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WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A woman had to be taken to a nearby hospital and a home's garage was badly damaged after a car crashed into a Wilkes-Barre home Wednesday.

Officials told 28/22 News they were called to Brader Drive around 3:30 p.m. for reports of a car into a home.

Repairs underway to ruptured Snyder County sewer line

Captain Eric Serafin of the Wilkes-Barre Fire Department says the woman's vehicle hit several objects before hitting the garage of a home.

PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — One of the scariest Halloween attractions in northeastern Pennsylvania will open for the season this Friday.

Horror Hall in Plymouth Township is preparing to send a chill down your spine this Halloween season by bringing more scares and haunted attractions to its haunted house.

For 40 years, Horror Hall has been the area's biggest and longest-running all-indoor attraction.

A portion of the proceeds raised go to local veterans.

Weatherly man facing more charges after assault accusations

WEATHERLY, CARBON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A Weatherly man is accused of sexually abusing a resident at a care facility in Carbon County, and assaulting a co-worker inside a locked closet.

59-year-old Edward Roche now faces a dozen counts, including committing an offense against a care-dependent person.

Drug raid arrests three, over 1,000 bags of fentanyl seized

The accusations surfaced about a week after police say Roche assaulted a co-worker at Forest Hill Rehabilitation Center.

Roche is jailed in lieu of a $250,000 cash bail and faces a hearing next month.

DANVILLE — A Berwick man faces 26 felony charges pertaining to intercourse with a child in Montour County.

SUNBURY — The Shikellamy teacher's union strike is postponed until Tuesday.

SELINSGROVE — A broken pipe at the Eastern Snyder County Authority treatment plant in Penn Township that spilled an uncertain amount of raw sewage into the Susquehanna River has been repaired.

HARRISBURG — Testimony delivered Wednesday at a Senate Democratic Policy Committee hearing aligned on changes sought to Pennsylvania’s election laws including a collective desire to create a pre-canvassing period for mail-in ballots to speed up the vote count on Election Day.

WILLIAMSPORT — Car dealerships across the region are teaming up with Susquehanna Health Foundation for the 2024 Drive for a Cause fundraiser benefitting breast health services at the Kathryn Candor Lundy Breast Health Center, part of UPMC Magee-Womens in Williamsport.

WILLIAMSPORT — In remembrance of those who have been affected by suicide and in honor of National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, UPMC is holding a candlelight vigil at 6 p.m., today on UPMC Williamsport’s front lawn, 700 High St. Williamsport.

DANVILLE — Around $160,000 in Community Development Block Grant funding was leftover from projects in Montour County in 2020 and 2021.