SCRANTON, Pa. —  A former teacher in Lackawanna County was sentenced Tuesday to almost a year in jail for molesting close to a dozen of his students.

The former automotive tech teacher at the Lackawanna County Career Technology Center was sent to jail after a sentencing hearing in Scranton.

SCRANTON — Former Lackawanna County Commissioners Randy Castellani and Joseph Corcoran agreed Friday to settle a defamation case against the owners of The Times-Tribune, ending a 13-year legal dispute.

The settlement comes two days after a Lackawanna County jury ruled a Jan. 12, 2004, article by former reporter Jennifer...

A Lackawanna County jury on Wednesday found a 2004 article that alleged former commissioners Randy Castellani and Joseph Corcoran were uncooperative when they testified before a 2003 grand jury was false.

The verdict against the Scranton Times LP, owner of The Times-Tribune, is a key victory for the men,...

The mother of a 21-year-old Blakely man killed when a tractor-trailer struck the disabled vehicle in which he was a passenger filed a lawsuit against the trucking company and two other drivers.

Rhonda Walsh is seeking damages for the Jan. 24, 2016, death of her son, James Douglas Walsh.

The federal government agreed to pay $50,000 to settle a federal lawsuit filed by a woman who said she was groped by an administrative law judge with the Social Security administration, according to the woman’s attorney.

Alice De Quevedo of Duryea sued Judge Sridhar Boini and the federal government...

A Duryea woman who was indecently assaulted by a federal administrative law judge with the Social Security Administration has filed a $3 million complaint against two federal agencies she claims failed to protect her from the abuse.

Attorney Larry Moran filed a complaint Wednesday seeking damages in connection with...

Juvenile justice advocates are applauding a rule change recently enacted by the state Supreme Court that precludes authorities from holding juveniles in adult prisons pending their appearance in juvenile court.

The rule, enacted on June 28, clarifies the definition of a detention facility to specifically prohibit county or state...

Lackawanna County’s new chief public defender is the man who had the job temporarily – a lawyer with more than three decades in criminal defense work.

County Commissioners Corey O’Brien and Jim Wansacz said Tuesday they gave interim chief public defender Larry Moran the job permanently, as the post...

OLD FORGE — Troubles continue for a man accused of setting fire to his own property in Old Forge.

Attorneys filed a civil lawsuit, blaming that same man and his former employer for an incident that seriously hurt a dialysis patient 18 months before the fires.