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The Gaspipe Theatre Company will perform a collection of Shakespearean monologues and scenes this weekend to give audiences a new “Shakespearience.”

{div class=”subscriber-preview”}LEWISBURG — Union County reached a two-year agreement with Albright Care Services regarding its payment in lieu of taxes.

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— It was four days of emotional, gut-wrenching testimony inside the Lackawanna County Courthouse. Fifty-year-old Stephen Carroll is behind bars Thursday after a jury found him guilty on almost every charge; including multiple counts of rape, assault, and corruption of minors. Five victims took the stand, detailing not only the abuse they [...]

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man has been convicted of shooting and killing his Lowe's co-worker. Christopher Wasnetsky is going to prison for life after a jury found him guilty in Lackawanna County Court. Wasnetsky was convicted of first-degree murder Thursday after he gunned down Jeffrey Moeller inside a Scranton Lowe's in June of [...]

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Luxury seats make their way into some auditoriums at Movies 14, as upgrades begin in the theater. Luxury has arrived at R/C Wilkes Barre Movies 14. Officials stated that new luxury heated recliners are now available in select auditoriums. Along with the luxury recliners, the movie theater will now offer [...]

BUTLER TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man is facing charges after police say he led them on a high-speed chase. 56-year-old Guy Eckley Coxe is charged following an investigation into a vehicle pursuit that started in Butler Township and ended in Hazle Township on Monday, August 10. Butler Township Police stated an officer was [...]

(WBRE/WYOU) — An isolated shower or rumble of thunder is possible this evening.  The remainder of the night will be comfortable under partly cloudy skies. Temperatures will range between 55 and 60 Saturday morning. After the cooler start, plenty of sunshine will push temperatures into the upper 70s and lower 80s. Some warmer valleys in [...]

LEWISBURG — A Millmont man who had dreams of becoming a state trooper was sentenced Thursday to one year of probation for illegally filming sexual acts with a 16-year-old girl.Union County Judge Michael Piecuch sentenced Clayton Earl Miller, 23, of Millmont, to a probationary sentence and ordered him to pay $500 plus court costs and fees. Miller, who was 19 at the time of the incident, pleaded guilty in July to a misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct. The remaining charges, including felony counts of producing child sexual abuse material, were dismissed.

LEWISBURG — The Lewisburg Area School District approved a new four-year contract with its teachers' union Thursday, a year before the current collective bargaining agreement expires.

MILTON — Brooks Stahlnecker, a lifetime member of the Warrior Run Fire Department and founder of The Financial Fire Drill, a financial education company, released his book, “The Sleep Better Strategy,” on Friday.