Sam Sanguedolce

La'Niyah Clark went missing on Jan. 17. Investigators said a body found in South Wilkes-Barre last week was hers. La'Niyah's loved ones held a vigil Saturday evening at the parking garage off Thayer Street where the teen's remains were found.

La’Niyah Clark went missing in mid-January. On Tuesday, Luzerne County District Attorney Sanguedolce said they believe the remains of a woman found Saturday in the city are related to La’Niyah’s case, but did not elaborate. The teenager's family called for action outside the Wilkes-Barre Police Department.

La'Niyah Clark went missing on Jan. 17. Her family gathered outside the Wilkes-Barre Police Department on Wednesday calling for answers and accountability in the case.

Investigators believe human remains found Saturday in Wilkes-Barre are related to the case of a missing city girl but can't explain the connection yet, Luzerne County District Attorney Sam Sanguedolce said Tuesday.

Investigators say Debra Fox died on her birthday in January 2024 in a Wilkes-Barre motel room at the hands of Sarai Doyle and Doyle's mother, Desiree Linnette. Both are also charged, along with three others, in the murder and burial of Nicole Cuevas Ingram in a South Wilkes-Barre home in April 2023.

Police investigating the theft of two bodies from the condemned Good Shepherd Memorial Park mausoleum earlier this month found exposed human remains on the ground, according to a search warrant application filed in the case.

For the first time, Lackawanna County will contribute to the cost of having local police patrol the airport. Previously, Luzerne County split the cost with the airport after federal funding to pay the officers expired.

Zhanae McClain, 20, was found unresponsive with a visible gunshot wound at a home on West Main Street in Glen Lyon Sunday evening, investigators say.

Luzerne County Manager Romilda Crocamo accused Lackawanna County Commissioner Bill Gaughan of 'grandstanding' and 'bush league' behavior in dispute about the counties paying for local police to supplement federal and airport security. Airport officials backed Gaughan.

The Immigration Rights Coalition announced its formation in a gathering behind the Luzerne County Flood Protection Authority facility in Forty Fort, where the Department of Homeland Security Investigations is leasing space.