Franklin News

Presumed Republican Presidential nominee John McCain buzzed into the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport last night and will head for the F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre for a 10am town meeting.

Joseph Liotta, district solicitor, says that has been happening of late, and wants to panel to return to its former ways.

Cargo pants are still on the no-no-list for Franklin grade school students. With summer vacation about half gone and back-to-school displays making their way to store shelves, parents of Franklin elementary ...

Photo by Jerry Sowden - Oil City YMCA lifeguard Brittan Wolbert of Franklin keeps her eyes on the swimmers as well as on the weather at Crosby Beach in Two Mile Run County Park as passing thunderstorms ...

Two people were injured in a two-vehicle crash at about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday on the 15th Street Hill in Sandycreek Township.

Lee McFerren foremrly served as principal of Central Elementary in Franklin. Former Franklin school district administrator Lee V. McFerren was fired Monday as principal of Farrell High School.

The Very Rev. Ronald D. Witherup, a Franklin native, has been elected superior general of the Society of the Priests of St.

Photo by Jerry Sowden - Justin Brink of Whalen Contracting of Franklin smoothes the edges around a seam in the new cement pad in front of the Vietnam Veterans Honor Roll in Franklin.

State police said Shawn Michael Lawrie, 38, was found to be in violation of the PFA around 1:50 p.m. Monday at the intersection of Liberty and Eighth streets following a traffic stop.

The East Edge Arts Revival is gathering momentum in Wilkinsburg's Park Place neighborhood.

Photo by Jerry Sowden - Chris Hepler, a tow truck operator with Minich's, works Friday afternoon at the scene of Thursday's crash to help connect straps to the cables of a tow truck.

Most local school districts are expected to receive the 3-percent minimum increase under the recently passed state budget.

Signs of stress cracked the veneer of the happy marriage of Orlando and Ashley Guarino in the weeks before she and their two children were found dead inside their Washington County home, friends and neighbors ...

An Oil City man was arrested Tuesday when police learned he was wanted in Elk County on more than 650 counts of forgery and other charges.

General Authority apologizes and says trees lost due to the project will be replaced.

The "opportunistic species" - that's horticultural lingo for some serious weeds - soar 10 feet and taller on Pier 11, a historic structure that juts into the Delaware River just south of the Benjamin Franklin ...

Photo by Nicholas A. Hess - A three-car accident at about 1 p.m. Thursday on the 15th Street Hill in Franklin delayed traffic for much of the afternoon.

On this Fourth of July, we remember our country's birth that happened just two hours from here.

The first fireworks display of the holiday season will be tonight in Cranberry Township, near the mall.

Freda McClellan turned herself in following a search of her home. An Oil City woman was arrested Tuesday by Franklin police following a two-month investigation into area drug sales.