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LEWISBURG — A Mifflinburg man pleaded guilty Thursday to one felony count out of 52 charges related to child pornography.

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania faces a shortage of health care providers and among legislative proposals intended to address the issue, state lawmakers are again considering a proposal that’s split physicians and nurses.

LEWISBURG — A plea agreement is being negotiated between the Union County District Attorney’s office and the defense of a Millmont man accused of attacking a woman multiple times in Lewis Township.

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate increased by a tenth of a percentage point in June according to preliminary data by the state Department of Labor & Industry Friday.

WEST BUFFALO TOWNSHIP — A Mifflinburg man arranged secret visits with his former 12-year-old stepdaughter without parental permission and provided her with tobacco and marijuana products, according to state police in Milton.

LEWISBURG — On the surface, the nearly 100 young adults pulling weeds, trimming hedges and removing branches in Lewisburg on Thursday were simply doing yard work. Each of them, however, understood the broader implications of their work with Forge Outreach Camps.

MIDDLEBURG — Snyder County Chief Public Defender Jasmin Smith always intended to live in a “quiet” area as she pursued a career near her hometown of Philadelphia, never considering she’d work in one of the state’s more rural areas.

WEATHERLY, CARBON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — We are learning more tonight about the investigation into a Carbon County couple who a Federal Grand Jury indicted after allegedly stealing more than one million dollars from the estate of a 93-year-old woman.

Business making light of sinkholes on Horton Street

40-year-old Christen Lee Cosgrove and 37-year-old Brian Cosgrove from Weatherly face dozens of charges, including bank fraud and money laundering.

TANNERSVILLE, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — How does flying over the treetops down a 4,000-foot zipline sound?

Or riding down the state’s only mountain coaster? These are the questions adrenaline-seekers ask themselves while at one resort in the Poconos.

28/22 News' “Daredevil” Sydney Kostus visited that very resort to help reopen a sky-high attraction.

Zipping down from a platform 40 feet up in the air isn’t normally on the morning to-do list, but it’s necessary to help warm up Camelback’s Mountain Adventures tight rope course ahead of its official reopening Friday.

HARRISBURG -- Students at Commonwealth University-Bloomsburg and the other State System of Higher Education schools...