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A school bus and a dump truck collided this morning on Interstate 80 westbound in Morris County, New Jersey, just across the Pennsylviania state border at Monroe County, according to authorities.

A man on death row for killing one Pennsylvania state trooper and wounding another to act out his anti-government beliefs is asking the state Supreme Court to throw out his conviction.

The annual series of tribute bands continues its run at Mohegan Sun Pocono this summer, but with a new spin.

WHITE HAVEN — A Crestwood School District bus driver was arrested Tuesday evening on driving under the influence charges after being caught with glassy eyes and slurred speech while driving a bus with a student aboard, according to police.

Lackawanna County Commissioner Laureen Cummings clarified Wednesday remarks she made earlier this month about medical marijuana.

PLAINS TWP. — Two suspects were captured following a police chase after a township bank was robbed Wednesday afternoon, according to police.

ARCHBALD — Borough council approved a 10-year tax abatement for a 1 million-square-foot warehouse in the Valley View Business Park on Wednesday night. Council voted 7-0 in favor of granting NFI Industries’ request for a 10-year, 100 percent tax abatement.

WILKES-BARREPolice led on I-81 chase City police are investigating after a Wednesday afternoon police chase involving a stolen vehicle on Interstate 81. Officers responded to 1229 Academy St. at about 2:50 p.m. A man told them he left his Chevrolet Suburb

JENKINS TWP.Man charged in head-on crash A Tobyhanna man was charged Wednesday with aggravated assault for allegedly causing a head-on crash that seriously injured another driver earlier this year. Police said Efren Navarro Torres, 41, of 588 Hemlock Driv

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by a former Lackawanna County Prison guard who alleged she was fired for testifying in a civil case of a woman who was sexually assaulted by former guard Joseph Black. U.S. District Judge Malachy Mannion said evid