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LEWISBURG — A rising senior from Lewisburg Area High School is participating in the prestigious Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh this summer.

MILTON — A Milton man faces misdemeanor charges of criminal conspiracy in concealing the death of a child and abuse of a corpse after borough police say he buried the body of a 3-day-old baby in the backyard of a Center Street residence.

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DANVILLE — The Sisters of Saints Cyril and Methodius will celebrate a half-century of community spirit, tradition and joy at their annual summer festival next month.

(WBRE/WYOU) - 28/22 News was off the air for several hours Wednesday due to a power outage in Wilkes-Barre.

A natural gas leak in downtown Wilkes-Barre caused utility crews to cut power to areas of of the Diamond City around 9:00 p.m. Wednesday.

Power turned off in downtown Wilkes-Barre due to gas leak

Due to the nature of this incident, WBRE and WYOU were not transmitting a broadcast signal, resulting in disruption of programming to viewers.

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) - Utility crews have turned off power in downtown Wilkes-Barre due to a gas leak Wednesday night.

Firefighters told 28/22 News officials shut down power in and around the Wilkes-Barre area while they investigate a gas leak near Public Square.

Customers, businesses feeling impact of mall outage

According to PPL, over 3,700 customers across the Wilkes-Barre area were without power starting shortly before 9:00 p.m.

NEW CASTLE TOWNSHIP, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Authorities say one person was injured Wednesday afternoon after a tractor-trailer crash in Schuylkill County.

Officials say the call came in just after 3:30 p.m. after a reported tractor-trailer crash on State Route 61 Southbound in New Castle Township.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) explains the crash happened between the intersections of Exit 124A: Interstate 81 South and Darkwater Road along Route 61, closing all lanes in both directions.