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George Barnett, 45, a church leader and avid hunter, is the second civilian to shoot one of the escaped research monkeys in ...

Walnut Hill UMC was nearly destroyed the night of Oct. 20, 2019, when the tornado that tore through our stretch of Northwest ...

The Great Commission of Matthew 28:19 -20, “Go and make disciples of all nations”, has often been replaced by an obsession with buildings, vehicles, and programs. The Word of God, which should be ...

This article appears in the December 2025 print edition with the headline “Patti Smith’s Lifetime of Reinvention.” ...

Free community dinner: Kinship Kitchen, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Court Street United Methodist Church, 816 Court St., Scranton.