Scranton Police

The person involved in an attempted abduction in South Scranton this week is a 14-year-old who police say tried to recruit students to assist in stealing vehicles.

Scranton police arrested a man overnight in connection with the use of a stolen vehicle and the reported attempted abduction of a child near South Scranton Intermediate School.

Scranton police have recovered the stolen vehicle sought in Monday morning's attempted abduction outside South Scranton Intermediate School.

A South Carolina man already charged in the death of his Scranton girlfriend is expected to face a more serious charge this week.

Scranton police are expected to add a criminal homicide against Joseph Garcia, 18, already accused and imprisoned in the vehicle death of his girlfriend, Rose Hernandez, 18, on Monday.

Dylan Smith of Taylor was shot Friday in Scranton. One juvenile faces charges.

A lawsuit filed by the widow of a Lowe's employee killed by a fellow employee charges the company had plenty of warning signs about the shooter's hate for the victim.

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.