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Governor Tom Wolf toured a canning facility in Lackawanna County Thursday. CANPACK in Olyphant is the largest manufacturing project in the Greater Scranton Area since Proctor & Gamble in Mehoopany in 1966. More than 500 local jobs were created at the facility. Bringing the steel food can manufacturing site to Northeast PA was a Governor’s Action Team – or GAT – deal. Since 2015, 194,000 jobs have been created and retained in Pennsylvania through GAT, according to Wolf’s office. Built on a formerly blighted 102-acre brownfield site, the 908,000 square-foot aluminum can manufacturing facility was funded with a $6 million Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant. The company matched the grant with a $366 million investment.

Hear tales of ghosts, murders and hidden graveyards during the annual downtown Wilkes-Barre Ghost Walks.The tours, hosted by the Luzerne County Historical Society, will be held on Thursday, Oct. 20, and Friday, Oct. 21.Stops include Public Square, the site of the old Hotel Sterling, River Street and the site of the first known execution in Wilkes-Barre.Tours start at 6:30 p.m. in front of St. Stephen's Church on South Franklin Street. The walk lasts about two hours. There will be six tours a night, which start every 15 minutes.Tickets are $10 per person and are not available at the door. Visit eventbrite.com and search Downtown Wilkes-Barre Ghost Walks.Rain dates are Oct. 28 and Oct. 29.

The 6th Annual Working Pike Job Fair is scheduled for Tuesday, April 4.Employers from across the tri-state area are expected at the job fair.Positions will range from entry-level to managerial in a variety of sectors, including healthcare, hospitality, financial, manufacturing, warehouse, law enforcement and sales.There is no fee or registration required for job seekers. The fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Best Western Inn at Hunt’s Landing in Matamoras.Employers interested in participating in the job fair should register early. Forms are available on Pike County’s website under the Workforce Development Agency. Fee is $55.For help creating or updating resumes, contact the Workforce Development Agency at 570- 296-2909.

Local high school students are invited to an United States Service Academy Information Night at Wilkes-Barre Area High School.The event on Wednesday, May 10, from 6 to 8 p.m., is hosted by U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright. Interested high school students, their parents and local educators will learn about the application and nomination process for applying to the service academies.Those in attendance can also meet with staff from the offices of Cartwright, U.S. Senators Bob Casey and John Fetterman and with representatives from the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Naval Academy, the Air Force Academy and the Merchant Marine Academy.For more details, or to RSVP, contact Tammy Aita at 570-341-1050.

Scranton’s Connell Park will hosts a Healthy Village Fair tomorrow from noon until 6 p.m. The first 75 families to show up will receive free bags of fresh fruits and vegetables. Two dozen community organizations are participating, offering vision and dental care, vaccinations, mental health resources, lifestyle medicine, blood pressure screenings. For children and families, there will be back-to-school supplies, a bounce house, parenting education, and pony rides. The free event was organized by Valley In Motion in partnership with the City of Scranton, and is sponsored by the Scranton Area Community Foundation and Sanofi U.S. Valley In Motion said the event is meant to benefit the community by “[increasing] access to recreation, fresh foods, and support services.” Connell Park is located at 800 Gibbons Street in South Scranton.

A satirical statue featuring a pile of poop on the House Speaker's desk has appeared on the National Mall, with a plaque that "honors the brave men and women" who stormed the Capitol on January 6.

Nearly 6,000 independent artists submitted to this year's Tiny Desk Contest. Meet the Utah band that rose to the top.

The court temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting some 6,000 Syrians and 350,000 Haitians who were granted Temporary Protected Status.

Earlier this month in Utah, a shy, 6-year-old indoor cat named Galena vanished from her home. Then her microchip was detected 650 miles away in California.

A temporary workaround has begun for Scranton grocery shoppers who relied on a Green Ridge Plaza store now closed due to fire damage.Starting Tuesday, the County of Lackawanna Transit System (COLTS) and Giant now offer free bus passes to residents who want to get from the Green Ridge Giant to their store in Dickson City. Buses are scheduled to leave each hour from the Scranton store, 6:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and every other hour on Saturdays. Attendants at Giant Gas, 1600 Nay Aug Ave., have passes on hand.