President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order aimed at cutting federal support for gender transitions for people under age 19, his latest move to roll back protections for transgender ...

As President Donald Trump paused federal grants and loans in a far-reaching directive, early childhood education centers and states discovered Tuesday they could no longer access money they rely on to ...

The Plains Township Police Department is attempting to locate a missing 15-year-old girl. According to the department, police are searching for Malea Winstead, who was last seen at her residence in ...

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A West Pittston man claimed innocence Tuesday when he was sentenced for molesting a girl multiple times in Hanover and Jackson townships for several years.

Luzerne County officials are actively working with federal agencies to “assess the implications and next steps” of a pause in ...

A Hanover Township man charged with vehicular homicide for the drunken driving crash that claimed the life of a 19-year-old Newport Township woman pleaded guilty in Luzerne County Court.

The White House is pausing federal grants and loans starting Tuesday as President Donald Trump’s administration begins an across-the-board ideological review of its spending, causing confusion and ...

Transfiguration of our Lord Ukrainian Catholic Church welcomes everyone to its 16th annual Myasopusna, a pre-Lenten celebration to be held on Meatfare (Myasopusna) Sunday, Feb. 23.

A New York man said he did not intend to hurt anyone when he forced his way inside a Lehman Township residence and assaulted a sleeping man with a tire iron before turning a knife on his ex-girlfriend ...

Convicted violent sexual predator Jack Covert said he was “sorry for this whole mess” before he was sentenced to more than a century in state prison for committing “unspeakable” sexual crimes against ...