Scranton Mayor Resigns Ahead Of Corruption Investigation

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) – The Democratic mayor of Scranton is resigning midway through his second term, a day before he’s scheduled to appear in federal court in what prosecutors said is a corruption investigation.
Mayor Bill Courtright wrote City Council members to say he was stepping down Monday.
At about the same time, the U.S. attorney’s office announced Courtright will appear in a Williamsport courtroom Tuesday for a “proceeding related to an ongoing public corruption inv