WASHINGTON — Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski, the Harvard-educated mathematician who retreated to a dingy shack in the Montana wilderness and ran a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, died Saturday. He was 81.

EDWARDSVILLE — As Pierogi Festival patrons admired the sheep and goats at the Festival’s little petting zoo on Friday afternoon, a woman from Endless Dreams Animals supplied their names.

WILKES-BARRE — Local bookworms escaped the rain at the Osterhout Free Library’s tent book sale on Friday afternoon for the chance to snag a handful—or an overflowing bag — of price-reduced books.

MIAMI — Former President Donald Trump improperly shared a Pentagon “plan of attack” and a classified map related to a military operation, according to a sweeping 37-count felony indictment related to the mishandling of classified documents that was unsealed Friday.

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PLAINS TWP.— Thursday marked a big night for Leadership Northeast, who hosted their 42nd Annual Dinner and Graduation at the Woodlands Inn.

Luzerne County has started disbursing American Rescue Plan awards to outside entities that have completed all required paperwork, county Manager Romilda Crocamo told council in an email update this week.

MIAMI — The mission for the Denver Nuggets was clear: Come to Miami, get two wins and head back home with a chance to finally become NBA champions.

READING — Dallas jumped on Hanover early, and pitcher Sam Barrouk did the rest.

Perennial state softball power North Penn showed why it hasn’t lost a game this year.

Apparently, the Big Ten has been listening to Penn State’s marketing.

The smoke finally cleared enough from the region for the RailRiders to open their series against Norfolk on Thursday.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Jack Swarbrick will step down as Notre Dame’s athletic director next year after a 16-year run in which he helped the school maintain the football program’s independent status amid unprecedented realignment by some of the top conferences in the nation.