SCRANTON, Pa. — 38 years in state prison was the sentence ... There, they found 18-year-old Tyler McKenna had been stabbed seven times. He was taken to a hospital, where he later died.

Ty Holmes previewed the children’s book he was writing based on the challenges of his childhood to kindergartners at John Adams Elementary School in December. He told them he would be back to read it ...

SCRANTON, Pa. — There are now extra security measures ... They are charged as adults in the stabbing death of 18-year-old Tyler McKenna in a parking lot off West Olive Street in Scranton.