American farms are disappearing. There are fewer farms today than one year ago, 10 years ago, and 50 years ago. The number of individual farms operating in the U.S. peaked in 1935 at 6.81 million, ahead of a steady decline, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, rapidly falling into the 1970s before beginning a slower slide in 1982.
WHITE DEER TOWNSHIP — The Pennsylvania State Police in Milton are investigating a seven-vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer on Interstate 80 in White Deer Township.
MIFFLINBURG — The jury selection for a kitchen supervisor at a drug and alcohol treatment center in Allenwood charged with sexually assaulting a patient has been continued in Union County Court.
SUNBURY — The defense attorney for a 40-year-old Mount Carmel man is arguing a search warrant was botched and should be suppressed when his client heads to trial on felony possession with the intent to deliver charges stemming from a February 2024 incident in the borough.
MIFFLINBURG — The Mifflinburg Area School District is seeking a special exception from the Mifflinburg Borough Zoning Hearing Board to move forward with its agriculture project.
WHITE HAVEN, CARBON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Officers swapped patrol cars for golf carts Monday afternoon, with every swing and putt helping support a meaningful cause. The Pocono Mountain Regional Police Officers Association hosted its 25th Annual Golf Tournament at Jack Frost Ski Resort, bringing together officers, local businesses and community members to raise money not [...]
WHITE DEER TWP., UNION COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A seven-vehicle pile-up sent drivers and passengers to the hospital in Central Pennsylvania. Crews were called to mile marker 202 on I-80 Westbound for a reported crash on Monday from the ramp from Interstate 180 eastbound to the ramp from US 220 at Exit 178 Lock Haven. State [...]
MOUNT POCONO BOROUGH, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police are investigating a crash that took place on Friday, that left a pedestrian with serious injuries. The victim of the crash, a 46-year-old man from Tobyhanna, PA, was reportedly crossing State Route 611 in Mount Pocono when he was struck by a vehicle, according to an investigation [...]
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY(WBRE/WYOU) — Before the sun rises, families and 4-H students are up on the fairgrounds... washing off their animals. "After this, I am going to wait for it to dry because I don't want to blow it because that's up with my cows. But I will be putting so-sheen on it to [...]
LEHMAN TWP., PIKE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man has been sentenced after he was found to be high on meth and crashed head-on into a motorcyclist, killing the victim. Christopher M. Thomas, of Bushkill, was sentenced to 57 months in prison for homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence. In June 2024, Thomas was [...]
