Scranton Metro News

The weather and river were perfect for the 20th annual Duck Derby. It's an event to raise money for the American Cancer Society.

Hot dogs are as diverse as those who eat them, featuring a variety of different toppings and condiments.

Judi and Clifford Gibson spent their Saturday morning cleaning blood off of their sidewalk in Wilkes-Barre. Judi said, "Blood was pooled all the way from up the street all the way down here - 'round the corner ...

By Tom Ragan Staff Writer Three men are facing armed robbery charges in connection with the Wednesday morning hold-up of a gas station and convenience store on West Broad Street in Hazleton.

A man from Luzerne County has been charged with kidnapping a child and sexually assaulting her.

A district judge bound over to Luzerne County Court two counts of criminal homicide charges against a Hazleton man accused of gunning down two men in the early morning hours of July 30 at Seventh and Carson ...

Current and former employees of Pennsylvania's gambling regulatory board were among witnesses called to testify Monday at a closed hearing to determine whether a special prosecutor should be appointed to ...

Members of the "Keystone State Skinheads" at a forum sponsored in part by the "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People." It happened in Wilkes-Barre yesterday.

Aaron Baxter didn't deserve to die. He should have been locked up and given the chance to redeem his life.

Another loss to center city Wilkes-Barre. A building not only noted for the holiness within...but also it's magnificent architecture....is expected to close by the end of August.

Administrators at Geisinger Health System have announced changes at two of its hospitals in Wilkes-Barre which will result in the loss of 400 jobs at those facilities.

The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania , alleges that the defendants, Gerard Joyce , Katie Joyce , Daniel Joyce , Normandy Holdings LLC, Lofts at the Mill LP, and ...

A man may be charged in connection with a crash that killed his father and another man Tuesday night in Lycoming County.

By Kelly Monitz Staff Writer A Conyngham man turned down a friend's offer to play miniature golf, instead breaking into his Hazleton home Monday night, according to court papers.

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -- AT&T cell phone customers affected by two recent service outages may be able to get a break on their bills.

After a day of downing six, 22-ounce cans of Colt-45 malt liquor, a couple of shots of vodka and doing a line of coke, Heather Breeland, of Hazleton went to bed and fell asleep.

A key figure in a corruption case involving the Henry County Sheriff's Department is scheduled to be released from prison July 4. Former Sheriff H. Franklin Cassell has been serving an eight-month sentence at a ...

This fall Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, PA and Discovery Education , which produces digital media-based learning, are launching a new online master's degree program in instructional media .

Shots fired in the hallway on the second floor building 332 in the Sherman Hills Apartment Complex in Wilkes Barre last night....a young man was fatally wounded.

The South Carolina Democratic Party is losing its executive director. Joe Werner said Thursday he's heading to Pennsylvania to run a U.S. House race in his hometown of Wilkes-Barre. In that race, U.S. Rep.