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SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The driver of a stolen vehicle is facing charges after police say he led them on a multi-county chase.

On Sunday, March 30, around midnight, state police said they were informed that a woman claimed 25-year-old Brandon Fox of Scranton stole her car and was driving it somewhere in Wayne County.

Police stated that while troopers were driving to the victim's location, a vehicle that matched the description of the stolen car passed them on Route 402 at a high speed.

Gas prices across the Susquehanna Valley rose 10 cents this week to an average of $3.14 a gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report released Monday.

WATSONTOWN — The Watsontown Centennial Lioness Lions Club is sponsoring a fundraising Spring Craft and Vendor Event on April 26, at the Watsontown Alliance Church on 8th Street in Watsontown from 10 a.m.–3 p.m.

{div class=”page” title=”Page 1”}{div class=”section”}{div class=”layoutArea”}{div class=”column”}LEWISBURG — The Public Library for Union County is showcasing the Susquehanna Valley Chapter Membership Exhibition at Gallery 255 throughout April.

A federal judge says enforcing the requirement that Pennsylvania mail-in ballots include an accurate exterior envelope date violates the federal Constitution. Judge Susan Paradise Baxter ruled Monday that election boards in Pennsylvania’s 67 counties can't invalidate mail-in ballots simply because they lack accurate, handwritten dates on their exterior return envelopes. It's the latest in a long-running legal dispute over what is a small percentage of votes cast in the state. Baxter says there's no compelling state interest that outweighs invalidating thousands of ballots.

WILKES-BARRE TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man is being charged after police say he hit a pedestrian near Sheetz and left the scene.

According to the Wilkes-Barre Township Police Department, officers were called to Sheetz on March 31, around 2:50 a.m., for a reported hit-and-run involving a pedestrian.

Police said the pedestrian informed them that he was leaving Sheetz when he was struck by a car from behind and knocked to the ground. The vehicle then fled the scene without stopping.

BLOOMSBURG — High school students had the opportunity to see global issues through the lenses of other countries at Commonwealth University — Bloomsburg’s Model United Nations Conference on Monday.

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania state senators for the second time in less than one year approved legislation proposing that county district attorneys be mandated to notify Immigration and Customs Enforcement that a criminal defendant is an illegal immigrant.

Just days after President Donald Trump signed an order late last week eliminating the collective bargaining rights of about one million federal workers, a lawsuit was filed Monday to block the move.

MONTANDON — More than 75 business leaders attended a five-hour Innovations Summit at the Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit facility, where expert speakers explained how implementing artificial intelligence can make businesses more efficient, and competitive in their markets.