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The soccer tournament held in Montoursville aims to raise $5,000 for local pet pantries.

BLACK CREEK TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A massive power line project is facing growing push back in Luzerne County.

Some neighbors say it is a threat to their land and their way of life, but the power company insists it is critical to meet future demand.

28/22's Brian Orbin has the story.

A 240-foot tower, that's the equivalent of a 20-story building, and it's just one piece of what could soon stretch 12 miles through the Sugarloaf valley.

It's part of a proposed 500-kilovolt transmission line from PPL Electric Utilities.

Trump announced the tariffs on two of the United States' biggest trade partners in letters posted to his social media account.

The 2019 crash killed all 157 people on board, including Paul Njoroge’s wife, Carolyne, and three small children, Ryan, age 6, Kellie, 4, and Rubi, 9 months old.

SUGAR NOTCH, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— One man was rescued after falling from a rope ladder while trying to exit a mineshaft, according to Hanover Township Fire Department.

According to Hanover Township Fire Chief Temarantz, crews were called to the Brodhead Avenue around 1:00 a.m. Saturday morning after two men were exploring a mine shaft, and one fell off a rope ladder approximately 40 feet down the shaft.

Blighted property in limbo as neighbors raise concern

SUNBURY — Weis Markets on Friday announced that its stores and associates raised $177,408 for 127 local pet shelters and rescue organizations during its 17th annual Paws for Pets program. Funds were generated through in-store customer donations in May and a company contribution.

LEWISBURG — A Lewisburg woman who drove with a blood alcohol concentration more than 1.5 times the legal limit attacked a police officer while being arrested in June, according to the Buffalo Valley Police Department.

SHAMOKIN DAM — Northumberland County Coroner James F. Kelley and his daughter, Mary Kate Kelley-Kirby, visited Friday afternoon the Orchard Hills Cemetery gravesite of a baby killed 24 years ago.

MOUNT PLEASANT TWP. -- Township building code officials condemned six trailers along Robbins Road on Wednesday in which...

WASHINGTONVILLE -- A man who told police he'd driven to McDonald's naked was charged with indecent exposure after he...