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HARRISBURG — State Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23) is inviting residents living in Bradford, Lycoming, Sullivan, Tioga, and Union counties to join his Telephone Town Hall event on Wednesday from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. to discuss important state-related issues.

MILTON — State Police are asking for the public’s help and have issued a be-on-the-lookout alert — for golfers.

HARRISBURG — A Pennsylvania state representative who went public with his own experience as a sexual abuse survivor to champion causes in support of others like him is leaving politics.

SELINSGROVE — U.S. Representative Glenn “GT” Thompson’s staff will host constituent office hours 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday in Selinsgrove.

Larry Berdine hasn’t stopped coughing since a Norfolk Southern train hauling toxic chemicals derailed a year ago in East Palestine, Ohio, 4½ miles from his home.

STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Move over Punxsutawney Phil, you're not the only groundhog participating in Groundhog Day!

28/22 News reporter Sydney Kostus stopped by a wildlife sanctuary in the Poconos that's using the special day to spread awareness about the importance of the species here in the Keystone State.

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A federal court has sentenced a man to nearly six years in prison for trafficking methamphetamine through Schuylkill County.

U.S. Attorney Gerard M. Karam said 52-year-old Javier Guzman, from Pottsville, was sentenced to 70 months for possession with intent to distribute crystal methamphetamine.

Authorities launch death investigation after suspicious fall in Dickson City

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (WTAJ) — Each year Punxsutawney Phil predicts whether there will there be six more weeks of winter or early spring when he emerges from Gobbler's Knob on Groundhog Day.

It's official, Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow! This means spring is expected to come early in 2024.

 Additional highlights from Gobbler's Knob

Punxsutawney Groundhog Club President, Tom Dunkel estimated over 35,000 people and as many as 40,000 attended this year's event.

Governor Josh Shapiro named Phil the "Official meteorologist of Pennsylvania."

BERWICK -- A local economic group is shifting its focus: instead of working solely to attract new industries to the...