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MIFFLINBURG — The notoriously shy Bigfoot will not be hard to spot this weekend, especially at Rusty Rail Brewing Company.

(WBRE/WYOU) — After a beautiful end to the week, we'll remain quiet tonight. Clouds will be increasing overnight, but we will stay dry. Patchy fog will develop into Saturday morning. Lows dropping back to near 60. Two weather makers will impact our weather this weekend. The first is a coastal storm that will move north [...]

SUNBURY — The defense attorney for accused murderer Denarii Springs is saying the district attorney’s office is reaching by asking a judge to include alleged evidence his client was involved with gangs.

TURBOTVILLE — All buildings in the Warrior Run School District will open the school year on Monday.

PLYMOUTH, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — More than 1,400 UGI customers lost electricity in Luzerne County. The outage primarily impacts residents in and around Plymouth. Data from UGI's power outage map shows that 1,421 customers were affected by the service disruption in the borough and surrounding areas. The cause of the power outage was not immediately clear. [...]

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Local students with intellectual disabilities celebrated the completion of the eight-week Working Beyond Limits program today at Rodano's in downtown Wilkes-Barre. Participants were recognized for spending their summer giving back to the community by helping clean Kirby Park and Coal Street Park. The program is hosted by Reaching Beyond Limits, [...]

PITTSBURGH, ALLEGHENY COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Shapiro administration is allocating $20 million from the new state budget into Pennsylvania's Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act (HSCA). State leaders announced the funding during an event at Hazelwood Green in Pittsburgh. According to the announcement, the state funding is intended to clean up hazardous sites and convert former industrial [...]

(WBRE/WYOU)— The Department of Justice has finalized a rule allowing certain convicted felons to regain their right to legally own firearms. The policy change applies exclusively to individuals convicted of non-violent felonies. Under the new rule, firearm rights restoration is not guaranteed. The Department of Justice will evaluate applications on a case-by-case basis and each applicant [...]

OLYPHANT, LACKWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Eureka Hose Company Number 4 in Olyphant is holding its annual month-long envelope fund drive. The campaign collects donations from local residents to support the volunteer fire company's ongoing operations. The envelope drive stands as the fire department's largest annual fundraiser for operations. Residents living in parts of Lackawanna County will receive [...]

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY  (WBRE/WYOU) — King's College in Wilkes-Barre held move-in day on Thursday as hundreds of incoming freshmen arrived on campus to move into their dormitories. Members of the Class of 2030 unpacked vehicles and settled into their new residences ahead of the upcoming academic semester. The move-in event marked the start of a [...]