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Police in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, broke up an exorcism in the lumber aisle of a home-improvement store Monday. Details are scarce on just what was going on inside the Home Depot on Commerce Drive in Dickson City, Penn., Monday afternoon, but police were called around 3:26 p.m. to escort several people out of the store for “bad behavior,” WBRE/WYOU is reporting.

SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY, Pa. — Susquehanna County is the second-most productive county of natural gas in Pennsylvania with 1,724 wells. Each year, counties and municipalities receive money from impact fees companies that produce the product pay. This year, $146 million to be shared across the state, with Susquehanna County getting just...

DICKSON CITY, Pa. (WWBT) - A police department in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania got an unusual call on Monday afternoon. In a call log on Facebook, posted by the Dickson City Police Department, officers were called to a Home Depot just before 3:30 p.m. on June 21. The call was for...

Police officers in a Pennsylvania town responded to a rather unusual call this week when they were enlisted to break up an exorcism that was unfolding at a Home Depot. According to a local media report, the very bizarre incident occurred on Monday afternoon in the community of Dickson City when someone at the home improvement retailer reported what they described as "bad behavior" taking place at the store. When cops arrived on the scene, they discovered "people having an exorcism in the lumber aisle for the dead trees."

A Dunmore man was sentenced Wednesday to eight years in prison for methamphetamine trafficking, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced. Robert Andrewsh Jr., 26, pleaded guilty to possessing with intent to distribute 150 to 500 grams of high-purity methamphetamine in late 2019. He also admitted to possessing firearms.

DICKSON CITY, Pa. — Two people were removed from a business in Lackawanna County after conducting an exorcism, according to police. It happened Tuesday afternoon at the Home Depot in Dickson City. The ceremony for the dead trees was held in the lumber aisle of the store, according to a...

DICKSON CITY, Penn. (WBRE/WYOU/WJW) — Police in Pennsylvania say they responded to a reported exorcism at a home improvement store. The incident took place on Monday at a Home Depot in Dickson City. According to officials, people were holding an exorcism for the trees on the lumber aisle. Dickson City...

SCRANTON, Pa. — When Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti held a news conference in mid-March of 2020 about how city residents could protect themselves against COVID-19, there's one person she now wishes was by her side. "It would have been great to have somebody to help us crunch the numbers. We...

WILKES-BARRE TOWNSHIP, Pa. — The fireworks tents are up around the shopping district in Wilkes-Barre Township. Workers here say as the Fourth of July approaches, they are getting busier by the day. But now some city officials in Northeastern and Central Pennsylvania are joining fed-up residents. They say the fireworks...

You've seen exorcisms take place in movies and TV shows, but have you ever seen one in the lumber aisle of a Home Depot?. Police in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania received a bizarre call on Monday that "disorderly people" were performing an exorcism "for the dead trees" at Home Depot in Dickson City, a police report described.

There are places to hold an exorcism and places to maybe avoid holding an exorcism. Any guess where the lumber aisle of a Home Depot falls?. A police report from Dickson City in Lackawanna County raised eyebrows this week for its bizarre description of an incident that happened Monday. "3:26pm:...

Carbondale Area held its annual Class Night ceremony in the high school auditorium earlier this month to celebrate graduation after completing a challenging year thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance and the class poem, students handed out class gifts tailored to each student's personality and interests and read the class will and the class prophecy. Numerous scholarships and awards were given out at the ceremony.

Just before turning three years old in May, Peculiar Slurp in downtown Scranton has been “reimagined” as Peculiar Kitchen, offering creative new menu items for meat lovers, vegetarians, and vegans surrounded by striking pieces of art. Owned by husband and wife team Gene and Miranda Philbin, the restaurant serves new...

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — It was a beautiful day for the opening of the Wilkes-Barre Farmers Market season. After a smaller, quieter pandemic season last year, more people came out this time around and were welcomed by a greater variety of vendors. There was lots of delicious food, and for the...

LONG POND, Pa. — RVs are parked vendors are up and running. It looks very pre-COVID in the infield at Pocono Raceway. People browsing the merchandise tents are happy to be back. "Yeah, I am glad. I am glad. It's been a long time coming," said Lou Mercadante, Forest City.