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OLD FORGE, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A house was severely damaged after a Saturday morning fire in Old Forge.

According to Chief Mark Tagliaterra of the Old Forge Fire Department, crews were called to the 500 block of Winter Street for a reported structure fire just after 4:00 a.m.

Tagliaterra says that when crews arrived on-scene, they found a fire that started in the garage but spread to the home.

Tagliaterra requested the fire be moved to a second alarm because of exposure issues so multiple surrounding units were called in.

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LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— The third annual "Arts in Motion Trolley Tour" hosted by The Street Art Society made its way through a part of Luzerne County.

The hour and a half tour through the Wyoming Valley gave art lovers a chance to check out 30-plus murals that have become an important part of NEPA's landscape.

They even got to meet some of the artists.

The event helped raise money for Street Art Society of NEPA, a non-profit working to create more murals across the Wyoming Valley.

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— We begin with a pair of construction projects wreaking havoc on a local shopping center.

The work is being completed about a block apart in Lackawanna County and its causing concern for customers and business owners.

The wastewater project is taking place in the parking lot of Greenridge Plaza while the bridge reconstruction project is taking place outside the plaza just a few hundred feet away.

New food resource center coming to Monroe County

NORTHAMPTON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Two people face human trafficking charges after a prostitution sting in Northampton County.

Investigators arrested 51-year-old Robert Birch and 50-year-old Cittdata Jarnigan of Bethlehem.

Police say birch acted as a "Pimp", controlling prostitutes and profiting from their acts.

Jarnigan is said to have served as a "Madame", advertising women online and arranging their medical care.

The FBI and state police helped detectives break the case open in a joint operation that started in January.

PLYMOUTH, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A Plymouth woman is facing charges tonight in death of a Shavertown man.

Amy Rowan was arraigned this afternoon on charges in the drug delivery death of Vyacheslav Polushkin. Police say they found Poluskhin's body during a welfare check back in march.

Their investigation led them to rowan who they say delivered meth and fentanyl to the victim.