Scranton Police

Penn State faculty hoping to unionize across the university said Tuesday they filed the paperwork and signatures needed for a vote. And authorities have publicly identified the victims of a machete attack at a downtown Scranton apartment building earlier this week.

As snow fell and a biting cold settled over Wilkes-Barre last week, Pastor Sam Garnett opened the doors of Calvary Bible Church to anyone needing a warm place to sleep. In Scranton, Catholic Social Services did the same at Weston Field. Both cities have found new partners for the Code Blue Emergency shelter program that was previously run by Keystone Mission.

City police captured a suspect in the stabbing deaths of two women and wounding of another inside the Hotel Jermyn Apartments on Tuesday in downtown Scranton. Police say Michael Willie Marquis Woods, 38, also killed a service dog belonging to one of the dead women.

Scranton police are investigating a stabbing that left three people wounded at a downtown apartment building Tuesday evening.

Paul Bechtoldt allegedly told employees at the Peckville Post Office he was was going to 'shoot up' Saturday's No Kings rally in Scranton. They called police and now he faces charges.

Jeffrey Moeller complained to Lowe's human resources about 'troubling comments' directed at him by Christopher Wasnetsky, the coworker accused of fatally shooting Moeller on Saturday, his sister says.

Christopher M. Wasnetsky, 36, allegedly called 911 to report that he shot coworker Jeff Moeller inside Lowe's on Viewmont Drive.

Gates, a service dog from the nonprofit Tails of Valor program, will help wounded Scranton Police detective Kyle Gilmartin recover and adapt to living with a traumatic brain injury.

Scranton Police Chief Thomas Carroll said advanced technology in patrol vehicles helps with the department’s main mission, public safety. 'We are putting a valuable resource on the road to fight crime,' the chief said.

Thomas Audinwood, 32, of Scranton and Heather Hoinowski, 33, of Scranton were charged for the death of Quincy Evans, who police say was run down by an SUV.