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SUNBURY — An eyesore in Sunbury that has been the topic of conversation for the past several months is now a vacant lot after city officials had the property torn down earlier this week.

HARRISBURG — As energy demands swell, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection seeks developers to pursue express-path projects for new power plants and energy storage facilities to buttress the PJM power grid.

LEWISBURG — A Montgomery man accused of punching a game warden at State Game Lands near the lost village of Alvira pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor count of resisting arrest in Union County Court.On Friday, Michael James Bartholomew, 30, of Sherwood Drive, Montgomery, entered the plea before Union County Judge Michael Piecuch. In pleading no contest, Bartholomew did not admit guilt but acknowledged there was enough evidence for a jury to find him guilty.The plea agreement, if accepted by the judge, calls for a 12-month probationary sentence.

LEWISBURG — A Westmoreland County man accused of being involved in the theft of copper piping and wiring from the former Laurelton Center pleaded no contest to a burglary charge in Union County Court.On Friday, Christopher Duane Hall, 42, of Garfield Street, New Kensington, pleaded no contest to a felony count of burglary in front of Union County Judge Michael Piecuch.

LEWISBURG — A Montoursville man accused of attempted homicide is headed to trial in Union County Court.

LEWISBURG — A Millmont woman accused of stealing $50,000 from the Mifflinburg American Legion plans to take her case to trial in Union County Court.

DALLAS TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Rice Township Police Chief Harry Ehret, 61, was laid to rest Friday in Luzerne County after serving his community for 30 years. His funeral marked the end of a life dedicated to public service in the close-knit Mountain Top community. Chief Ehret was widely known and deeply connected to [...]

EDWARDSVILLE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — One person was shot in what police are calling an isolated incident Thursday night in Edwardsville. According to West Side Regional Police Department Captain Craig Cebrick, police were called around 10:30 p.m. Thursday for multiple shots fired on Church Street in Edwardsville. Cebrick says one person was struck by a [...]

WASHINGTON TWP., LEHIGH COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Authorities say they are searching for a woman who was involved in a fatal wrong-way crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Onanyeli Rosario-Mesa, 25, of Allentown, is wanted for the following charges: In March 2025, state police were called to a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 476 northbound in Washington Township, [...]