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Authorities investigating after building collapses in Hazleton
Two buildings are now condemned, and nine people are now displaced after a building collapsed early Thursday morning.
50 year tradition of La Festa Italiana
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Flags are flying, vendors are setting up under their tents, and people are getting excited for a Labor Day weekend staple. La Festa Italiana is getting ready for its 50th anniversary. This tradition has a massive impact on the people, the economy, and the sense of community in this area. [...]
Sky Zone Pittston closes its doors
PITTSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Sky Zone Pittston has permanently closed its doors after more than a decade of providing family fun to residents in Luzerne County. The company's website put out a notice that the Pittston Sky Zone has closed without an apparent explanation. "We hope you had some fun times and created some great [...]
A look back at La Festa Italiana weather as it marks 50 years in Scranton
If you are headed to downtown Scranton this holiday weekend for La Festa Italiana, the weather is looking nearly perfect. That's not necessarily always the case.
Drone tech in Danville touted as part...
DANVILLE — More than $30 million in state funding for the agriculture industry is filtered through Pennsylvania’s Farm Bill Ag and Youth Grants. That money and what it represents for Pennsylvania’s future was touted Thursday at Danville High School, where Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding visited with students benefiting from the grants.
Pa. takes proactive approach to stop...
PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania’s labor secretary announced that a proactive enforcement initiative is underway to prevent wage theft and other abuses of state law to ensure home health care workers are paid what they’re owed.
Fire chiefs report flooding, storm...
The west end of Union County experienced severe flooding and damage following the storm Wednesday night through Thursday morning.
Lewisburg YMCA program helps seniors...
LEWISBURG — After Mary Ritter retired two years ago, she wanted to make sure she didn’t lead a sedentary lifestyle.
Shamokin man sentenced to 10-20 years...
SUNBURY — A 33-year-old Shamokin man convicted in June of felony aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of children charges will spend 10 to 20 years in state prison.
9/11 REMEMBERED | 'Pay their respects...
It started with five words painted in blue on a rectangular board. "Our prayers are with you," read the sign, left anonymously alongside a Stonycreek Township road near the United Airlines Flight 93 crash site.
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Interstate 80 reopens in Luzerne and Columbia Counties
A crash on I-80 in Black Creek Township had shut down the westbound lanes in Luzerne County Thursday morning.
Ed Sheeran calls situation in Gaza 'catastrophic and unjustifiable' as he opens solo concert
“My heart has been broken by the scale of devastation and loss of civilians’ lives, of children’s lives,” Sheeran...
Nonprofit keeps neighbors warm with firewood donations
BERWICK, COLUMBIA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — As heating costs continue to put pressure on household budgets, keeping a...
PA State Trooper Michael Pahira honored at football game of his alma mater, North Schuylkill High School
The family of Trooper Pahira was present to help kick off the game played in honor of the trooper who was killed...
Colorado mountains get first true snow of the season — and this is later than normal
Colorado's 14,000-foot peaks have received their first true snowfall unusually late this year, marking a delayed...
Woman dead, man sent to hospital after deadly house fire
SCOTT TOWNSHIP, COLUMBIA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A early morning house fire turned deadly in Scott Township after...
Courthouse shooting under investigation, police say
COLUMBIA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Authorities are investigating a shooting that took place at the Columbia County...
NASCAR changes rule for wet-weather tires on approved oval tracks, starting with Bristol this weekend
The change aligns with NASCAR’s wet-weather policies on road and street courses, allowing individual teams to have...
Slammed by storms and hurricanes, Hawaii small businesses ask tourists to return with aloha and some patience
Small businesses are grateful tourists have given the island time to recover, but they now fear too long of a...
One woman dead after early morning Columbia County fire
Multiple fire departments were called to a fire along Red Maple Lane in Almedia early Monday morning.