WILLIAMSPORT — U.S. Reps. Dan Meuser, R-9, Dallas, and Glenn Thompson, R-15, Bellefonte, participated in a Wednesday roundtable discussion focused on energy, manufacturing and expanding opportunity in Pennsylvania’s rural communities.
LEHIGHTON, CARBON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A Luzerne County Attorney who prosecutors say caused a deadly DUI crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike just had his conviction overturned.
In October of 2023, Shavertown attorney Joseph Persico was sentenced to three to six years in prison after being found guilty of vehicular homicide that took the life of Paul Gerrity.
Persico was driving the wrong way on the Pennsylvania Turnpike under the influence in 2018.
Persico's sentence has been overturned because of an unauthorized blood draw on the night of the crash.
(WBRE/WYOU)— A Gouldsboro man has been sentenced to up to 12 years in prison after intentionally setting fires at multiple locations across two counties.
30-year-old Michael Yzkanin has been sentenced to up to 12 years in Wayne County after setting two buildings ablaze in Gouldsboro, one being the Gouldsboro Inn.
Man wanted after allegedly causing crash, fire while drunk
Police then connected Yzkanin to two fires in Jessup, one on the 600 block of 4th Avenue and another at the Library Pizza Bar.
DANVILLE — The new 96-bed Geisinger Behavioral Health Center in Danville will begin accepting patients Tuesday.
HARRISBURG — A Pennsylvania state senator announced forthcoming legislation proposing to incrementally raise the minimum hourly wage to $11.
LEWISBURG — Nearly 100 agencies will be involved in next week’s National Night Out in Lewisburg.
HARRISBURG — The Department of Health urges caution statewide about encountering harmful algal blooms in Pennsylvania waterways.
HARRISBURG — A lawmaker in western Pennsylvania plans to introduce a bill to prevent convicted sex offenders from becoming parents through surrogacy.
SUNURY — Two Sunbury residents accused of selling drugs to a confidential informant face felony gun and drug charges and are in jail on $250,000 bail.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Stroud Area Regional Police Department have reissued two felony warrants for a man who allegedly caused a crash while drinking and driving back in February and allegedly assaulted and strangled a man back in May
Stroud Area Regional Police Department issued another warrant after Justin Kolendowicz allegedly assaulted a man by hitting him on the head with an object, choking, and throwing items at him back in May in East Stroudsburg.
