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EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — State police announced DUI checkpoints will be placed across various roadways in Pennsylvania.

According to Pennsylvania State Police, sobriety checkpoints and roving patrols aim to deter drinking and driving. Police say they are operating with a “zero-tolerance enforcement policy.”

Police say checkpoints and roving patrols will be placed on roadways until September 30 experiencing high rates of DUI-related traffic violations and DUI-related crashes.

Eight arrested during DUI checkpoints

HANOVER TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A stadium renovation project leads to lead contamination, and a home field being closed for the season for students at one Luzerne County school district.

While it's not the season they expected, the school's student-athletes are staying positive.

Hanover Area School District Superintendent Nathan Barrett says when crews were removing paint from the stadium bleachers as a part of the 100-year celebration project, lead paint particles were accidentally spread to the locker room and some storage areas.

Penn State removed nearly three dozen racks containing its independent student-produced newspaper from on-campus this week because politics-related ads on the racks violated school policy. The Daily Collegian reports they were not notified of the racks' removal Wednesday night and were not told where they are being stored. The newspaper said there were about 35 racks overall inside buildings on campus, with three running an ad for Vice President Kamala Harris and six running voter registration ads. The other racks did not have posters.

EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — The recent deadly attacks in the Middle East using electronic devices, namely pagers and radios, have raised questions about the overall security of electronic devices worldwide.

Friday night 28/22 News talk with a cyber security expert about what's being done to guard against device tampering.

We also hear from people who say they often take electronic device security for granted.

HAZLE TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — State police report they are investigating a fraud where over $1,400 worth of McDonald's orders were bought with an expired credit card.

According to Pennsylvania State Police, troopers were called to the 400 block of Hunter Highway in Butler Township for an issue with mobile app orders.

Eight arrested during DUI checkpoints

Police say an unidentified suspect used an expired credit card to make numerous mobile orders on the McDonalds App.

The transactions accumulated to around $1,416.99 in unpaid orders.

LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has announced a project that will connect Route 115/309 Southbound to Interstate 81 Southbound.

According to PennDOT, the project will replace three existing bridges within the I-81 and Route 115 interchange, realign three Route 115/309 Southbound and Route 8015 ramps, as well as construction of a new ramp that will connect Route 115/309 Northbound to I-81 Southbound.

Two-vehicle crash involving police cruiser, motorcycle

DENNISON TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — State police report a driver was killed after crashing and overturning his car on Interstate 80 in Luzerne County.

According to Pennsylvania State Police, on September 12 around 5:40 a.m., a crash occurred on I-80 West in Dennison Township.

Police said a car driven by Donald Hooper, 67, of Shamokin, left the roadway for unknown reasons, hit a guide rail, and crossed over both westbound lanes.

Two-vehicle crash involving police cruiser, motorcycle

NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — State police say they continue to investigate a 1983 cold case where a newborn was found dead inside a garbage bag along the roadway.

According to Pennsylvania State Police, the investigation continues into the homicide of an identified newborn girl found in Northumberland County.

Police say the gruesome discovery happened on July 18, 1983, when two Snydertown residents were walking alongside State Route 4005. A newborn girl was found "discarded along the roadway in multiple bags," PSP reported.

KINGSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A Luzerne County woman is facing charges after police say they found her home in deplorable condition and neglected dogs which resulted in a puppy's death.

According to the Kingston Police Department, officers were called to the 500 block of Schuyler Avenue for a report of unattended dogs in a home.

On September 18 officers said they met with neighbors who said the resident, Nicole Williams, 37, of Kingston, had not been living at the house for around three weeks and her dogs were left behind.

BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — For over a century The Bloomsburg Fair has brought life to Columbia County as the largest agricultural fair in Pennsylvania.

28/22 News has more from the fairgrounds where more than 1,000 organizers are preparing to welcome another year.

The stoves are hot and food is served at Woody’s Place at the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds Friday morning.

What to know, what to do at the 2024 Bloomsburg Fair

“This takes us about a month to get everything together,” Woody Heaps, owner, Woody’s Place.