criminal law

JOHNSONBURG — A Johnsonburg woman is facing charges after she allegedly threw a broken plate at a 3-year-old child. Johnsonburg Borough Police charged...

More than 1 million Pennsylvanians rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps, to help pay for food, but the...

SMETHPORT — Marily Woodford McMahon of Kane was convicted following a two-day jury trial at the McKean County Courthouse on firearm violations and cha...

SMETHPORT — Marily Woodford McMahon of Kane was convicted following a two-day jury trial at the McKean County Courthouse on firearm violations and cha...

It was the sort of conduct one usually associates with totalitarian governments: Law enforcement officers swarm a newspaper office and confiscate comp...

There’s a lot of talk among House Republicans about impeaching President Joe Biden. But GOP members disagree on whether there is enough evidence to go...

COUDERSPORT — A Genesee man has been charged with three camp burglaries in Potter County between May 14 and July 17. Justin Brian Fuhrer, 36, of Genes...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — With Congress on its summer recess, we’ve gotten a bit of a break from Republicans’ ad nauseam complaints that Donald Trump is a vi...

The scope of the opioid epidemic is so vast and so dynamic that it must be fought on multiple fronts — from international trafficking enforcement to l...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Before we address the hypocrisy, confusion, and posturing associated with yet another NFL policy, let’s understand that no innoce...

HARRISBURG (AP) — Five former leaders of the Pennsylvania corrections officers’ union have been charged with theft after investigators say they used u...

Darian Ramdin waived a preliminary hearing Thursday on charges including homicide by vehicle while DUI from the July 16 crash that claimed the life of...

Now that Pittsburgh synagogue shooter Robert Bowers has been sentenced to death, there’s no reason to further delay the administration of justice. The...

McKean County’s top prosecutor is charging Darian Ramdin with driving under the influence of alcohol and marijuana at the time of the July 16 crash th...

The most-serious charges against an Altoona pair were withdrawn at a preliminary hearing on Wednesday. Adam C. Hunter, 42, of East Pleasant Valley Bou...

It is sometimes said that the prosecutions of former President Donald Trump are “backfiring” on Democrats. That is, instead of lowering Trump’s politi...

SMETHPORT — A Roulette man was jailed on $100,000 bail following an arraignment Tuesday on charges alleging he assaulted an Eldred woman Tuesday. Just...

KANE — Assault-related charges against a Hazel Hurst man were bound over to McKean County Court at a hearing Monday before District Judge David Engman...

This week marks two years since a 65-count indictment charged the Hvizdzak brothers with a $30 million cryptocurrency fraud. It also marks the 10th co...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — He was found guilty. He was deemed eligible for capital punishment. He was sentenced to death. Whether or not he will die feels irr...