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Nearly 1,400 people will be participating in this year's Steamtown Marathon.

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The sounds of noisemakers, handwritten signs of encouragement, and cheers from spectators will line the course of the Steamtown Marathon this weekend. For many runners, the race is a test of endurance. For others, it is a chance to honor someone special. For nearly three decades, Scranton resident Jeffrey Ginsberg [...]

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Thousands of runners are preparing to lace up their sneakers for a longtime Northeastern Pennsylvania tradition this weekend as the Steamtown Marathon returns. Participants stopped by the University of Scranton's Byron Recreation Complex on Friday for the annual marathon expo, where they picked up race packets, bib numbers, race shirts [...]

A Girl Scout held 'Fire Safety Day' in Wyalusing as part of her Silver Award project.

Eight people were killed in a shooting Friday night in Erie, Pennsylvania. Police said the shooter was also dead while calling the situation "deeply disturbing."

Captain Fathom, a 3-year-old Labrador, was the only dog aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln during its 321-day deployment. He was there to help to calm sailors.

Five people were shot dead Friday at a home in Coffee County, Georgia, according to local police. Coffee County is located in the south-central part of the state.

GULF BREEZE, Fla. (AP) — Isaias weakened overnight and was no longer considered a hurricane but flash flooding threats and the potential for tornadoes persisted Saturday as the storm moved inland across Alabama. The storm, now considered a post-tropical cyclone, made landfall Friday as a Category 2 hurricane, then quickly moved north through Alabama as [...]

LAURELTON — A Union County library has been selected to join the NCLD MathHappens Pilot this fall, becoming Pennsylvania's first library partner in the program.

SELINSGROVE — This year's Edward S. and A. Rita Schmidt Lecture about the ethics of gambling will be held at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 26 in Stretansky Concert Hall in the Cunningham Center for Music and Art at Susquehanna University.