SCRANTON, Pa. -- The four remaining members of Scranton City Council picked a fifth member on Wednesday.
After a round of public interviews, council voted 3-1 to appoint Scranton attorney Mary Walsh-Dempsey to the seat.
She was picked from a pool of nine candidates.
Walsh-Dempsey will serve until January to fill the remainder of Wayne Evans' term.
Evans was appointed mayor after the resignation and guilty plea of Bill Courtright.