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A fire damaged a home along South Franklin Street in Wilkes Barre on Sunday afternoon.

16 people were taken to the hospital after a school bus collided with a tractor-trailer along Mount Cobb Road in Jefferson Township Sunday night.

A 65-year-old man from Easton is dead after a shooting in Wind Gap Borough on Saturday night.

Families flocked to Valley Community Library on Sunday for portraits in a successful spring fundraiser.

JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — UPDATE: A crash that sent around 20 people to the hospital Sunday night involved a bus transporting the Greater Scranton Black Diamonds Pipe Band, officials confirm.

Those same officials tell 28/22 News the bus driver was seriously injured and that the amount of people taken to the hospital has increased to approximately 20.

Original Story: Crews were called to Jefferson Township after a bus crashed into a tractor-trailer, sending 15 people to nearby hospitals.

The immigrants were deported after Trump’s declaration of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, which has been used only three times in U.S. history.

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — 28/22 News is waiting to hear if it was the weather or something else that sparked a fire in Wilkes-Barre.

Crews brought a ladder truck to the scene at South Franklin and Sullivan Streets.

Power outages impact thousands across PA

The fire sparked on Sunday at around 3:30 p.m. and caused some neighbors to evacuate.

There is no word if anyone was injured after the fire in the Diamond City.

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — 28/22 News has some sad news on Sunday about a Scranton firefighter whose health battle inspired a community outpour of support.

28/22 News spoke with Scranton Fire Lieutenant Kelly "Hoppy" Hopkins last September, shortly before a big fundraiser on his behalf.

Hopkins was battling stage four paroesophageal cancer.

VIDEO: Electricity arcs on Wilkes-Barre power lines

28/22 News learned on Sunday that Hopkins passed away following his courageous fight.

(WBRE/WYOU) — With heavy winds and power outages, many are seeing damage across the Keystone State.

Heavy winds are to blame for downed power lines, backed-up traffic, and closed businesses in Lackawanna County.

Just off the O'Neil highway in Dunmore was where a pole and powerlines have been stripped down.

The pole and powerlines came down around 3:30 p.m. Sunday, and police tell 28/22 News they landed on two cars.

Officials say one woman needed to be checked out by EMS, but she is okay.

Newswatch 16's Valeria Quinones spoke with a family who says life has become a little easier for their chronically ill daughter with support from her gymnastics team