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June 5, 1968 RFK assassinated U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, a Democratic presidential candidate, was shot in the head in the early morning hours of June 5 after delivering a victory speech at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. He was taken to Good Samari

SCRANTON Relay for Life of NEPA raised about $144,000 through the end of its 24-hour walking event over the weekend. The amount currently in the coffers is short of the $170,000 goal, said Melissa Wall, who chaired the event at PNC Field. The group hopes

MARRIAGE LICENSES ■ Brittany S. Caufman, Jim Thorpe, and Brady M. Woods, Scranton. ■ Erin Michele Jones and Lynette Marie McWhorter, both of Clarks Summit. ■ Ouditnarine Toolsie and Deborah Nalini Dhrigpaul, both of Scranton ■ Derek Michael Smith and Chri

CARBONDALE — State police at Gibson on Monday appealed to the public to help them track down a missing 19-year-old Carbondale woman, troopers said. Paige Alexis Grunewald was last seen at home on Fallbrook Street on Thursday morning. She left home and mig

Three lawsuits that seek to hold the parents of convicted cop killer Eric Matthew Frein liable for his 2014 sniper attack — which killed a state trooper and wounded another — can proceed, a Lackawanna County judge ruled. Judge Terrence Nealon said Tiffany

The Pennsylvania Democratic Party filed a complaint Monday morning against U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta for using footage of himself speaking on the House floor in his campaign for U.S. Senate. By the afternoon, the Pennsylvania Republican Party filed a similar

Super students Scranton High School student Jason Lee and Scranton High School class of 2017 graduate Gerardo Marengo have been accepted to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, U.S. Rep Matt Cartwright, D-17, Moosic, announced. Each

SCRANTON — The Forever Sammi Foundation and its supporters are planning the third annual Addiction Awareness Rally next month. Martin and Stacy Henehan started the foundation following the 2016 overdose death of their daughter, Samantha, and have become a

SCRANTON — If necessary, the Scranton Teachers union will appeal the district’s decision to lay off teachers to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, president Rosemary Boland said tonight.

OLYPHANT — The man who crashed his ATV late Saturday night in Olyphant died this afternoon.