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MIDDLEBURG — The state is investing $6.6 million in emergency medical services (EMS) agencies across the commonwealth to recruit, train and equip first responders and improve call responses. A majority of the funding from the EMS Operating Fund will be distributed to the state’s 13 Regional EMS Councils, which oversee Pennsylvania’s EMS agencies and assist more than 2.2 million Pennsylvanians every year.Seven Mountains EMS Council, which serves Northumberland, Snyder, Union, Montour, Juniata, Mifflin, Columbia, Centre and Clinton counties, will receive $294,701."EMS professionals are called

DANVILLE — More than 30 entrepreneurs and regional business consultants helped celebrate the 10th National SBDC Day on Wednesday at StartUp Danville.

ARCHBALD, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— There was a large turnout in Archbald Thursday for a hearing on another proposed data center project in the borough. This is now the sixth proposal the borough has received in the last year, and locals say they're not happy about it. Hundreds packed the auditorium at Valley View High School [...]

MOUNT CARMEL BOROUGH, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A Saturday night fire in Mount Carmel was determined by Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) to be an arson. Crews responded around 8:15 p.m. to the former Columbia Building Supply on South Spruce Street, where PSP say a fire was lit using an accelerant around a stove. The building [...]

(WBRE/WYOU) — The ringleader of a more than $3 million bank fraud scheme was sentenced Wednesday for his involvement, officials say. Jeremy Antuan Boria Fraticelli, 23, of Dover, led 23 others in tricking bank customers to make withdrawals into funnel accounts, according to the office of Attorney General Dave Sunday. Fraticelli was sentenced one to [...]

(WBRE/WYOU) — Entrance security screenings using metal detectors will be implemented at all Geisinger hospitals over the next year, according to a Geisinger release. The first screenings will be implemented Monday, March 30 at Geisinger Medical Center. “Our hospitals are places of healing,” Sean McGinley, associate vice president of Police and Security Operations for Geisinger [...]

(WBRE/WYOU) — Nexstar Media Group announced Thursday the closure of its acquisition of TEGNA. The announcement follows approval of the deal from Federal Communications Commission and United States Department of Justice. Nexstar’s Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer, Perry Sook said: “This transaction is essential to sustaining strong local journalism in the communities we serve. [...]

PLAINS TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Drivers say it's a daily challenge, a sound they know all too well: hitting a pothole. A sound that brings anger, frustration, and worry about costly damage. We're in what many drivers call pothole season. The time of year between winter and spring when these craters pop up more [...]

TUNKHANNOCK BOROUGH, WYOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Wyoming County Community Action Group launched an initiative to educate Tunkhannock High School students about the dangers of gambling. The program began as the 2026 men's and women's March Madness tournaments tipped off Thursday. The educational push comes amid a surge in sports betting popularity, with the American [...]

FAIRVIEW TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) – Karen McGinnis, 46, of Mountain Top, was sentenced March 17 to 20 months in federal prison for embezzling more than $400,000 in public property tax money. U.S. District Judge Karoline Mehalchick issued the sentence following McGinnis' conviction for theft of public funds. McGinnis served as the tax collector for [...]