criminal law

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Justice Department has been scrutinizing a controversial artificial intelligence tool used by a Pittsburgh-area child protective...

How did this happen? Those of us who are paying attention find ourselves in a country we no longer recognize. How did unelected bureaucrats get the po...

The state Superior Court has upheld the prison sentence of a former Bradford man convicted in absentia of stabbing another man in Bradford in 2020. Ma...

HARRISBURG — The rank-and-file Democrat who was unexpectedly elected speaker of the Pennsylvania House as a compromise candidate earlier this month is...

HARRISBURG (AP) — Republican lawmakers who have spread election conspiracy theories and falsely claimed that the 2020 presidential outcome was rigged ...

You could see the effects on the scoreboard page of this newspaper in the fall. Typically, high school football in the area has kept to the domain of ...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — A Westmoreland County police chief faces federal charges for allegedly orchestrating a series of drug deals for a man who turned ou...

ALFRED — For the first time, the Alfred State Police Academy will offer the Division of Criminal Justice Services Basic Course for Peace Officer. The ...

KANE — District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer reports that charges have been filed in connection with a Kane man’s death in August. By crimina...

SMETHPORT — Former Bradford man Aaron Davis was convicted at trial in McKean County Court of 84 counts relating to sending explicit materials to a min...

Foster Township police responded to Summit Road in Rew for a physical domestic in progress. A verbal altercation allegedly turned violent on Sunday, J...

CLARION (TNS) — A warrant has been issued for a 13-year-old boy after another teen was shot and killed inClarion,Clarion County, according to reports ...

According to news reports, the 6-year-old accused of shooting a teacher at a Newport News, Virginia, elementary school is unlikely to be charged with ...

SMETHPORT — A Bradford man will spend time in state prison for kidnapping and other crimes committed in December of 2021. District Attorney Stephanie ...

SMETHPORT — A Bradford man was sentenced to 7 ½ to 15 years in state prison Thursday in McKean County Court for severely beating a woman for “disrespe...

SMETHPORT — A Kane man convicted of failing to provide required sex offender information has been sentenced to at least six years in state prison. Alb...

STATE COLLEGE (TNS) — Centre County prosecutors will not file more charges in connection with a violent confrontation outside a planned appearance by ...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania's state Senate voted Wednesday to postpone a trial seeking to remove Philadelphia’s progressive district attorney on the hee...

BLUE DAY. The Wolf Administration recently released a press release encouraging the public to learn and act by joining #WearBlueDayPA day on Wednesday...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — The man who has captured worldwide attention as the accused killer of four University of Idaho students was transported to Idaho la...