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MIDDLEBURG — A 64-year-old Middleburg man with seven drunk driving convictions will spend up to five years in state prison.

BERWICK -- A Berwick man was rushed to Geisinger Medical Center after a serious crash at Orange and Eaton streets...

BERWICK -- A routine trip to a bookstore put a borough woman and her 4-year-old daughter at the center of a viral...

ESPY -- Hundreds of high schoolers descended on the Blue Jay Academy building here Wednesday to meet with visitors from...

BLOOMSBURG -- A tearful man suspected of breaking into vehicles here asked a public defender Wednesday for help with a...

MAIN TWP. -- A Millville teen has been charged after repeatedly harassing his mother who kicked him out of the house in...

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Cutting down costs for after-school sports is the goal of an event that drew in around 100 people in Scranton Wednesday evening.

Sports equipment for children's after-school activities can get costly very quickly. That's why local nonprofit, Build-N-Athlete, has partnered with Voodoo Brewing to help raise money to fund gear for local children.

The event featured live music, dozens of basket raffles, and food.

KINGSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Wyoming Valley West Dana Street School has a fun way for students to learn some math.

The school hosted a Math Adventure in Candyland for students and parents

The federal credit union Citymark is partnering with the school for activities on earning, investing, and budgeting.

Giving the gift of reading to pre-K students

The students have been working on budgeting and saving for Wednesday's big event

THROOP, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The treated liquid that permeates through garbage piles at a local landfill is causing quite a controversy Wednesday night. The landfill says it's all about coming up with new options, including a new route for the liquid to go.

The Keystone Sanitary Landfill wants to discharge its treated leachate water through Throop's sewer system.

It's not a route of water county residents here are fond of, but one the landfill says there's no problems with.

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Child predators no longer need to be nearby to pose a threat. With just a phone or a laptop, they can target children from anywhere.

In a world where child predators can hide behind screens and fake identities, Wyoming County District Attorney Joe Peters is making one thing clear: State lines won't stop justice.

DA Joe Peters' latest child predator case involves an Ohio man, extradited to Pennsylvania for allegedly grooming a child online in Wyoming County.