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TROY -- The former all-state football player from Southern Columbia police say was intoxicated when he swerved to miss...

CLEVELAND TWP. -- Police arrested a Montoursville woman at Knoebels Amusement Resort for driving under the influence...

ARCHBALD, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — More proposed data center projects are being addressed in Lackawanna County on Wednesday night, and that usually comes with public outcry, but even members of the community's planning commission expressed their frustrations. 22 proposed buildings across two different plots of land, both along Eynon Jermyn Road, but these aren't plans [...]

The ongoing government shutdown is now the longest in U.S. history.

Justin Lynn, now the Libertarian mayor-elect of the borough of Renovo in Clinton County, spoke to Newswatch 16's Adi Iyer about his race and his plans as mayor.

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— The 27th mayor of Scranton, David Wenzel, has passed away, according to a release from the Scranton mayor's office. Wenzel, a Republican, was a heroic Vietnam veteran, a decorated U.S. Army veteran, and a graduate of the University of Scranton. His death coincided with the University of Scranton's Life of Service [...]

(WBRE/WYOU) — After winds and rain passed through Pennsylvania, thousands of members of the commonwealth experienced power outages on Wednesday night. As of about 10:00 a.m., 19,700 PPL customers in our coverage area were experiencing power outages. Of that number, over 11,000 were reported in Wayne County, according to PPL. Meanwhile, Claverack Rural Electric Cooperative [...]

Target's Thanksgiving meal for four comes out to less than $5 per serving.

A Pa. couple is walking from Philadelphia to D.C. to secure a push for cancer research and encourage lawmakers to raise awareness about pediatric cancer.

COAL TOWNSHIP, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Firefighters were out braving the elements Wednesday night in Northumberland County to battle a brush fire. 28/22 News confirmed with Northumberland County officials, crews were called to the area of the Cabrini Baseball field in Coal Township about 6:00 p.m. Wednesday for a brush fire. Authorities say the Coal [...]