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DANVILLE — Officials said Sunday afternoon that Montour County offices will be closed Monday. 

DANVILLE — Montour County issued a declaration of disaster Saturday in response to the pending winter storm."Due to a severe winter storm expected to impact our area with heavy snow and dangerously low temperatures, the Montour County Commissioners have issued a Declaration of Disaster Emergency, effective immediately," according to a release from the county.This declaration allows the county to take necessary emergency actions to protect public health and safety and to ensure essential services can continue during the storm, officials said."Please use caution, limit travel when possible, a

Several Pennsylvania Democrats on Saturday denounced Immigration and Customs Enforcement after a 37-year-old U.S. citizen was shot and killed by federal agents as witnesses videoed the incident. It was the second deadly shooting in Minnesota that has prompted protests and widespread questions about ICE tactics and the rule of law under the Trump administration.

President Donald Trump's post Monday was a change of tune, as he has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act and send federal troops into Minnesota.

A federal judge began hearing arguments Monday on whether she should halt, at least temporarily, the immigration crackdown in Minnesota.

Plow drivers in Wyoming County got an early start to the cleanup on Monday morning.

CANTON, BRADFORD COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — State police report a mother is being charged after her child was found driving a car. 40-year-old Karyn Brotzman from Canton is charged with endangering the welfare of a child after Pennsylvania State Police say they were called for a child operating a car on December 31. Once on the [...]

Experts say the childhood warning is real, especially in freezing temperatures, and can lead to serious injury.

Dark matter doesn't absorb or give off light, so scientists can't study it directly. But they can observe how its gravity warps and bends the star stuff around it.