Hop Bottom News

A few sitting council members were defeated in last week's general election while write-ins and ties also proved to be factors in some races.

Although there were few ballot contested races, several write-in campaigns were mounted against ballot candidates throughout Susquehanna County.

Brian Varroney and Susan Mesa stand outside their Hop Bottom trailer the couple refer to as a oethe box.a STAFF PHOTO/STACI WILSON A Hop Bottom area couple has just about run out of hope for help.

An anonymous writer once said, "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away." With the passionate desire to indeed, capture life's breathtaking moments, author-poet Sandy Carouth weaves a fascinating tapestry of profound thoughts into a wonderful poetic anthology entitled Turning the ...

A hazardous material leaking from a train here forced dozens of families from their homes.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] share this A Factoryville man was killed in a one-car crash in Clinton Township on Tuesday afternoon, and a Hop Bottom man has been charged with the death.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] share this A Factoryville man was killed in a one-car crash in Clinton Township on Tuesday afternoon, and a Hop Bottom man has been charged with the death.

A hazardous materials spill in Susquehanna County has shut down part of a major road.

Local environmentalists Olga Jendrek and Vera Scroggins joined Greta Browne, near Kingsley in her walk to raise awareness about climate change.

A Hop Bottom man has been charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl at a nearby business.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] share this A Factoryville man was killed in a one-car crash in Clinton Township on Tuesday afternoon, and a Hop Bottom man has been charged with the death.

STAFF PHOTO/STACI WILSON Robert McLaud of Hop Bottom, a survivor of leukemia, lights a luminaria candle Friday night.

A Hop Bottom, Susquehanna County, man was arrested Tuesday night on charges he was drunk when he crashed his truck that claimed the life of a Tunkhannock man, state police at Tunkhannock said.

A 26-year-old Hop Bottom man faces charges of child endangerment, for taking three children on a high speed adventure when none of them were wearing safety restraints.

These are days when we're not riding through a rolling postcard: instead, it's all about getting from Point A to Point B. On northern routes such as the one we're on, this usually the day into Pennsylvania.

Officials from Factoryville, Hop Bottom and Nicholson Fire Companies responded to a trailer fire around 10:45 a.m. on Monday morning.

Students from Misericordia University were inducted into the Psi Chi National Psychology Honor Society during an induction ceremony in the McGowan Room of the Mary Kintz Bevevino Library.