Forty Fort

Wilkes-Barre Area’s cheer and football teams are joining forces to fight for a cure. All money raised ahead of Oct. 10’s pink-out game will go to the Cancer Wellness Center of NEPA.

Republicans and Democrats chose candidates for a special election to replace former Lackawanna County Commissioner Matt McGloin. And, King's College remembers Ryan Fitzgerald, an alumni whose remains were recently identified among victims of the World Trade Center attacks.

This weekend’s events offer an opportunity to tour Jim Thorpe’s historic architecture, run through a Luzerne County cemetery to support its upkeep, and celebrate Italian heritage in Old Forge.

The Electric City Flower Show is Saturday in Scranton and NEPA Pridefest will begin with a parade in Wilkes-Barre Sunday.

The Immigration Rights Coalition announced its formation in a gathering behind the Luzerne County Flood Protection Authority facility in Forty Fort, where the Department of Homeland Security Investigations is leasing space.

The Cancer Wellness Center of NEPA is preparing for its biggest fundraiser of the year, the Annual Walk. The two-mile walk will be held on Saturday, May 10, at the center’s headquarters in Forty Fort.

Contractors working on Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority’s Abrahams Creek restoration project in Forty Fort unearthed gravestones lost during 1972 flood.

On any given weekend at the Forty Fort Sports Complex, you’ll find kids playing soccer, people out on runs and others trying out disc golf. And, now, you might find a bowler and batter lined up across a cricket pitch, surrounded by fielders waiting for a catch.