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NORTH CENTRE TWP -- A Wapwallopen pair was hurt Tuesday morning after the driver of a sedan lost control and flipped...

BERWICK -- A Berwick man is charged after police found him passed out behind the wheel on the wrong side of the road...

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Two local homeless shelters are set to close their doors. One of the shelters is in Wilkes-Barre, the other in Scranton.

Emotions were running high at the Keystone Mission on Union Street in Wilkes-Barre Tuesday evening.

Many of the people who rely on this shelter have questions as to why it's closing and how soon.

Police investigating after shots fired, chase through Hazleton

WAYNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Wayne County officials are warning residents of a scam where a caller claims to be a sheriff in an effort to get peoples money.

On Tuesday, the Wayne County District Attorney, A.G. Howell, announced that multiple residents from Wayne County reported getting phone calls from someone claiming to be a Wayne County Sheriff.

Authorities say the caller tells the resident they missed jury duty and if they don't pay $3,000, they will be arrested.

MIFFLINBURG — The Mifflinburg Area School District is seeking one to two of Mifflinburg’s limited equivalent dwelling units (EDUs) for restroom facilities for the first phase of its $7.5 million Wildcat Athletic Complex project.

MIFFLINBURG — Two supervisors in Buffalo Township voted to file a private criminal complaint against the chairman of the board for allegedly violating the Second Class Township Code when he approved township labor and funds to pave the driveway of a private citizen.

TURBOTVILLE — Registration is open for this year's Hunter's Heart and Hustle Football and Cheer Camp, set to take place next month.

HARRISBURG — A bill backing Gov. Josh Shapiro’s call to fund bonuses paid to child care teachers toward growing the industry’s labor force advanced Tuesday within the Pennsylvania House.

High school graduation means a lot of different things, but most of all it means change. For as long as we can remember, whether we’ve liked it or not, school has been at the center of our lives. Every day we’ve needed to wake up way too early, sit through some classes we enjoy and others that we don’t really want to be in, and pray that today’s lunch isn’t fish sandwiches with stewed tomatoes.

MIDDLEBURG — Renovations at the former sheriff’s office in Middleburg have begun as Snyder County officials plan to relocate the inmate booking center.