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SELINSGROVE — Fifteen years ago when Michele Pryor and Mindi Miller decided to hold a summer theater camp for children, they called it Kids Theatre Experiment.

Editor’s Note: The Daily Item will publish excerpts of speeches of valedictorians from high schools across the region in the coming days and weeks.

Winners would claim a jackpot estimated at $434 million, with a cash value of $194.7 million.

The U.S. airstrikes, now in their second day, came after Iran launched attacks targeting ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz on a route near Oman.

DALTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— It's one of Northeast Pennsylvania's longest-running fire carnivals. It has everything you might expect from a carnival, from Ice cream and potato pancakes to carnival rides and games. The carnival brings out people of all ages from all across the area. Some came for a night out with friends. "It's really [...]

Before jumping, the flight instructor reportedly told his student, "You know what you have to do, carry on."

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A major change for Lackawanna College: the Scranton-based school says its merger with Peirce College is now complete. Lackawanna announced on Wednesday that the merger has final approval from the United States Department of Education. That wraps up a two-year process to bring the two schools together. Peirce College is [...]

With no time to get dressed, the Navy veteran's training kicked in, and he immediately ran outside to help stop the flames from spreading.

BERWICK, COLUMBIA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A Berwick man will spend 15 years in federal prison after a child exploitation case. Federal prosecutors say FBI agents found illegal sexual images and videos of children on Vincent Shaffer's phone. Agents searched the 46-year-old's Berwick home before making that discovery. He was sentenced in federal court in Scranton.

The DEA announced at the beginning of July that synthetic Kratom with compound 7-OH will be a Schedule 1 drug for at least two years.