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HONESDALE, WAYNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A local community is battered but recovering after experiencing major flooding earlier this week.

Residents we spoke with say it's the worst they've seen in decades, and a Pennsylvania congressman got to see it first hand.

28/22 News captured the worst of the storm damage in front of St. John the Evangelist Church in Honesdale.

FEMA’s acting administrator is replaced a day after congressional testimony

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A heavy police presence could be seen in Scranton Thursday night.

Officers could be seen taking a woman out of a home and into a police car on the 1300 block of Schlager Street around 10:00 p.m.

Police could not tell us exactly what happened as the incident is still under investigation

Several units from Scranton were there when our crew arrived about an hour ago.

28/22 News will have the latest as it is released.

Newswatch 16's Adithya Iyer spoke to parishioners who felt proud and shocked with the first elected American pontiff.

SELINSGROVE — St. Pius X Church’s crisis outreach group has aided more than 100 people in the past two years, including helping many find temporary shelter or pay rent.

SHAMOKIN — Representatives from SEDA-COG and PennDOT held a Thursday afternoon public outreach meeting at the Shamokin-Coal Township Public Library, where the potential placement of Electronic Vehicle (EV) charging stations were discussed.

LEWISBURG — Mark Burke is a rock star. At least that's how Denny Hummer, assistant director of Bucknell University's Small Business Development Center, described Burke during a celebration of National Small Business Week at the Campus Theatre in Lewisburg on Thursday. Burke, the founder of Danville-based MYNDDSET, was recognized as the U.S. Small Business Administration Eastern Pennsylvania District Office's 2025 Eastern Pennsylvania Entrepreneurial Success of the Year.

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MIDDLEBURG — State police continue to investigate the cause of Saturday’s fire that destroyed an Apex Homes of PA building in Middleburg and has temporary halted production.

MIFFLINBURG — The Mifflinburg Area School Board is expected to finalize its decision on a real estate tax increase and elimination of the per capita tax next month.

SELINSGROVE — The boil water advisory for Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove intermediate and middle schools and residences impacted Monday when UGI struck a water main on Hower Street remains in effect until Friday.