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DANVILLE — Around $160,000 in Community Development Block Grant funding was leftover from projects in Montour County in 2020 and 2021.

SUNBURY — School district negotiators and the Shikellamy teachers union are trying to meet later today and will meet on Thursday in last ditch efforts to iron out a contract before Friday’s strike, according to district officials.

DANVILLE — As Geisinger looks to the future with an $880 million expansion, the health care system also recognizes its past since it opened in 1915.

Mifflinburg Bancorp and Northumberland Bancorp announced they were merging Wednesday in a deal valued at $34.2 million.

SELINSGROVE, SNYDER COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Repairs are underway after a sewage line ruptured in Synder County, dumping gallons of raw sewage into the nearby Susquehanna River.

The Snyder County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) says the break happened on Sunday near the Eastern Snyder County Regional Authority's Sewage Treatment Plant in Selinsgrove.

The Pennsylvania Department Of Environmental Protection (DEP) says the permanent repairs started this morning and should be completed by Thursday.

Sewer pipe replacement to close Snyder County road

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — As the fierce flames erupted, it was a sight many in Scranton had never seen before.

A massive fire erupted sending clouds of smoke into the air and forcing evacuations at nearby schools and businesses. It all unfolded in the middle of the day, catching many by surprise

"Just see a big cloud of smoke in the air, and you know I said to my mother and my wife you know that's not the trains," said Braden McCammon, a witness to the blaze.

EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — Rep. James Comer (R-KY), chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, said he wants answers and is launching an investigation into Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's visit to Scranton on Sunday.

On Sunday, Zelenskyy visited the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant where he thanked the hundreds of workers who play a vital role in Ukraine’s defense in their war with Russia. The plant is one of the few facilities in the country to manufacture 155mm artillery shells and has increased production over the past year.

KINGSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A two-month-long investigation resulted in three arrests and various amounts of drugs seized in Kingston, police stated.

According to the Kingston Police Department, on Wednesday, September 25, drug detectives executed several search warrants that resulted in the arrest of the following men;

Akilees Hobson, 26

Wendell Keith Freeman, 30

Armand Hobson, 27

Kingston Police Department

The raid was the result of a two-month-long drug trafficking investigation.

UNION TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — State police say a 19-year-old man is facing charges after a crash killed the passenger in his car.

According to Pennsylvania State Police, Tyler Mizell, 19, of Hanover Township, is charged with homicide by motor vehicle and DUI after a deadly crash occurred on June 22.

Police say the crash happened in Union Township and it was around 4:40 a.m. when troopers were called to the scene. The driver was later confirmed to be Mizell and the passenger in the car, 19-year-old Kaycee Kreitzer, was found dead in the wooded area.

HAZLETON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police are investigating a shooting in Hazleton Tuesday afternoon that sent a man to the hospital.

According to the Hazleton City Police Department, on September 24 around 4:45 p.m., officers were notified by the Raven Gunshot Detection System that shots were fired in the area of Alter Street and 17th Street.

Once on the scene, officers found numerous shell casings along 17th Street, and a parked car nearby had bullet holes.

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