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Firefighters battled a commercial building fire in Middle Creek Township for four hours on Saturday morning.

WEST PITTSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — After the run came the parade that helps mark the start of the 54th annual West Pittston Cherry Blossom Festival.

The community staple is held along the banks of the Susquehanna River as a rite of spring.

The festival features plenty of family fun, including food trucks, dozens of local vendors, and live entertainment.

Runners laced up their shoes in Luzerne County for Cherry Blossom Charge

Thousands of fans of 'The Office' gathered in Scranton on Saturday for Season 4 of the annual 'The Office' 5K run.

WEST PITTSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Runners laced up their sneakers in West Pittston for the two-mile flat run called the Cherry Blossom Charge. It started and ended at the borough's Cherry Blossom Fairgrounds at Susquehanna and Luzerne Avenues.

The run was held in memory of former Cherry Blossom Festival Chair and volunteer Bob Messina, who passed away in January.

49-year-old woman dead after crash

The suspected 12-year-old tabby cat was the lone survivor of a fatal fall at Bryce Canyon National Park earlier this week.

The 94-year-old investor had previously always said he had no plans to retire.

This comes just a few months after he was arrested for allegedly punching a Miami Beach police officer on Jan 2., an incident in which police used a Taser on him.

RICE TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Crews were called to a reported one-car crash Saturday morning along Interstate-81 (I-81) southbound in Rice Township.

The Luzerne County Coroner states that a 49-year-old Dawn Ronco of West Hazleton died after a one-car rollover crash.

She was the lone occupant of the vehicle.

PA511 shows that I-81 southbound was closed between Exit 164: PA 29 - NANTICOKE and Exit 159: NUANGOLA, but reopened around 1:45 p.m.

Fire severely damages house in Lackawanna County

A garage fire that began around 4 a.m. on Saturday quickly spread and destroyed the home on Winter Street.

OLD FORGE, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A house was severely damaged after a Saturday morning fire in Old Forge.

According to Chief Mark Tagliaterra of the Old Forge Fire Department, crews were called to the 500 block of Winter Street for a reported structure fire just after 4:00 a.m.

Tagliaterra says that when crews arrived on-scene, they found a fire that started in the garage but spread to the home.

Tagliaterra requested the fire be moved to a second alarm because of exposure issues so multiple surrounding units were called in.