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SELINSGROVE — Susquehanna University has rejected Selinsgrove borough’s offer to resolve a water billing dispute.

SUNBURY — Guests are to step back into the Roaring Twenties and join in the fun of A Mobster Who-Dunnit, a new murder-mystery experience in Sunbury.

HARRISBURG — Stacy Garrity, the leading Republican seeking to become governor of Pennsylvania, doesn’t have the fundraising might incumbent Gov. Josh Shapiro does to start the 2026 election cycle, but her campaign found a silver lining in the support offered by small-dollar donors.

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DALLAS, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A correctional officer has been found not guilty on the charges of facilitating an assault at SCI Dallas. Joseph John Tilletski, 39, of Plymouth, was found not guilty on December 18 of all charges filed against him, alleging he and another correctional officer facilitated an ‘inmate-on-inmate’ assault at SCI Dallas. Back in [...]

KINGSTON TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The cousin of a man stabbed to death has been arrested in a more than decade-old cold case in Luzerne County. The murder of a businessman, Jonathan Balester, 56, remained unsolved after 14 years, when he was found stabbed to death in his home in May 2011. On Monday, [...]

BEAVER TWP. -- Just moments after he was elected the new fire chief, Devin Steward urged those at Wednesday's Beaver...

BERWICK -- School directors here are considering rebuilding the high school tennis courts, but say a tight budget may...

BLOOMSBURG -- A convicted sex offender serving a lengthy prison sentence for the attempted rape of a Bloomsburg woman...