Good morning, Scranton.

Scranton schools now provide free period products in a state-backed program to remove barriers for students; Penn State Ag Progress Days discussed a long-term plan to ease rising fertilizer prices for local farmers, and Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble debuts a one-man mental health show today.

Athletes Caring Together will host a memorial youth games event tomorrow, Aug.

16, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Montage Mountain to raise funds for a playground honoring Isla—a four-year-old who died in March—with $10 admission per family.

Building Blocks Learning Center opened its first Lackawanna County location Friday at 130 Wyoming Ave in downtown Scranton.

The new center offers early care from infants to pre-kindergarten for about 150 families and serves as a training site for aspiring educators.

Six high school students with disabilities were honored Friday in Scranton for their summer work improving city parks and gaining paid work experience through Pennsylvania’s MY Work program; the city celebrated them at Weston Field as they built essential job skills.

Lawmakers at a Senate Majority Policy Committee hearing in Shenandoah discussed rising energy costs and ways to boost Pennsylvania's power supply as limited production could push electric bills 10 to 20 percent higher next year.

County officials detected West Nile virus in a mosquito sample from McDade Park in Scranton on Aug.

10 and confirmed the result on Aug. 14. The area was treated for nuisance mosquitoes Friday and residents are advised to remove standing water from properties.

Scranton celebrated the opening of a new mini-pitch soccer court at Weston Field on Friday.

The hard-court surface, funded by a $100,000 grant from the U.S. Soccer Foundation, is near Scranton High School and the NEPA Youth Shelter to boost local play.