Sadness couldn't help but creep into the lighthearted remembrances of those who counted former Mayor Jimmy Connors as a friend. That includes Lackawanna County Recorder of Deeds Evie Rafalko McNulty.

He was raised by women to conquer men, and that's exactly what Jimmy Connors did. He conquered them, as he had been taught by his mother and grandmother, on the tennis courts. Connors won five ...

Jimmy Connors, 17, of Long Island, is now cooling his heels at a juvenile detention center after being ordered held without ...