The Pennsylvania state police at Hazleton is seeking the public’s assistance in investigating an arson that occurred on Monday, Oct. 13, at 1:47 a.m. in a cottage to the rear of Werry’s Cottages Motel & Pub on Route 209 in Middle Smithfield Township.

A bizarre death on Route 33 in Saylorsburg on Thursday left a witness wondering if the victim was trying to get himself killed.

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Skiers are already on the slopes in the Poconos — a week before Thanksgiving.

A 26-year-old Pocono Pines man is charged with having sexual contact with a 14-year-old child on multiple occasions and giving that child and two others marijuana, according to Pocono Mountain Regional Police.

NEW YORK — The cost of commuting by bus or train in New York City would skyrocket next year under a plan unveiled Thursday by the nation's largest public transit system.

HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania is offering $35 million in state-guaranteed federal loans to help regional department store chain Boscov's exit bankruptcy, Gov. Ed Rendell said Thursday.

A Thursday meeting to gauge public opinion on the proposed Cherry Valley Wildlife Refuge mirrored a similar meeting the night before — with mostly positive support for creating a federal wildlife refuge in the valley.

Paradise Township supervisors announced a special meeting next week to review a controversial municipal waste service.

Sean Stevens, the Tunkhannock poll worker accused of misconduct on Election Day, served jail time in Monroe County and The Castle in Leavenworth, Kan., where he was sentenced for desertion.