George Banks had been in prison since 1982 after shooting 14 people, killing 13 of them, during a rampage in Wilkes-Barre.

A violent career criminal who was born in Wilkes-Barre in 1938 was identified as the suspect in the rape and murder of a 9-year-old girl inside a church in Bucks County 63 years ago. Bucks County ...

A double-block home in the Miners Mills section of Wilkes-Barre was severely damaged early Thursday when a fast-moving, three ...

Fighting crime will be the focus of a community crime watch meeting in Wilkes-Barre this coming Wednesday night. The Luzerne ...

One of the most notorious killers in Pennsylvania has died. The Montgomery County coroner says George Banks died Sunday at ...

Taylor police responding to the report of a domestic incident on Thursday found a man pointing a knife in the direction of ...

Infamous mass murderer George Banks, who slaughtered 13 people in Luzerne County, including five of his own children, has ...

A 50-year-old man reported to city police he was assaulted by two unknown males as he walked in the area of 47 S. Washington St. on Sunday.

In July, Robert Kowaleski was court-ordered to register as a sex offender for 15 years after he pled guilty to following two women into the women’s restroom at Weis Market in Nanticoke.

A Wilkes-Barre man is jailed without bail on weapons charges following a deadly shooting that killed one person and left ...

Banks was found guilty at trial and sentenced to death. The sentence was later overturned due to his mental incompetence.

In 1982, Banks shot 14 people, killing 13, during a rampage in Wilkes-Barre. Among the dead were his five children, and two ...