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SCRANTON — John Chrin probably couldn’t have asked for a nicer birthday present. The former Wall Street investment banker from Palmer Twp., Northampton County, celebrated his 55th birthday Tuesday by defeating two other candidates to win the Republican U.

Thunderstorms downed trees and power lines Tuesday around Luzerne County. Trees were reported down from Hunlock Creek to South Abington Twp. as the storm moved through starting after 3 p.m. A short time later, Wilkes-Barre police shut down South Main Stre

HARRISBURG — Four-term U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump who first got national notice as a small-city mayor for his attempted crackdown on illegal immigration, on Tuesday won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate i

HARRISBURG — State senator and waste-hauling millionaire Scott Wagner won Tuesday’s three-way Republican primary contest to challenge Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf, capping a personal spending spree that helped make Wagner the front-runner and the GOP’s endors

After a heated primary election campaign, the race for the Republican candidate for the 9th Congressional District ended with Dan Meuser coming out on top over candidates Schuylkill County commissioners Chairman George F. Halcovage Jr. and Scott C. Uehlin

WILKES-BARRE — Teen murder suspect Zachary Lee Hockenberry will remain at a state psychiatric hospital indefinitely because he is incompetent to stand trial, a Luzerne County judge ordered Tuesday. Hockenberry, 16, is charged with murder and aggravated as

WILKES-BARRE — A Duryea man accused of severely beating his two-month-old baby boy last year was arraigned Tuesday on aggravated assault charges. Police got a warrant last week charging Arrick Griffin, 22, of 60 Foote Ave., with aggravated assault against

HANOVER TWP. — Police responding to a domestic disturbance at the Marion Terrace Apartment Complex early Tuesday caught a fugitive from New York. Police said they responded to the complex around 1:50 a.m. and encountered Robert Christopher Williams, 31, w

NEWPORT TWP. — A State Correctional Institution Retreat inmate serving decades in prison for a brutal attack in Erie County was arraigned Tuesday on charges alleging he falsely accused correctional officers of raping him on separate occasions. Adam Joseph

YATESVILLE — In addition to appointing a new member to fill a vacant board seat, the Pittston Area School Board on Tuesday proposed a $52.5 million budget with a 3.2 percent increase in the property tax rate. The board picked Frank Lawler over five other