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(WBRE/WYOU)— It’s officially Week Five of the 2025 high school football season!

Watch our 28/22 Friday Night Football Show, as it was a strong week for our Top 10 teams, with only one of them losing.

#5 Jersey Shore pulled away from a talented 3-1 Shikellamy team. Stroudsburg pulls off an upset in the Pocono region shootout against Pocono Mountain East. Scranton Prep dominated the Scranton Knights in a Scranton showdown, and Loyalsock Township handled a 4-0 Bloomsburg squad that was on the rise.

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FOSTER TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A home is destroyed after an intense fire in Luzerne County.

The communication center says the fire broke out around 3:30 this afternoon on the 6000 block of North Buck Mountain Road in Foster Township.

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You can see flames pouring out of the home.

No injuries have been reported.

It is not yet clear how the fire started or how many people lived in the home.

DANVILLE — Danville Area Superintendent Molly Nied is concerned about students walking across Route 11 to the new Wawa and McDonald’s, but Pennsylvania Department of Transportation officials said a pedestrian crossing is necessary.

DANVILLE — The Montour County Sheriff’s Office is attempting to apprehend a man believed to be in the Washingtonville area.

SUNBURY — The CEO of an industrial hemp manufacturer that promised 400 jobs in Sunbury more than three years ago said he is still trying to revamp his business model and deal with a series of issues at the former Sunbury Textile Mills, including a permit of occupancy.

Midd-West School District celebrated the Snyder County high school’s centennial Friday with a district-wide pep rally, visit from local and state officials and a proclamation by Gov. Josh Shapiro.

MIDDLEBURG — A 31-year-old Beaver Springs man was sentenced to up to 10 years for sexually assaulting a child.

HARRISBURG — Amid concern about the viability of the power grid that serves all of Pennsylvania, Gov. Josh Shapiro and the governors of 12 other states will meet Monday in Philadelphia to discuss potential changes the manager of their shared wholesale electrical market can make to rein in rapidly growing energy costs.

HARRISBURG — SCI Rockview and the Quehanna Boot Camp will close, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections formally announced Friday.