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HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania State Police seeks prospective candidates to join its next training academy class.

WATSONTOWN — Watsontown Borough Council approved a 5-year collective bargaining agreement with the Watsontown Police Union on Monday.

SELINSGROVE — The offices of Union-Snyder Community Action Agency (CAA) will be closed to the public on Monday in observance of Labor Day. During this time, anyone seeking assistance is asked to leave a message at 570-374-0181 or info@union-snydercaa.org.

SHAMOKIN DAM — Firefighters in Snyder County responded this morning to a house fire along County Line Road in Monroe Township.

DANVILLE — A Danville man is headed to Montour County court on felony child pornography charges after waiving a preliminary hearing in district court Tuesday.

LANCASTER — A registered sex offender admitted in court on Monday to breaking into his downstairs neighbor’s Lancaster County apartment, sexually assaulting and strangling her to death in 2021, prosecutors said.

LEWISBURG — The executive director of the Union-Snyder Agency on Aging Inc. asked Union County commissioners on Tuesday for support in urging state legislators to pass a supplemental budget bill in September for senior services.

HAZLE TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Residents of a Luzerne County apartment complex near Hazleton say they are having problems associated with a nearby homeless camp.

They say the people in the camp are stealing from their properties and causing disturbances, mainly at night.

They called the I-Team for help, claiming their concerns were not being addressed by local officials.

The homeless camp is located in the woods right across the street near the Hazlewood Apartments, just north of the city of Hazleton.

EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — A man wanted for a deadly stabbing in Wilkes-Barre has been arrested in Maine Monday.

According to the Penobscot County Sheriff's Office in Maine, on Monday, August 26 around 10:30 p.m. the county jail admitted a new arrest from the Dexter Police Department.

The man, Justice Flenory, 23, of Exeter, Maine, was taken to the jail for alleged drug offenses. During the booking process, officers said they noticed "unusual behavior" from Flenory.

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A Lackawanna County man has been charged with sexually assaulting three children.

According to court documents, 81-year-old Edward C. Ohara is facing charges for the alleged sexual assault of three children between the ages of six to nine.

16-year-old reported missing in Scranton

The affidavit states during the interview with Ohara he admitted to performing sexual acts on all three victims.