Police: Wanted Simpson man flees officers following traffic stop
A Simpson man fled after Blakely officers pulled him over for running a red light on Monday, according…
State police: Lake Ariel man fled troopers, drove into Lackawanna River
A Lake Ariel man driving 76 mph in a 25 mph zone fled state police during a Friday…
Community Calendar 8/6/26
CHURCH NOTES All Saints Orthodox Church: 211 Willow Ave., Olyphant, offers a frozen pierogi sale from 9 to…
Eight displaced following apartment fire in Midvalley
THROOP — Eight people were displaced after a fire heavily damaged the second floor of an apartment building in…
Community Calendar 7/30/26
CHURCH NOTES All Saints Orthodox Church: 211 Willow Ave., Olyphant, offers a frozen pierogi sale from 9 to…
Throop police: Borough man threatens to kill mom, rip out stepdad’s heart
A Throop man threatened to rip out his stepfather’s heart and his mother’s gallbladder during a tirade against…
Reduce, reuse, recycle: Compost class, electronics collections in Scranton
Scranton hopes to increase composting and electronics recycling to reduce garbage going to landfills. In an announcement Thursday,…
Community Calendar 7/23/26
CHURCH NOTES All Saints Orthodox Church: 211 Willow Ave., Olyphant, offers a frozen pierogi sale from 9 to…
Midvalley towns to hold hearings on data center regulations, power plants
In the waning days of its six-month pause on data centers, Throop will consider a comprehensive set of…
Kingsbury Masonic Lodge delivers bottled water to fire companies
In February, a fire was ravaging a home on Delaware Avenue in the borough of Olyphant. Local fire…
Community Calendar 7/16/26
CHURCH NOTES All Saints Orthodox Church: 211 Willow Ave., Olyphant, offers a frozen pierogi sale from 9 to…
Throop police: Man who stabbed brother charged with attempted homicide
A California man who stabbed his brother early Friday morning is charged with attempted murder, according to a…