Scranton School District

Rose Hernandez should be graduating from West Scranton High School next week. Instead, family and friends gathered Wednesday to unveil a statue that will serve as a place to grieve her and any student gone too soon.

Lessons in mixed martial arts in the Scranton School District offered more than takedowns and chokeholds this school year. Created in response to gang violence, the program builds confidence, gives children role models and helps foster a sense of belonging.

April is Autism Acceptance Month. This month's Keystone Edition episode highlights the ways that the community supports and uplifts those who have autism.

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.

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The stalemate between the Democratic-controlled House and the Republican-controlled Senate has kept billions of dollars from going to schools. They’ve missed out on $3.7 billion in expected state payments in July, August and September, according to the Pennsylvania State Education Association.

A former insurance office building on Montage Mountain will soon be a home for the state’s largest cyber charter school. Commonwealth Charter Academy hopes the project, in both Scranton and Moosic, will be complete in mid-2026.

A Pennsylvania budget stalemate and uncertainty with federal funding have caused some school leaders to raise taxes, explore short-term loans and advocate for fair funding.