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Every night before she falls asleep, Annette McKeon kisses a picture of her daughter.

A local attorney campaigning for judge has refused to discuss details of an arbitration award he received for an injury in a 2005 wreck, including his ties to a judge who appointed one of the arbitrators and whether his injury might preclude him from serving out a 10-year term on the Lackawanna...

A new air traffic control tower is inbound to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport, and if cleared for funding, it will eliminate the facility’s need for its old terminal building, an official said.

City detectives on Thursday were investigating a reported abduction and beating overnight in West Scranton that left a Madison Twp. man seriously injured.

Arguing he found a witness who will clear his name, Republican mayoral candidate Bob Bolus has filed court papers seeking the reversal of his 1991 felony convictions that jeopardize his ability to serve if elected.

Driving to work in West Side, Donna Healey used to take the long way around just to avoid Oram Street.

OLD FORGE — A new sign at a “gentlemen’s club” on North Keyser Avenue was meant to attract attention to the business, but one woman thinks its silhouettes of two women hanging from the poles goes overboard.

Peter Earley had worried for years that there was something wrong with his son, Michael.

Supporters see a savior restoring the pride and promise of a fallen city. Critics see a charlatan who mortgaged Scranton’s future for political gain. Early in his first term, Mayor Chris Doherty convinced 70 percent of voters to back his recovery plan. ...

The two candidates vying to be Scranton Tax Collector both say they can be the strong leader the Single Tax Office needs to continue a cleanup of an office in disarray.

When his aunt was undergoing surgery for kidney cancer, Aaron Yarosh, 16, learned that small gifts can provide significant comfort for families in pain. Now, he has gathered his own small gifts.

The trial of two Shenandoah area teens charged in the beating death of an illegal Mexican immigrant begins today, and allegations that the altercation was ethnically charged will again bring international attention to Schuylkill County.