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(WBRE/WYOU) — A familiar local radio voice has passed away. Close friends of Tommy Woods say he died following recent health issues.

Woods was known widely throughout northeastern Pennsylvania, but was best known for his time at Warm Radio in the 1960s as one of The Sensational Seven.

Then in 1969, he moved to Washington, DC for a position with WTOP News Radio.

Frost advisory in effect for Tuesday morning

From there, he was hired by the Mutual Broadcasting System and was the congressional correspondent during the Watergate era.

(WBRE/WYOU) — We are just hours away from voters casting ballots in the Commonwealth's primary, and while this vote doesn't have the big headlines of swing state presidential elections, it's still an important one.

Analyst Doctor David Sosar believes this election is the perfect opportunity for people to decide the fate of their communities. He feels a Lackawanna County mayoral race at the center of Tuesday's primary is a good example of why.

LEWISBURG — When a 17-year-old Mae Krier went to work building airplanes during World War II, she didn’t do it so that someday she would be applauded for those efforts.

LEWISBURG — PennDOT cited changing traffic patterns due to the Central Susquehanna Valley Thruway as a contributing factor for granting a highway occupancy permit for Geisinger’s incoming cancer center along Route 15.

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SELINSGROVE — WellSpan Evangelical Community Hospital introduced a new ultrasound machine for guided injections at its imaging center in Selinsgrove.

LEWISBURG — It’s OK to not have a plan and to be unsure about your next chapter, Jessica Livingston told the nearly 1,000 Bucknell undergraduate and graduate students sitting on the lawn of the Malesardi Quadrangle on Sunday morning.

(WBRE/WYOU) — Ahead of the upcoming May 20 Primary election, Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt is reminding Pennsylvania voters they can find comprehensive information on voting online.

In a release, officials say that ensuring elections are conducted fairly and freely, and that every eligible voter can make their voice heard, are top priorities of the Shapiro Administration.

Vote.pa.gov gives voters resources to verify their voter registration, find their voting place, and learn how to finish and return their mail-in ballot.