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WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— The city of Wilkes-Barre is not "Out of Touch" with their music taste.

The city is bringing Rock and Roll Hall of Famer John Oates to Public Square this summer for the third annual free summer concert series.

Oates is half of the legendary duo "Hall and Oates" which churned out hit after hit in the 1970s and 80s including such smashes as "An American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and record producer, best known for his work in the pop-rock duo Hall & Oates with Daryl Hall."

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A beloved hardware store will soon close its doors in Wilkes-Barre.

After 70 years, Walter's Hardware on Coal Street in Wilkes-Barre will close.

The closure comes after the death of 72-year-old owner Walter Letanski who unexpectedly passed away last December.

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He along with his wife Karen, owned and operated Walter's Hardware.

She has now decided it is time to retire.

In April, a wildfire spread on a mountain in Carbon County, leaving hundreds of acres burned. DCNR launched a new online donation system to help plant new trees.

Newswatch 16's Stacy Lange was at the campus in the Back Mountain, where university officials answered some questions about the closure.

If finalized, the deal says Boeing will pay victims' families $445 million and invest an additional $1.1 billion to dismiss the fraud charges.

Claude Opus 4 was tested with fictional scenarios to test things from its carbon footprint and training to its safety models and “extended thinking mode.”

Everything from a live-action Disney remake to the newest Mission Impossible movie will be hitting screens this summer.

Authorities say Dennis Vanderpool was convicted on charges stemming from the sexual molestation of a child in Athens in 2021.

ATHENS TOWNSHIP, BRADFORD COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man has been found guilty of molesting a 10-year-old girl in 2021.

A Bradford County jury convicted Dennis Vanderpool, 38, of Rome, PA, of all charges related to the sexual molestation of a 10-year-old girl in Athens Township in 2021.

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According to the Bradford County District Attorney, Vanderpool was entrusted to babysit the 10-year-old while the family went to attend to a family member in hospice care when the molestation happened.