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.
The west end of Union County experienced severe flooding and damage following the storm Wednesday night through Thursday morning.
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.
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.
PHILADELPHIA — Burlington Stores chose West Philadelphia as the home of its corporate office, relocating from New Jersey with plans to invest $370 million in its new headquarters and employ upward of 2,000 people there over the next five years.
FREEBURG — Freeburg borough council has hired legal counsel to assist in negotiations with an energy company constructing a solar farm near its water treatment plant.
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.
LEWISBURG — After Mary Ritter retired two years ago, she wanted to make sure she didn’t lead a sedentary lifestyle.
SHAMOKIN, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Sep. 3, 2026, has been declared Albert Francovich Day in the City of Shamokin. Francovich, a Croatian-American from Shamokin, served as an aviation machinist during World War II. Francovich was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross and Purple Heart for his bravery during the Second World War. The proclamation comes three [...]
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Two men robbed a woman at gunpoint Monday in the Geisinger South parking garage, according to a Wilkes-Barre Police release. The men approached the victim around 5:00 a.m. in all back with ski masks and pointing pistols at her, police said. After demanding valuables, which she did not have, they [...]
