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BLOOMSBURG -- A Hazleton man will spend at least a year in prison for breaking into an ex-girlfriend's mobile home in...

MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police say a man is facing several charges in Monroe County after stealing a vehicle and fleeing from police. Police say 33-year-old John Hughes stole a silver Nissan Frontier from a man's driveway in Paradise Township on January 16. The victim told authorities he started his car and went back inside, [...]

STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A borough in Monroe County is still without a mayor on Tuesday. Stroudsburg council met at the municipal building as the search continues to fill the vacant position. This comes after former mayor Michael Moreno stepped down earlier this month to take the position as the Downtown Main Street Manager. [...]

RANSOM TOWNSHIP, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— It's back to the drawing board for a data center developer in Lackawanna County. Scranton Materials LLC had its zoning application denied Tuesday after failing to make its case to Ransom Township's Board of Supervisors. The developer was seeking to re-zone land in the township to make way for a [...]

(WBRE/WYOU)— After a dull first half that saw looked like Indiana would run away with the game up 10-0, Miami's second half run would come up six points short, 27-21. 28/22 Sports Night recaps that back-and-forth second half, capped off by Fernando Mendoza's TD run, and looks at some of the standouts from that game Nick [...]

SHAMOKIN DAM — A tractor-trailer crash shut down both northbound lanes of Route 15 at the Route 11 split on Tuesday afternoon.

HARRISBURG — Infrastructure improvements across Northumberland and Montour counties will get a $1.2 million boost from state grants.

EAST BUFFALO TWP. — Two communities in Union County received a combined $735,000 in state funding toward transportation and sewer projects through the Commonwealth Financing Authority.East Buffalo Township was awarded $410,000 through the Multimodal Transportation Fund program for improvements to West Market Street. Mifflinburg Borough was awarded $325,000 by the Small Water and Sewer program to help fund its Sanitary Sewer Replacement Project.State Sen.

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NORTHUMBERLAND — Northumberland Police Chief Clifford Kriner was appointed borough manager, replacing interim manager Lucas Marsolf, during a Tuesday special meeting.