Monroe County News

The man killed on Sunday when he was hit by a train while lying on tracks in East Stroudsburg was a homeless man named Scott Salvador, 52, said Monroe County Coroner Dave Thomas.

A sport utility vehicle stuck and killed a 49-year-old Monroe County man doing yard work at the front of his house along Route 196 in the Tobyhanna section of Coolbaugh Township yesterday afternoon.

The lawyer for the man who police said was drunk when he caused the accident that killed Sen.

Charged with driving drunk and killing state Sen. James Rhoades in October, Thomas Senavitis, 45, of Kunkletown, appeared with his attorney Thursday in Monroe County Court to challenge the evidence against him.

The former East Stroudsburg University fundraiser who is accused of plying students with gifts, scholarships and jobs in exchange for unwanted bids at sex wants his alleged victims to be named publicly, according to court filings.

Michael Bartell Jr., 30, of Pocono Summit, will head to Monroe County Court on charges of setting the June 7 fire at Classic Quality Homes on Route 940 in Tobyhanna Township.

A Monroe County man faces 18 months in Northampton County Prison for shooting at a man in April outside a Bangor bar.

Authorities in Monroe County believe a 41-year-old Levittown man charged with robbing a bank in Lower Bucks County last week also robbed the Citizens Bank in Mount Pocono last month.

A northeastern Pennsylvania man who has acknowledged killing a man with a meat cleaver in 2004 is now charged with criminal homicide.

A northeastern Pennsylvania man who has acknowledged killing a man with a meat cleaver in 2004 is now charged with criminal homicide.

A 62-year-old man shot and killed his teenage son on Father's Day after a fight at their home between the victim's girlfriend and his sister, according to court records.

A 19-year-old is dead and state police say he was shot to death by his own father on Father's Day.

Monroe County Commissioners are taking steps to form a county health department.

Monroe County has taken the first steps toward creating a county health department.

A 48 year old Pike County woman died over the weekend from H1N1 influenza virus, better know as the swine flu.

Two men are behind bars in Monroe County after cops say they found heroin in their car during a traffic stop.

I would take a bullet for you. It's a bold declaration that has spilled from the lips of faithful lovers, close-knit family members, devoted friends and others.

In this case a Protection From Abuse order did not work. However, Women's Resources of Monroe County say a PFA does work in most cases.

BRODHEADSVILLE, Pa. - A year and a half ago, George Kitchen of Saylorsburg found three dead dogs alongside a road near his home.

Monday was a tough day for the men and women who wear the blue. A violent shoot-out claimed one of their own Sunday night.