The Scranton Times

The former mayor of Scranton, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison on charges that he shook down businesses for bribes and campaign contributions

A Pennsylvania woman has told police she was sexually assaulted by a man resembling Santa Claus.

Calling the case “an American tragedy,” a federal judge has sentenced a heroin dealer to serve more than two decades in prison for his role in the overdose death of a 20-year-old Pennsylvania man.

A woman has been fired from her job as director of a Pennsylvania halfway house following her arrest on charges of drug possession and driving under the influence.

The City Council in former Vice President Joe Biden’s Pennsylvania hometown is trying to stop a state lawmaker from naming a bridge after Biden.

Authorities say an explosion that killed the maintenance manager of a northeastern Pennsylvania borough appears to have been accidental.

Federal prosecutors say a Pennsylvania woman could face a maximum term of life in prison after admitting that she supplied the heroin that led to her best friend’s fatal overdose.

The University of Scranton has finished its investigation into alleged hazing involving its men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs.

Police in northeastern Pennsylvania say a woman broke her month-old daughter’s leg and then lied about it to police.

Teachers in the Scranton School District in northeastern Pennsylvania have gone on strike.

Authorities in northeastern Pennsylvania say a Scranton police officer was critically injured while helping to apprehend a suspect after an early morning robbery.

A pilot is recovering after the single-propeller plane he was trying to land in northeastern Pennsylvania crashed into a swampy area near the runway.

A northeastern Pennsylvania woman has pleaded guilty to charges she was drunk, texting and under the influence of prescription pills when she crashed her SUV into a car and killed a Good Samaritan.

Police say an 82-year-old man fatally shot his son in the head during a fight before committing suicide at their Pennsylvania home.