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(WBRE/WYOU) — PennDOT reduced speed across multiple interstates in Northeastern Pennsylvania during Wednesday's snowstorm. Due to the severity of the winter storm, PennDOT temporarily reduced the speed limit to 45 mph on the following interstates: The purpose of the restriction was to help ensure the interstates remain open during the most challenging conditions of the winter storm. Drivers [...]

SCOTRUN, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police report that two people were killed in a crash on Tuesday in Monroe County. On December 9, officers were called to a single-vehicle crash on Frantz Hill Road in Scotrun. Police said 26-year-old Deante Jordan from Cambria Heights, New York, and 27-year-old Janelle Aragon from Elmhurst, New York, had [...]

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Firefighters responded to an apartment fire early Wednesday morning, where several people were left injured. Crews were called for a fire at the West Side Hotel apartment complex a little after 2:00 a.m., with police arriving on scene first. During the fire, someone jumped from a window, and around five [...]

LIME RIDGE -- Geisinger scientists hope to find out if there is a connection between PFAS "forever chemicals" in people...

LIME RIDGE -- Thanks to some local police departments, a few more families in the Central Columbia school district will...

Press Enterprise staff report
DANVILLE — Authorities say a borough man pushed a police officer out of an ambulance this...

Florence's dad always told her education could be her road out of poverty.
After a detour in her teen years, Florence...

BLOOMSBURG -- Police believe a handgun used to shoot a teen on East Street last month was stolen from the bedroom of...

DANVILLE — The Danville Area Community Center will use a $10,000 Educational Improvement Tax Credit contribution from PPL Electric Utilities to support two youth programs.

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Transportation Secretary Mike Carroll emphasized Tuesday that, beyond potential instances of fraud, illegal immigrants are not provided driver’s licenses in the commonwealth, telling state senators that officials from federal agencies maintaining databases relied on by states are the best fit to answer questions about verification and enforcement.