Frank Hacken News Today

Legal experts say the law in Pennsylvania is clear — coroner records containing people’s names, causes and manners of death are public information and subject to immediate disclosure.

A body found in Plymouth Twp. on Saturday appears to be that of a Nanticoke man reported missing earlier this month, Luzerne County Coroner Frank Hacken said Sunday.

A Nescopeck man killed his mother by striking her with his vehicle and beating her with a hammer minutes after he plowed into a crowd at a fundraiser in Berwick

BERWICK — Authorities responded in force to the area of a Berwick bar Saturday after a driver plowed into a group of people gathered for a fundraiser for the families

Authorities are investigating the death of an inmate at Luzerne County Correctional Facility in Wilkes-Barre earlier this week.

Police are investigating a fatal crash that occurred Saturday afternoon on Main Street in Plymouth, Luzerne County Coroner Frank Hacken said.

A Laflin man died in a one-vehicle accident in the borough Sunday morning, according to state police and Luzerne County Coroner Frank Hacken.

The deadly scourge of the opioid fentanyl fueled a major surge in drug overdoses that resulted in a record number of fatalities in Luzerne County in 2021, according to the

A motorcyclist was killed in a two-vehicle crash on U.S. Route 11/Wyoming Avenue in Kingston late Thursday afternoon, Luzerne County Coroner Frank Hacken said.

Two people died in a two-vehicle crash on U.S. Route 11/Wyoming Avenue in Kingston on Sunday night.