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SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Scranton Police say an argument between two men resulted in one being shot outside a bar in Scranton.

Police say on Saturday, March 16, around midnight, one man was shot outside Beaner's Bar on North Main Avenue in Scranton.

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According to the police, the victim suffered serious, but not life-threatening injuries and was taken to the hospital.

Police say this was not a random act of violence and the investigation is still active

(WBRE/WYOU) — The Pennsylvania Lottery is asking players to check their tickets because two winning lottery tickets, worth over $5 million, are close to expiring.

Officials with the Pennsylvania Lottery state two tickets worth a combined total of $5,128,337 will soon expire.

This includes one jackpot-winning Match 6 Lotto prize worth $2.5 million sold in Wayne County, and one jackpot-winning Cash 5 with Quick Cash prize worth $2,628,337 sold in Westmoreland County.

RIVERSIDE, MONTOUR COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — According to PA WARN Notices, the pharmaceutical company Merck & Co., Inc. will close its Montour County location by 2026.

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The closure will impact 163 jobs at the Riverside location in Montour County. The layoffs will happen in multiple rounds, with the first one starting on May 16 through May 30.

The second round of layoffs will happen between June 23 and July 7, and the final round will happen sometime in 2026.

PLAINS TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Video shows multiple shots fired early Monday morning near a school in Plains Township.

28/22 News received surveillance video of shots fired near the intersection of Abbott and Stocker streets in Plains Township around 4:30 a.m.

In the video, someone can be seen firing four shots from a gun while multiple people are running from the scene. Additional shots are then heard off camera.

Two dead after multi-vehicle crash due to fog

TUNKHANNOCK TWP., MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police report two people have died after a multi-vehicle crash due to fog over the weekend.

On March 15 around 2:30 p.m., officers were called for a crash with entrapment on Route 115 in Tunkhannock Township.

Police say a vehicle was turning from Route 115 south into a driveway when a second vehicle traveling north hit them due to low visibility from the fog.

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