A family-friendly Halloween event is planned for Saturday, Oct. 28, at 7 and 7:45 pm at Whipple Performing Arts Studio, 602 Hunter Highway, Eaton Township. Haunted Starlight tours will offer special effects and treats for all. Cost is $10 for teens and adults and $7 per child 12 and under.Continue Reading

Submitted Article Rep. Karen Boback (Lackawanna/Luzerne/Wyoming) was appointed by Gov. Tom Wolf to serve on the Pennsylvanian Commission for Women. Boback was sworn in by Acting Secretary of State Robert Torres at the Governor’s Residence on Oct. 18. The Commission for Women, which was created by Executive Order and consistsContinue Reading

Photo by Rick Hiduk The hills of Washington Township in Wyoming County were awash with hazy sunshine Saturday afternoon as stellar fall weather continues across the Endless Mountains. It should feel more typically autumn by Wednesday. Another run of unseasonably warm temperatures should be broken a round of showers onContinue Reading

Juniors Sierra Bailey (top, left) and Caroline Dillman and Evan Gisler (above, left) and Dylan Hartmann were among the many student artists at work adorning windows of stores and offices in Towanda with fall and Halloween imagery on Thursday. Photos and Story by Rick Hiduk Approximately 190 students from TowandaContinue Reading

Kathleen S. Hiduk, formerly of Spring Lake, Terry Township passed away at Memorial Hospital’s Skilled Nursing Unit on Oct. 19, 2017. She had been there since suffering a stroke in 2011. Born on January 8, 1941 at Mills Hospital in Towanda, Kathy’s parents were Chester and Blanche Elliott Matson. SheContinue Reading

The former home of Wyoming County Sheriff Robert Truesdale was torn down on Wednesday, after being damaged by fire several months ago. Most recently an apartment house, it was still revered as one of the more stately Victorian-style homes in the borough’s historic district. In fact, members of the 2017Continue Reading

Photos by Rick Hiduk Shawn Conklin (above, right) of Tunkhannock Township, accused of a multiple stabbing in the Rivercrest development at a family barbecue in April 2015, was delivered to Wyoming County court on Wednesday for mental competency hearing, only to be returned to prison when a psychiatrist did notContinue Reading

Submitted Article The South Creek Lions Club will be holding a Turkey & Roast beef dinner on Saturday, Nov. 11 at 4:30 pm at the Lions Hall on Route 14 in Gillett. The meal includes real mashed potatoes, fresh baked squash, vegetables, baked beans, turkey dressing, homemade bread and home baked pies forContinue Reading

While Tunkhannock Middle School students (top) learned about courthouse square from Historic Tunkhannock Walking Tour guide Sandra Vieczorek on Tuesday morning, representatives from the Victims Resource Center, including (above, from left) Janet MacKay, Marrisa Featherman, Clarice Colwell, and Marylou Kurlancheek were inside the courthouse marking Domestic Violence Awareness Month withContinue Reading