Did you know that, out of the 50 states, the only one not to contain the rabies virus is Hawaii? Where is the new horror thriller film “Primate” set and supposedly filmed? In the Aloha state! Go figure.

Middle age, it is a riddled conundrum that one, or most, can neither seem to understand, nor make sense of! Do I buy a fancy, slick, red sports car? Or do I grow out my hair and leave my spouse? They seem to be the most obvious talking points for those facing this double-edged revelation …

The Wilkes-Barre Law & Library - Luzerne County Bar Association recently recognized Atty. C. David Pedri and Atty. Rachel Olszewski for their service on the Association’s Executive Committee for two years. The Bar Association is the fourth-oldest in the United States. It operates the Courthouse Law Library, has more than 600 attorney members, provides attorney training seminars, and supports a charitable foundation that benefits many local causes.

King’s College will host a free public program on “The Organ and Catholic Liturgy” at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9, at the George & Giovita Maffei Family Commons, 29 West North Street, Wilkes-Barre.

Coming in hot off her Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress for this film, Julia Roberts (“Closer”) plays Alma, a tenured professor at prestigious Yale University. She must side with either her star pupil or her favorite colleague, Hank, played by Andrew Garfield (“Hacksaw Ridge”), who has scathing sexual allegations made against him.

Marcia Bellanco from Wyoming recently bought her first rutabaga and added the plump root vegetable to a split pea and zucchini soup.

For the first time in decades, the federal bureaucracy is getting smaller.

Director Noah Baumback (“The Squid & the Whale,” “Marriage Story”) brings us a squeaky clean, crisp tale which follows celebrated movie star Jay Kelly, played by George Clooney, as he faces the decisions of his past and present. What a stretch it was seeing George Clooney play an overly tanned movie star in a fitted Armani suit, where everyone in public falls all over him. We have seen this man play this same role 15 times before, and it has become nauseating. Like usual, you know you are watching George Clooney, never trying to mask his appearance like other better character actors do.

How is every boy’s teenage crush in 1995 Alicia Silverstone (“Clueless,” “Batman & Robin”), 49 years old today? Well, it happens to all of us, if we are lucky enough.

If you watched and loved the animated 1982 film “The Snowman” when you were growing up, perhaps you identified with a boy named James who builds a large snowman. And, you probably wished you could have an adventure like his — when the snowman comes to life and accompanies him through the aurora borealis to the North Pole.