PITTSTON TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A township official in Luzerne County is in hot water after the Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission found that he used his authority to have township employees perform work on his personal property. Just last month, the commission issued a final adjudication against Pittston Township supervisor David Slezak for violating [...]
WAYNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A Wayne County man was arrested and is facing charges after authorities say over 100 files of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) were found in his home. Attorney General Dave Sunday announced on Tuesday that 32-year-old Dylan Calvert from Hawley has been charged with possessing more than 100 files of CSAM. [...]
WAYMART, WAYNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Officials say an inmate was found unresponsive and was later pronounced dead in a high-security facility on Tuesday. The United States Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons announced that 47-year-old James Ray Ball was found unresponsive on Tuesday at about 9:15 a.m. at the United States Penitentiary Canaan in [...]
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, MONTOUR COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Officials say an investigation is underway after a husband and wife died in a tragic head-on crash Tuesday afternoon in Montour County. The Montour County Coroner's Office and Pennsylvania State Police Milton announced they are investigating a crash that happened just before 4:00 p.m. on State Route 45 in [...]
LEWISBURG — A Lewisburg driver who pleaded guilty for his role in a July DUI crash involving a 3-year-old child in Mifflinburg was sentenced to 10 years of probation with restrictive conditions.
HARRISBURG — Legislation that would raise the crime of trafficking infants to a felony cleared the Pennsylvania House on Tuesday.
LEWISBURG — The Union County commissioners committed more than $2,000 in additional opioid settlement funds to Susquehanna Valley Mediation.
FREEBURG — A public meeting on the potential impact a planned solar farm in Washington Township could have on the Freeburg water supply will be held June 29.
MIDDLEBURG — The vacant Snyder County EMA coordinator position has attracted dozens of job seekers.
SHAMOKIN — A ruling on skill games by the state Supreme Court has left Valley fire departments, social clubs and businesses to wonder what will happen when the 120-day stay the court issued is over.
