mistakes, discrepancies. Latest report from myself and ⁦@jlockwoodTT⁩ https://t.co/e2RmyReSEg

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Mayor: Scranton fire chief must reimburse city for improperly using city gas card - News - The Times-Tribune

The fire chief will not be fired. https://t.co/DHtOpss5Ij

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BREAKING: Veteran journalist Cokie Roberts, one of NPR's longest-running and most recognizable voices, has died. She was 75.

Roberts helped shape the public broadcaster's sound and culture at a time when few women held prominent roles in journalism.
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