Pocono Review: Most-Read Investigations

Pocono Review’s investigation lays out the case that the Core5 project in Stroudsburg Township, Monroe County is engineered to convert into a data center rather than the warehouse it was approved as — and what that means for the power grid, local water, and the jobs that were promised.

A close read of Monroe County Commissioner Mike Velardi’s own statements on whether Core5 is really a data center — and whether his account of how much water it would draw holds up.

How Pike County moved its sheriff’s sales — the auctions that decide foreclosed homes — to private vendors with no public vote, and why that matters for transparency and for homeowners.

Pike County adopted a protest-zone resolution with little public notice. We break down what the resolution actually does and how it moved through county government so quietly.

The case at the center of Pocono Review’s Wayne County justice investigation — a step-by-step look at how a guilty plea was assembled, and the roles of District Attorney Alfred Howell, attorney Brendan Ellis, and Judge Matthew Meagher.

Commissioners Smith, Cramer, and Shook are named on a provisional license for Wayne County Children & Youth Services, following years of documented child-welfare failures in the county.

Lackawanna County prosecutors dropped more than 50 charges in the Tara Glan case connected to a Scranton-area church. Pocono Review examines the plea deal and what was given up.

The sentencing of a Taylor church van driver, part of Pocono Review’s ongoing coverage of the Ray of Hope church case and the prosecutorial decisions around it in Lackawanna County.

Before Congress, Rep. Daniel Meuser spent two decades lobbying Washington for the wheelchair and mobility industry, then took a job in it. Pocono Review traces the money and the revolving door behind the NEPA congressman.

A breakdown of Rep. Rob Bresnahan’s campaign donors showing how little of his money actually comes from the Northeastern Pennsylvania district he represents.