James Halpin

AMERICAN Airlines grounded all of its flights nationwide after the company was hit by a “systemwide IT outage”. The carrier was unable to let aircraft on the ground take off and planes …

A Wilkes-Barre man is wanted on felony assault charges after pulling a knife and stabbing another man in the arm during a cellphone robbery that took place in the city last week.

With the trial date for accused killer Hafusulla Kareem Dunn approaching in the fall, a Luzerne County judge on Wednesday directed prosecutors to turn over a lengthy list of evidence to the defense “as soon as possible.”

A former Department of Corrections employee who was convicted of repeatedly choking and beating his fiancée was sentenced Thursday to serve up to four years in state prison for crimes described in court as being “extremely violent.”

A Plymouth man has been sentenced to serve over 12 years in federal prison on drug and weapons charges, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Ricky Charles Patterson, 45, was sentenced to 151 months behind bars for drug trafficking…

A West Hazleton man who admitted firing a shot that hit another man in the buttocks last year was sentenced Thursday to serve up to two years in the Luzerne County Correctional Facility.

A Kingston woman who seriously injured an off-duty Wilkes-Barre cop when she crashed head-on into his motorcycle in May was charged this week with aggravated assault by vehicle after testing showed she had alcohol and marijuana in her system, according to court documents.

A Hanover Twp. man was jailed Thursday after police say he was caught in possession of dozens of child sexual abuse images.

A Swoyersville man was killed in a two-vehicle crash that took place in Wyoming Borough on Thursday afternoon, according to Wyoming Area Regional Police.

The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a decision by a Scranton-based federal judge and ordered an injunction blocking Kingston officials from keeping two Jewish facilities closed while a West Side rabbi's religious freedom lawsuit navigates the courts.