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Two Valley development projects are to receive a combined $4.5 million in funding from the commonwealth’s Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program.

Only 22% of 18-year-old Pennsylvanians are registered to vote, but advocates say there are ways to boost that number.

SUGAR NOTCH, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A group of missionaries is giving back to those in need across NEPA. More than 100 UM Army Youth and Adult volunteers are serving the area this week by providing free home repairs for residents in need. The group visited Sugar Notch on Monday. The missionaries will build wheelchair [...]

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — $1,000,000 in state grant money is going to King's College Athletics. The state grant money will reconstruct and replace the college's athletic track facility and include NCAA-compliant field upgrades. Andy Orlowski is the college's athletic director. He says this serves as a great opportunity for student-athletes to grow. “We've got [...]

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Eight veteran services organizations received a total of over $100,000 in grant funding from the City of Scranton. The announcement came on the grounds of the city's Veterans Memorial Park, a place to honor those who served their nation. "We should never forget to honor those veterans," Patrick Ahern, Chairman [...]

STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Monroe County District Attorney's Office announced on Monday that three people have pleaded guilty to multiple charges after the death of 17-year-old Garret Gearhart. Andrew Quattrochi pleaded guilty to third-degree murder, discharge of a firearm, and aggravated assault, while his brother, Christopher Quattrochi, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit [...]

KINGSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — More than a dozen people will soon be out of a job after a local school has made the decision to make cuts. Wyoming Seminary announced on Monday that it has eliminated 22 positions, including 8 faculty members and 14 staff roles, citing the need to align expenses with current [...]

COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP, BRADFORD COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A former Penn State football player has been sentenced in a DUI-related crash that injured him and killed another. According to a release from Bradford County District Attorney Richard Wilson, 25-year-old Julian Elija Crushshon-Fleming has been sentenced to 9 - 23 months in prison for an ATV crash that [...]

LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) —  A jackpot-winning Pennsylvania Lottery Cash 5 with Quick Cash ticket was sold to a person in Lycoming County to win $450,000. The winning ticket sold for the Saturday, July 18 drawing matched all five balls drawn, 3-8-17-27-30, to win $450,000. Puff Express in Loyalsock Township will earn a $500 bonus for [...]

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man killed in a Scranton shooting last week has been identified. Lackawanna County Coroner Timothy Rowland has identified the victim in a Scranton shooting as 39-year-old Clinton Thornton-Hill. An investigation was launched into the suspicious death of Thornton-Hill, who died at Geisinger on the night of Friday, July 17. [...]