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BERWICK -- A woman has been charged after abandoning her dog outside an apartment she recently moved from, police say....

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Downtown Scranton bar, restaurant, and arcade Bartari teamed up on Saturday with The Scoville Unit for their Third Annual Wing-Off.

Competitors faced the challenge of eating ten hot wings, 10 shot glasses of hot sauce, and also took the One Chip Challenge by eating eight spicy chips.

A former professional competitive eater was the only one to down all of that fiery food.

Heading outdoors in Lackawanna County for end-of-season skating celebration

SOUTH ABINGTON TOWNSHIP, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Outdoors near Clarks Summit was the place to be for a celebration on the ice during the final weekend of February.

Hundreds of people showed up on Saturday at Hillside Park for one last end-of-season skating celebration.

Volunteers helped make these weekend events happen since late December by lending ice skates, hockey sticks, and pucks at no charge.

Historic AME church held grand opening in Stroudsburg

STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The doors of a historic church in Monroe County are now open for the first time in decades with a few upgrades.

The Stroudsburg Little Bethel Historical Association held its grand opening on Saturday at Little Bethel on North Third Street in Stroudsburg.

There the newly restored Stroudsburg Little Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church was unveiled.

The AME church is now a museum and even features a lending library full of books both by and about African Americans.

GLEN LYON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A local bar was damaged after a fire Saturday morning in Luzerne County.

According to Nanticoke Fire Department, crews were called to the unit block of Orchard Street around 4:30 a.m. at Lyon's Den Bar & Grille for a reported commercial structure fire.

Man wanted for allegedly exposing himself to child

Officials say that crews did arrive on-scene to a working fire, a second alarm was called in, and the fire was under control by 5:15 a.m.

EDWARDSVILLE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Edwardsville Police are attempting to identify a male who exposed himself to a child in a local retail store.

According to Edwardsville Police, this man is wanted for allegedly exposing and fondling himself in front of a seven-year-old girl at Name Brand Liquidations in the Edwardsville Gateway Shopping Center.

Morning fire damages bar in Luzerne County

Anyone that can identify this individual is encouraged to call the Edwardsville Borough Police Department at 570-288-8463 or 911.

SUNBURY — Shikellamy Law Enforcement club members were able to make a mock arrest during a staged criminal investigation at the high school Friday.

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DANVILLE -- About 60 striking nurses from Wilkes-Barre and Pittston came to Danville Friday to protest in front of the...