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SUNBURY — Degenstein Community Library will host its annual indoor yard sale beginning Thursday and running through Saturday morning.

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SUNBURY — The Sunbury Ice Rink is open for skaters to enjoy.

SUNBURY — A 45-year-old former SCI-Coal Township inmate was found guilty of felony aggravated harassment charges for spitting on guards during an incident inside the prison in 2023.

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SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Traffic on a section of Interstate 81 northbound near Scranton is slowed because of a lane closure after a tractor-trailer hit an overhead sign. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), the right lane closure just after the Biden Expressway exit is expected to end sometime Thursday evening. Closures [...]

BRADFORD COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man is being accused of sexually abusing an 11-year-old at the time of the allegations. 28-year-old Rusty Howard, 28, of New Albany was convicted on charges alleging he sexually abused an 11-year-old between 2023 and 2024, police said. Howard was convicted of the following: Officials say Howard will have to [...]

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Investigators say they intercepted a package that was delivering cocaine from Puerto Rico to Wilkes-Barre inside a LEGO container. On September 29, members of the United States Postal Inspection Service were conducting a parcel investigation in Puerto Rico, where police say the package was part of drug trafficking. Puerto Rico [...]

COMINGS TWP., LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man is facing third-degree murder after police say he strangled a man while trying to knock him out during a drunken state. 25-year-old Paden Frey of Cogan Station was charged with third-degree murder and strangulation in the death of 44-year-old Michael McGeehan, who was an officer with the [...]

POINT TWP., NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — State police are opening up a 1969 cold case 57 years later after a man's remains were found on the Susquehanna Trail. Pennsylvania State Police is currently investigating a 57-year-old homicide of an unidentified man. Police say the victim’s body was discovered on October 27, 1969, at present-day 1883 [...]