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Staff • Penn. Independent

Violent Crime Falls in Scranton Under Mayor Cognetti

The number of violent crime offenses in Scranton has dropped over the course of Mayor Paige Cognetti's tenure, during which the mayor's...

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John Beauge • PennLive

Cumberland Co. Cop's Off-Duty Homicide Kept From Public for 3 Months

The Middlesex Township chief says police in Lycoming County didn't tell him about the criminal investigation into his officer's death, either....

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Staff • Philadelphia Citizen

Did DA Krasner Commit Perjury and Obstruction of Justice?

On September 15, the Honorable Paul S. Diamond issued a 40-page order removing District Attorney Larry Krasner and Matthew Stiegler, the chief of the...

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Carter Walker • Spotlight PA

Bucks County Sheriff Pledges Not to Send ICE to Polls

Bucks County, PA Sheriff Danny Ceisler says his election pledge is part of a push to combat the constitutional sheriff movement....

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Cameron Lobley • WGAL

Remembering the Amish Schoolhouse Shooting 20 Years Later

The Lancaster County community is reflecting on the 20th anniversary of the West Nickel Mines School shooting, the deadliest school shooting in...

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Ellie Rushing • Inquirer

Disciplinary Court Weighs Whether Philly Judge Can Remain on Bench

The state Judicial Conduct Board said Common Pleas Court Judge Scott DiClaudio should be removed from the bench. DiClaudio asked for mercy....

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Barbara Barr • ABC27

PA to Launch New Statewide Sexual Assault Kit Tracking System

Pennsylvania is getting set to roll out a new program aimed at helping victims of sexual assault and bringing those committing the crimes to justice....

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Jillian Kramer • PennLive

PA Supreme Court to Decide if Life-Sentence Ruling is Retroactive

The high court will rule in the case of Jerome Coffey, a Philadelphia man convicted in a 1992 killing in which prosecutors said a group of men posing...

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P. Ward • Trib

Gainey-Era Probe Casts Sweeping Net Across PGH City Hall

The criminal charge that underpins the sprawling investigation of alleged bid-rigging under former Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey sounds esoteric and...

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David Charns • NBC10

Women Linked to Philly 'House of Horrors' Describe R.C. Horsch

Two women who posed for Raymond "R.C." Horsch inside a Philadelphia home now linked to at least seven missing women are sharing their experiences.

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Inquirer

Johnny Doc Reportedly Switches to GOP After Commutation

Under Trump's commutation order, Dougherty will no longer have to pay $1.6 million in restitution to the union he was convicted of defrauding.

2w agoRead it on Inquirer
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