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SUNBURY — Boating season is ready to go after city crews and members of Zartman Construction placed the docks behind the wall in Sunbury on Tuesday.

MIDDLEBURG — The Snyder County commissioners are beginning disciplinary action against an unidentified employee.

DANVILLE — Montour commissioners at Tuesday’s meeting tabled a request by some township officials to take on zoning responsibility and administration within their local municipalities.

MIDDLEBURG — A new attorney has been assigned to handle the appeals of a Selinsgrove man convicted of fatally shooting his estranged wife in April 2022.

SUNBURY — Two Shikellamy board members want the district to look at the cost of adding a third officer inside the district’s schools.

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — In January, councilwoman Joanna Bryn Smith introduced a sweeping county-wide ordinance aimed at protecting residents of Luzerne County from unfair treatment. Other council members are on board, too. That ordinance was the topic of debate at a council work session on Tuesday. Smith says while Pennsylvania law does offer protections [...]

LOCK HAVEN, CLINTON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Officials say a hospital was evacuated in Lock Haven Tuesday night after a structure fire. Clinton County Officials confirmed with 28/22 News that Lock Haven Police and other Clinton County units were called to Cree Drive in Lock Haven for a reported structure fire around 7:30 P.M. Authorities added [...]

SCOTT TOWNSHIP, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Farmers hit hard this season are now pushing for help: Lawmakers rolled out two major relief plans in Lackawanna County after April's frost. 28/22 News Reporter Joe Mason explains how that support could impact local farms in the future. US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, along with Representative Rob [...]

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Local students brought a colorful boost to downtown Scranton on Tuesday: Kids from the Scranton School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children joined members of Scranton Tomorrow's Safe, Clean and Green Team to plant flowers. The students raised the flowers at Doherty Park and planted them on the corner [...]

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The UNICO All-Star Game is ready for kickoff on another year of football, and another year of giving back to Northeast Pennsylvania. The Annual Senior All-Star Football Game hits the field on Thursday for the 75th time. The tradition is one of the highlights of the year for UNICO. The [...]