MIDDLE SMITHFIELD TOWNSHIP, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Recovery efforts continue in part of the Poconos after the Fourth of July weekend storm left the area with no power and a lot of debris. The cleanup is far from over, but across the township, one thing is clear: neighbors are not waiting for help; they're helping [...]
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Students at a local university are speaking up. They believe the arts department has been overlooked for some time. Now, a new change is coming to the university, hoping to address the issues and open new pathways for its student body. Students within Marywood University's Music, Theater, and Dance Department [...]
BUTLER TOWNSHIP, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Pennsylvania says goodbye to a fallen state trooper: Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) Trooper Michael Pahira was laid to rest as hundreds of law enforcement officers, family members, and community members joined together to honor his sacrifice. Trooper Pahira was hit and killed along Interstate-81 during a routine big rig [...]
PRINGLE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Crews from several departments responded to a fire in a local Luzerne County home supply and service center Wednesday afternoon. Firefighters were dispatched just before 5:00 p.m. to TM Supply in Pringle for a commercial building fire. TM Supply is a local business that supplies and installs windows and doors. [...]
BALD EAGLE TWP., CLINTON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A woman working at a Clinton County spa was arrested Tuesday on prostitution charges. Jinwei Wang, 48, of Flushing, New York, faces prostitution charges for using Relaxa Spa in Mill Hill as "a business for sexual acts," according to a release from the Clinton County District Attorney's Office. [...]
MIFFLINBURG — A 28-year-old Mifflinburg man has been charged with manufacture, delivery or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver, a felony.
SUNBURY — Northumberland County Commissioners and court officials will be discussing new Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee-approved legislation authorizing county probation and parole officers to use body-worn cameras.
LEWISBURG — Members of a nonprofit organization that advocates for older adults visited Asbury RiverWoods in Lewisburg on Wednesday to donate dementia-friendly items to residents.
LEWISBURG — A Bucknell University professor will help celebrate America at 250 by talking about the Declaration of Independence and Constitution at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 9, in the Open Discourse Coalition Building, 239 Market St., Lewisburg.
MIFFLINBURG — United in Recovery, a program of Susquehanna Valley United Way, is inviting community members to join in the second hike in its Recovery in Motion series Sunday.
