criminal law

SMETHPORT — A Christian musician, pastor and former Bradford store owner is in McKean County Jail, charged with more than 880 felony counts of child p...

On Feb. 18, 2023, the life of a Temple University police officer was violently and deliberately taken by a young man who shot the officer multiple tim...

DUQUESNE (AP) — A Western Pennsylvania police officer and a suspect were both taken to hospitals after being wounded in an exchange of gunfire, author...

Gov. Josh Shapiro Thursday boldly called on legislators to abolish Pennsylvania’s costly, ineffective and immoral death penalty. In urging legislators...

DuBOIS — An off-duty law enforcement officer was charged in connection with a shooting that injured a DuBois man early Sunday morning at a multi-recre...

ALLENTOWN (TNS) — Gov. Josh Shapiro called on state lawmakers Thursday to abolish the death penalty. Lawmakers should reject that request. The death p...

A Clinton County man who is facing felony weapons charges, resisting arrest, drug offenses, and several traffic violations has been sent to the McKean...

HARRISBURG — Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro said Thursday he will not allow Pennsylvania to execute any inmates while he is in office and called for the...

Some Republicans have entreated House GOP leaders: Can’t we get rid of this guy? Can’t we just kick him out? The guy, of course, is Rep. George Santos...

GALETON — As part of an ongoing burglary investigation, Pennsylvania State Police from Coudersport executed a search warrant on Bingham Center Road in...

DOYLESTOWN (AP) — A man has been sentenced to 15 to 30 years in prison in a 2021 shooting that wounded a suburban Philadelphia borough police chief. C...

PennLive UNIONTOWN (TNS) — A teacher in Western Pennsylvania is in hot water after police said they wrapped up a months-long investigation into report...

From my perspective — speaking only for myself, and not as a member of my race, gender or ethnic origin — Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah had i...

Sanctuary cities are easy to declare but harder to pay for. Take New York City. It has long attracted immigrants, both legal and illegal. But the late...

A Rochester, N.Y., man was sent to McKean County Jail Friday for allegedly intercepting a check from a local doctor’s office, “washing” it and cashing...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — A Montgomery County woman initially sentenced to 21 years in federal prison for her role in a companion’s overdose death was like...

SALAMANCA, N.Y. — Two Buffalo residents face several felony charges after a reported burglary of a cannabis dispensary and wild chase early Thursday o...

A 23 year-old Bradford man is in McKean County jail, unable to post bail, following arraignment Wednesday before Magisterial District Judge Richard Lu...

The two most common themes of MAGA sorehead emails I received last year were the inevitability of an anti-Biden landslide in 2022, and the certainty o...

SCRANTON (TNS) — Scranton police have charged a Susquehanna County couple with child endangerment after they were accused of locking one of two teenag...