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LANSFORD, CARBON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Timing and quick work by the volunteer fire department is being credited for saving a building from fire.

On Tuesday, the head of the Lansford Department of Public Works Department told 28/22 News it could have been a lot worse.

The fire sparked around 2:45 p.m. just before the crews were to clock out at 3:00 p.m.

Two trucks were lost in the fire, but workers quickly moved out other equipment, and fire crews spared the building.

Petition filed for court to change how County Commissioner replacement is chosen

HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Traffic is moving smoothly again after a crash sent eight people to the hospital on Route 33 in Monroe County.

The crash happened in the Northbound lane on Route 33 in Hamilton Township.

The Monroe County Communications Center told 28/22 News Blue Ridge Hook And Ladder was called to the crash involving up to seven vehicles shortly after 2:30 p.m.

Petition filed for court to change how County Commissioner replacement is chosen

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have returned to Earth after being stuck in space for more than nine months. Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico early Tuesday evening, just hours after departing the International Space Station. The splashdown brought their space saga to an end. It all began with a bungled Boeing test flight last year. The two expected to be gone a week or so after launching on Boeing’s new Starliner capsule.

LEWISBURG — All charges filed against one of the men involved in a theft of copper pipe and wiring at the former Laurelton Center are headed to Union County Court.

HARRISBURG — Bus drivers, janitors and cafeteria staff could file for unemployment benefits when schools close for the summer under a Democratic proposal that advanced Tuesday within the Pennsylvania House.

MANDATA — Line Mountain freshman Kylie Zeigler, of Trevorton, will sling arrows and compete for a title at the Pennsylvania National Archery in the Schools Program on Friday morning at the Spooky Nook Sports Complex in Manheim.

HARRISBURG — A proposal advanced within the Pennsylvania House to establish a paid family and medical leave program that supporters say is long overdue and opponents stress is too costly.

Sixteen teams from seven Valley school districts unleashed their creativity and innovative thinking Tuesday morning at the 12th K’NEX Design Challenge, hosted by the Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit.

In a letter to the homeland security secretary, Al Schmidt cites critical help local election officials get from the U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA.

Fire crews were called to a house along Pottsville Street in Cressona at 5 p.m. Tuesday.