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SELINSGROVE — Selinsgrove High School senior Kelsey Persons is this year's statewide winner in a Veterans of Foreign Wars-sponsored essay contest.

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SUNBURY — Firefighters from Sunbury and surrounding departments braved frigid temperatures to battle five different fires in eight days recently, according to Sunbury Fire Chief Jay Long.

The five-year Rural Health Transformation Program is meant to expand and strengthen access to care, but state officials and experts warn the money isn’t enough to fix every problem.

MILTON — Two Milton Area School District eighth-grade teachers, Nathan Richie and Thomas Celona, and their eighth-grade classrooms will head to Gettysburg Battlefield and Museum this April.

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A massive water main break is impacting customers across Luzerne County overnight and into this afternoon. The break occurred in West Pittston, but its disruption extended to Wilkes-Barre. 28/22 News reporter Avery Nape explains how the break has impacted local government. This impacted at least 10 different communities across the Wyoming [...]

MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A Monroe County athlete is taking their talent to the national stage to represent Pennsylvania at the Special Olympics in Minnesota.  Brandon Shoemaker, an athlete from East Stroudsburg, is packing his bags for Minnesota where he will represent the keystone state in the Special Olympics.  Brandon trained for months, and, in November [...]

SOUTH CANAAN TWP., WAYNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Officials say they found 26 pounds of explosive powder and dynamite at a man's residence after a house fire. Joseph Tullo of Oceanside, New York, 39, faces charges of unlawful possession of weapons of mass destruction and risking catastrophe. Police say crews responded to a house fire on [...]

WEST PITTSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A water main break in West Pittston is throwing a wrench into plans for both residents and some county workers. According to Pennsylvania American Water, a contractor hit the three-inch water line at Delaware and Wyoming Avenue in West Pittston on Tuesday night. The Insalaco Shopping Center is just [...]

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Music that shaped generations is now getting its own platform in NEPA. A new station built around hip-hop culture is carving out space for listeners who say they have waited years for this sound. Music pumps through the speakers as DJs work the boards inside the Wilkes-Barre innovation center. A [...]