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BLOOMSBURG — This year, plan your annual trip to the Bloomsburg Fair using an app.

RIVERSIDE — Southside Fire Company will pay off its Engine 73 and establish a replacement fire tanker fund thanks to a recent donation by Villager Realty Inc. of Danville.

DANVILLE — Montour County residents can drop off used tires at locations across the county Saturday.

SUNBURY — Country singer Walker Hayes is everything but “Fancy Like.”

DANVILLE — Montour County will celebrate 175 years since its establishment Friday.

DANVILLE — A Shamokin man faces felony burglary charges in Montour County following an arrest Wednesday morning.

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Scranton fire crews were on the scene of a small fire by an old train station on Lackawanna Avenue.

The fire was in the back of the building by an old loading dock.

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Crews were able to knock the flames out quickly. They did find some evidence of vagrant or homeless items near the scene.

Authorities say there were no injuries and minimal damage to the building.

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — There is no mold at a Wilkes-Barre elementary school, 28/22 News first reported about on Tuesday.

The principal at Kistler Elementary in Wilkes-Barre says the test results for mold came back clean.

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The tests were ordered after custodians spotted white patches in two classrooms on Tuesday.

School at Kistler Elementary will begin on Thursday as scheduled.

(WBRE/WYOU)— Wilkes-Barre's biggest rivalry is kicking off the Division III football season!

Join Nick and Ricky as they talk to Kings Head Coach Michael Cebrosky and Wilkes Head Coach David Bieber ahead of Thursday night's 29th annual Mayor's Cup at 7:00 p.m.

The coaches talk what this rivalry means for the city of Wilkes-Barre, the programs themselves and the alumni of both schools.

Wilkes currently holds a 15-13 lead over Kings in the series, winning the last three including last year's game 43-28.

STROUD TOWNSHIP, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man is facing several charges Wednesday night after an hours-long standoff ended in Stroud Township.

The Stroud Area Regional Police Department says they were called to Walnut Grove Road in Stroud Township around 11:35 a.m. for a man reportedly destroying the Walnut Grove community sign with a hammer.

When officers arrived on scene, they identified the man as 29-year-old Alexander Ball from East Stroudsburg, who lived in the community.