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SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A hunt of a different kind brought out more than 50 vendors and many more customers in Scranton's Green Ridge section.

Hundreds of people turned out to Lace Village for a spring shopping market.

It featured everything from clothing and crafts to jewelry and food.

Bringing some bloom to downtown Scranton

The market also included a petting zoo featuring sheep and goats.

This family-friendly event is one of several throughout the year held at Lace Village.

DUNMORE, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Elsewhere, children filled up their baskets for another Easter egg hunt.

It's billed as the Bunny Hunt at Saint Anthony's playground in Dunmore.

Organizers say it took a matter of minutes for kids to grab all of the three-thousand eggs filled with candy and prizes.

Warm weather brings annual Easter egg hunt in Luzerne County

"When they said go, everybody ran to like the center of the field. That's all I remember," recalled Henry cummings, 10-years-old, Elmhurst.

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Some mild temperatures combined with an Easter tradition brought out a big crowd to downtown Wilkes-Barre.

City firefighters gave the Easter bunny a lift for the downtown Wilkes-Barre Business Association's annual Easter egg hunt.

Hundreds of kids and their parents filled the square as children went in search of thousands of candy-filled, colorful plastic eggs.

The bunny makes a stop in Lackawanna County

Some of the eggs also had tickets for prizes.

NORTH MANHEIM TOWNSHIP, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A Schuylkill County man is dead after a police pursuit Saturday afternoon.

Troopers say 43-year-old Matthew Williams, of Frackville, fled a traffic stop in his 2017 Kia Rio and traveled south on State Route 61 just before 3:00 p.m.

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The release states that Williams traveled along State Route 61 for approximately a quarter mile before he neared the intersection of the Cressona mall where he rear-ended a black SUV causing a multi-vehicle crash.

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Police are investigating a report of shots fired at a local bar early Saturday morning.

According to Sgt. Cordaro of the Wilkes-Barre City Police Department, units were called at around 1:30 a.m. Saturday morning to Beer Boys for a report of shots fired.

Cordaro says that no one was injured at the scene.

When 28/22 News was at the scene, we observed what looked to be a bullet hole in the second floor window.

Wilkes-Barre Police Department is investigating the report of shots fired.

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LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— We begin with a new Luzerne County Coroner and it's not the first time he's made news in NEPA.

He's a former local police officer was once on the wrong side of the law, but now says he's ready to turn the page.

Dion Fernandes was appointed Luzerne County Coroner Friday afternoon.

He's a former Pittston City Police Officer and current president of a local funeral home.

Fernandes says stepping into this position carries out a similar role he has fulfilled for decades of his life.