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SUNBURY — The Sunbury Police Department will be getting two new officers after city council voted to approve the hires Monday night.

TURBOTVILLE — The Warrior Run board of education at Monday night’s meeting approved the purchase of a new software teaching system called Teach Town for $41,419 in year one. That cost covers the software and physical materials.

DANVILLE — Montour County hotel tax was a lifesaver for the recreation commission amid a budget impasse.

BLOOMSBURG -- Workers cut down the tallest bitternut hickory tree in the state, which stood in Town Park, more than a...

BLOOMSBURG -- County Democrats named a replacement candidate for a town councilwoman who resigned last month.
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MIFFLINVILLE -- The driver of a street sweeper was seriously hurt here Monday afternoon when the truck went out of...

ELYSBURG -- An 18-year-old Danville woman repeatedly punched her boyfriend's grandmother in the face as they were stuck...

NESCOPECK -- A yellow Jeep Renegade smashed into the corner of a parked SUV and flipped, landing on its roof in the...

COALDALE, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — First responders say it is just part of their job, but on Monday night, firefighters in Schuylkill County are being honored for saving a teenage boy trapped inside a burning home.

A third-alarm structure fire tore through three row homes on East Howard Avenue in Coaldale last month. The first and second floors of one home were fully engulfed. Inside, a 13-year-old boy was trapped.

NANTICOKE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Plans for a cell phone tower are creating a bit of controversy in a Luzerne County community.

The Nanticoke City Zoning Board will meet this Thursday to consider the construction of a 150-foot communications tower along the 400 block of Kosciuszko Street.

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The applicant, Rise-Up Towers LLC, and the state public school building authority want a zoning variance to allow the tower to be placed on Greater Nanticoke Area School District Property.