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Third Eye Blind coming to Bloomsburg Fair Grandstand

BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Third Eye Blind with special guest New Medicine are coming to the 2025 Bloomsburg Fair on September 25.

Tickets will go on sale May 9 at 9:00 a.m. and will range from $40 - $65 for the grandstand, $75 for the track, and $90 for limited pit tickets.

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Tickets can be purchased by calling 570-387-4145 or at the Bloomsburg Fair Grandstand.

Other events happening at the grandstand are:

70th Annual Special Needs Fishing Derby

JIM THORPE, CARBON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Casting out a line to reel in community support, all part of a decades-old annual fishing event in Carbon County.

28/22 News has more about how the event involves hundreds of students with disabilities.

Stepping off the bus, ready to go, “Fishing!” exclaims Joshua Jones, Lehighton Area High School.

“Pull it back and wham! It goes into the water, and the fish come in and then bam! You are there with a fish!” said Ryan Kelly, a student at Jim Thorpe Area High School.

Fire under investigation in Dunmore

DUNMORE, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A fire in Dunmore early Thursday has three people in the hospital, including one firefighter.

The Dunmore Fire Department states the call came in around 4:00 a.m. for a house fire on Meade Street.

Hazleton homicide suspect Terence Ray in custody

Two people were inside the house and were able to get out before firefighters arrived. Dunmore Fire Department says the two are in the hospital for evaluations.

Hazleton homicide suspect Terence Ray in custody

28/22 NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — Terence Ray, the man accused of murdering and burning 39-year-old Jessica Lockwood, has been captured.

Luzerne County District Attorney Sam Sanguedolce confirmed with 28/22 News reporter Andy Mehalshick that Ray has been taken into custody. Sanguedolce did not immediately specify where the arrest took place.

Police name suspect in Hazleton homicide investigation

Ray, 55, is accused of murdering Jessica Lockwood inside his home on Muir Avenue in Hazleton.

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