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UNION COUNTY — West Nile Virus has been detected in East Buffalo Township and Mifflinburg Borough.

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Next Tuesday and Wednesday, a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) maintenance crew will be performing bridge flushing and routine maintenance on the bridges on Interstate 80 east of mile marker 215 (Limestoneville /Route 254) and west of mile marker 232 (Buckhorn / Route 42).

LEWISBURG — The Buffalo Valley Regional Police Commission is working on a policy to guide the department on how to interact with the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

WATSONTOWN — Two local students will showcase their talents at a piano recital on Sunday, July 20, at 3 p.m.

Beat the heat with a free Slurpee on Friday.

The estimated 850,000 water bottles were sold at Walmart stores nationwide and online since 2017 for about $15.

President Donald Trump is adamant that the U.S. strikes “obliterated” the three Iranian nuclear facilities it targeted last month.

LAUREL RUN, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— If you have a need for speed, a long running tradition is revving up in Luzerne County.

The 119th running of The Giants Despair Hill Climb is taking place this weekend.

Preparations are underway for event, which began in 1906.

28th annual Briggs Farm Blues Festival kicks off tonight

Crews were seen hanging up signs and tents have been set up for the event put on by the Giants Despair Hill Climb Association.

LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A 17-year-old has been missing from Wilkes-Barre since July 3.

And his mother is desperate to find out what happened to him.

"That's my first born, he's the reason I learned to be a mom," said Jazzmen Owens, mother, Nanticoke.

Owens, a mother of four doing her best to provide for her children.

Search for missing 37-year-old man

Last week, her oldest son, Mark Ward, didn't answer his phone after she dropped him off at Kirby Park in Wilkes-Barre.

Owens then went searching for Mark, following the phone's location.